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Chris Christie Resorts to Surgery to Fight Obesity
IT’S no secret anymore, because the news that Chris Christie decided to go under the knife to get lap-band stomach surgery in order to deal with his obesity challenge is now front page new media news. From the New York Post: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie secretly underwent lap-band stomach surgery to aggressively slim down [...]
Happy Anniversary Let’s Move! What are You Doing to Eat Healthy?
For years, America’s childhood obesity crisis was viewed as an insurmountable problem, one that was too complicated and too entrenched to ever really solve. According to the conventional wisdom, healthy food simply didn’t sell—the demand wasn’t there and higher profits were found elsewhere—so it just wasn’t worth the investment. But thanks to businesses across the [...]
Chris Christie Confronts Doctor Critical of his Weight
DR. MARIANO, a woman who was the White House doctor for the entire Clinton presidency, as well as parts of both Bush presidencies, has been publicly critical of Gov. Chris Christie’s battle with obesity. It has now turned very personal. From a local Phoenix station: “I worry that [Gov. Christie] may have a heart attack, [...]
Chris Christie on David Letterman, and Limbaugh Approves [Video]
IT WAS the average guy performance, with Gov. Chris Christie passing the likability test by a mile. Christie is very smart to keep building his national name recognition, especially in places like late night talk shows where the bar is very low and politics has nothing to do with being successful. Gov. Chris Christie continues [...]
Michelle Obama Target of Offensive Misogyny, Coach Suspended
“Fat butt Michelle Obama,” said Bob Grisham, a high school football coach who was surreptitiously recorded by one of his students. “Look at her. She looks like she weighs 185 or 190. She’s overweight.” [Washington Post] THIS IS not the first time First Lady Michelle Obama has been the target of conservative misogyny. Rush Limbaugh [...]
Gallup: Obesity Seen as Biggest Health Issue in America
OBESITY NOW tops cancer as the biggest health issue in this country. Americans’ increasing concerns about obesity mirror the rising rates of obesity in the United States. The percentage of adults who are obese doubled from 1980 to 2008, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And Gallup and Healthways find obesity [...]
News Desk: Secretary Clinton Suffers Concussion After Fainting
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton fainted and suffered a concussion after becoming dehydrated because of a stomach virus, the State Department said Saturday. “She has been recovering at home and will continue to be monitored regularly by her doctors. At their recommendation, she will continue to work from home next week, staying in regular contact [...]
Chris Christie’s Weight Is a Presidential Health Issue
“That’s ridiculous,” said Christie. “I mean, that’s ridiculous. I don’t know what the basis for that is.” [ABC News] GOVERNOR CHRIS Christie is wrong. What’s worse is that he appears to be in denial, too. His weight is an issue when considering him for the presidency and voters are right to consider it as one. [...]
Mayor Bloomberg Gets an Ally, Big Tobacco Lawyer Targets Food Industry [Video]
OBESITY AND the unhealthy habits of Americans is seen every year in health care costs and the affect of overeating. The F.D.A. does little about it. Now the same lawyer depicted in the Russell Crowe movie “The Insider,” Don Barrett, is taking on the food industry, just like he did big tobacco. “Nobody’s trying to [...]
News Desk: New York Becomes First to kay Ban Big Sugar
NYC’s new sugary drink policy is the single biggest step any gov’t has taken to curb #obesity. It will help save lives: bit.ly/PeN3wi — Mike Bloomberg (@MikeBloomberg) September 13, 2012 Seeking to combat rising obesity rates, the New York City Board of Health approved on Thursday a ban on the sale of large sodas and [...]
Mayor Mike and the Big Gulp Ban
JON STEWART CRIED over it, because it put him agreeing with Tucker Carlson. There is no doubt New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is correct on the facts. It’s equally onerous on American society, because even without universal health care we all pay the price for the obesity and disease sugared drinks cause. You can [...]
Rep. Paul Ryan, Sugar, and the Super Bowl
Sugar and other sweeteners are, in fact, so toxic to the human body that they should be regulated as strictly as alcohol by governments worldwide, according to a commentary in the current issue of the journal Nature by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). – Sugar Should Be Regulated As Toxin, Researchers [...]
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