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Posts Tagged ‘obesity’

Foodies Unite

By Erin • Mar 20th, 2008 • Category: Food

photo credit: jslanderOne of my secret pleasures when it comes to reading blogs is finding ones about food. Cheap and easy recipes, fancy desserts, restaurant reviews (especially if it’s places nearby where I can go to eat), simple tricks for the kitchen: I enjoy them all. So here I’ve collected a few of [...]



Can video games lead to fitness?

By Erin • Feb 27th, 2008 • Category: Entertainment, Food & Health

Last week Nintendo announced its intended European and U.S. release dates for its new Wii Fit: April 25th in Europe and May 19 in the US. The internet buzz on this newest line of games for the Wii is mixed, but commentary from people who’ve actually tried the game (released since December in Japan) [...]



Mississippi proposes ban to stop restaurants from serving obese diners

By Erin • Feb 6th, 2008 • Category: Food & Health, News, On the Web

Republican Rep. John Read proposed the law, but doesn’t expect it to pass. Instead, he is trying to make a point.
Mississippi is one of the three states where more than 30% of adults are considered obese, as is WV. (We posted about this topic before.) He says he is merely trying to [...]



>30% obesity for WV

By Erin • Jan 27th, 2008 • Category: Food & Health

CNN has published a sort of “fat map” of the United States, and WV is one of three states in the red as of the 2006 data. The rest of the nation isn’t far behind.
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