Health Official Willing to Go to the Mat Over Obesity and Sugared Sodas
April 5, 2010 by Tom
Filed under Health issues, Nutrition, Wellness
Yet another controversial issue that is currently in the news. Many government agencies would love to see the additional revenue generated by a tax on sugared soda while health advocates talk about the positive effect the tax would have on obesity and overweight problems. On the other hand, politicians are being lobbied heavily by the soda industry itself along with grocery stores and other purveyors of soda.
Stay tuned. This is going to be interesting. Please comment below and let us know what you think.
U.S. Children: Generation Snack
March 5, 2010 by Tom
Filed under For Kids, Health issues, Nutrition, Wellness
This article reflects a study that surveyed over 31,000 kids but the results
would probably be similar if it surveyed 31,000 adults. It is constantly repeated
and painfully obvious, but if we just replaced highly sugared and salted snacks
with fresh fruit or even frozen fruit our calorie, processed sugar and salt
intake would decrease dramatically. Watch your local grocery store for sale
prices on fresh fruit and you (and your kids should you have them) try it for a
week and see how all of you feel.
well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/02/u-s-children-generation-snack/?pagemode=print
10 small steps for better heart health
Incorporating minor changes in our daily life like those listed
here in “HealthBeat”, the newsletter from Harvard Medical School,
can have a major effect on our wellness and thus our life.
It just doesn’t take that much time or effort to take these small
steps.
Try these simple steps for a few weeks and see if you feel the difference.
When Children Are Overweight, Changes for the Whole Family
February 14, 2010 by Tom
Filed under Fitness, For Kids, Health issues, Let's Move, Wellness
As we explain in the About Us section of our site
(see link for Family Health and Wellness in right column), after serving the
school market with fitness equipment sales, we realized that
the children’s obesity and overweight issues were just not a kid’s
problem, but one that involved the whole family so we developed
the TK Family Plan (http://www.tkfamilyplan.com/)
The article below from the NY Times emphasizes the need for family
involvement.
Please check out
TK Family Plan for free nutrition information, a fitness and walking
program, shopping tips and much more so you can help your children
and your entire family develop a lifetime mentality of wellness.
www.nytimes.com/2010/02/11/health/13patient.html?hpw
Michelle Obama launches anti-obesity program
February 10, 2010 by Tom
Filed under For Kids, Health issues, Let's Move, Nutrition, Wellness
The First Lady’s public awareness campaign, title “Let’s Move”
is directed primarily to children’s health, wellness and fitness issues.
This program can do nothing but help but as we note on the Home Page
of our web site TKFamilyPlan.com (see link at right), these issues are not just children’s issues, they are really a family issue that needs to be addressed as such.
This article appeared in the LA Times and gives you a good basic idea of the program and we will provide more information about “Let’s Move” as it becomes available.
www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-obesity10-2010feb10,0,1396013,print.story
Popcorn’s Dark Secret
Wow, there are some scary numbers in this article from the NY Times.
Keep these in mind the next time you go to the movies and think you
feel hungry. Lots of calories, high in fat, high in sodium.
How good is it, anyway?
well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/19/popcorn/?pagemode=print
A Makeover for Food Labels
The Center for Science in the Public Interest has made suggestions
for changes in food labels. This is important information. The original
food labeling information was instituted nearly twenty years ago and there
is obviously a lot of new and updated nutrition information available.
well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/07/a-makeover-for-food-labels/
Companies fall short in advertising healthy foods to children
Manufacturers in this debate say 2 years is not enough time to measure results of their
pledge to reduce the number of ads for unhealthy foods aimed at kids. This LA Times
article does a pretty good job of telling both sides of the story.
www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-kid-ads15-2009dec15,0,2513523,print.story
Recipes to Set Teenagers on a Healthy Path
This article from the NY Times discusses using this cookbook from Rozanne Gold
to help fight obesity and overweight conditions for teens, a growing problem in our
country despite increased awareness of the issue over the last couple years.
Eat Fresh Food: Awesome Recipes for Teen Chefs,” (Bloomsbury), by the award-winning chef Rozanne Gold.
www.nytimes.com/2009/12/15/health/15Brody.html
F.D.A. Says It May Ban Alcoholic Drinks With Caffeine
According to the FDA, consumption of these drinks increases the risk for dangerous
behavior including drunk driving and serious injury. Several major manufacturers
including Anheuser Busch have already voluntarily pulled their versions of these
products from the market.