OBESITY
Tips for limiting your child's television, computer and video game time
Since 1999, Children's overall time spent watching tv has more than doubled to SEVEN hours a day! Parent's should be very concerned as your child could develop struggles with school, attention probl...
Posted on 3/24/13 at 9:19 AM
Parents, overweight kids and a minefield of blame and judgment
When Dara-Lynn Weiss wrote an article for Vogue magazine last year about putting her then 7-year-old daughter on a diet, she created a firestorm of controversy. "One of the most (bleeped) up, selfish ...
Posted on 2/8/13 at 11:56 AM
What SheSays: Is Seventeen Magazine contradicting teenagers self-image?
In this weeks episode of What SheSays SheSays staffers Meredith Holt, Heidi Shaffer and Anna Larson weigh in on teens being part of this seasons Biggest Loser. ...
Posted on 2/6/13 at 9:48 PM
The Chemical Roots that Drive Obesity
It shouldnt come as a surprise to hear that obesity is one of the most prevalent medical concerns in the United States. In fact, 30% of the US population has obesity and 30% of these individuals also ...
Posted on 12/11/12 at 12:38 AM
Changing Your Life
Two out of every three Americans are either overweight or obese. Thats a lot of people! If we are one of these larger Americans, what can we do about it; losing weight is not an easy process. I bel...
Posted on 11/27/12 at 9:30 PM
SUGAR WARS: Send us your opinion
By Herald Staff Report , June 04, 2012
No end to obesity epidemic
The obesity epidemic may be slowing, but don’t take in those pants yet. Today, just over a third of U.S. adults are obese. By 2030, 42 percent will be, says a forecast released Monday.By Associated Press , May 08, 2012
HIGH ON HEALTH: N.D. ranks 12th on healthy lifestyles survey
Minnesota held steady from 2010 to 2011, ranking sixth in the nation. But the state has slipped slightly in recent years after holding the top rank from 2003 to 2006.By Pamela Knudson , December 09, 2011
Do doctors screen for childhood obesity enough?
By Lauran Neergaard , December 05, 2011
Stephanie Swanson, St. Peter, Minn., letter: Congress should let anti-obesity plan work
Fourteen cents a day is going to be cheaper in the long run than the medical bills that would come with obesity.By Stephanie Swanson , November 26, 2011
LLOYD OMDAHL: Health crisis requires new restaurant chain
By Lloyd Omdahl , November 07, 2011
Cancer, memory loss top boomers' concerns... but obesity hits generation hard
Baby boomers say their biggest health fear is cancer. Given their waistlines, heart disease and diabetes should be atop that list, too.By Lauran Neergaard , July 18, 2011
Companies propose curbing junk food ads for kids
By Mary Clare Jalonick , July 14, 2011
Minnesota's obesity rank improves, but obese percentage doesn't
Overall, Minnesotan's combined rates of obesity and overweight (25 or higher body mass index) rose from 51 percent in 1995 to 63 percent last year.By Warren Wolfe , July 08, 2011
South Dakota ranked 17th, N.D. 21st in nation's obesity rates
By Associated Press , July 07, 2011
Flavored milk out as L.A. school choice
The school board on Tuesday voted to eliminate chocolate and strawberry milk from schools as of July 1. LAUSD joins a growing number of school districts nationwide, including in the District of Columbia, Boulder Valley, Colo., and Berkeley, Calif., that serve only plain milk because of the added sugar contained in flavored versions.By Christina Hoag , June 15, 2011
FDA proposes calorie labels for restaurants nationwide
In the latest attempt to gain ground against the nation’s epidemic of obesity, the Food and Drug Administration proposed rules Friday that require restaurant and fast food chains to post the calorie content of standard items on their menus.By Andrew Zajac , April 01, 2011
Study: U.S. has much higher obesity rate than Canada
About 24 percent of Canadians are obese compared to more than 34 percent of Americans, according to a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study.By Mike Stobbe , March 02, 2011
Patrick Rosenquist, Grand Forks, letter: Political correctness cripples language 
I fear if we spend all of our time placating everybody’s sensitivities, we may not be able to use adjectives anymore.
By Patrick Rosenquist , December 05, 2010
Bev Benda, Grand Forks, letter: ‘Obesity awareness’ efforts can make things worse
I believe the focus on weight harms more than it helps. If it helped, then all the talk about the “epidemic of obesity” would have cured our nation by now. Instead, the trends have gone the other direction.By Bev Benda , November 30, 2010
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