Obesity has become an extremely serious epidemic in our country. It was estimated that in 2008, annual health care costs related to obesity cost our nation $147 billion…double what it was a decade ago. Today, 31% of Americans are considered…...
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Posted in Brett's Blog, Family Health, Fitness, Mind-Body, Nutrition Tagged with: childhood obesity, life expectancy, obesity, parenting
I recently watched Food, Inc., a documentary by Robert Kenner and Eric Schlosser exposing the highly mechanized food industry. The film dives into various issues with our food supply, including the influence of government regulatory agencies (FDA and USDA), how…...
Posted in Brett's Blog, Family Health, Nutrition Tagged with: cheap food, childhood obesity, diabetes, food cost, Food Inc, grocery shopping, healthy food cost, obesity, type 2 diabetes, unhealthy food
Is your child a picky eater? Do they claim they hate fruits or vegetables? Do you find the foods they do tend to like are unhealthy and don’t provide much nutritional value? In order to help educate children on the…...
Posted in Brett's Blog, Eco-Living, Family Health, Nutrition Tagged with: botanical gardens, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, childhood obesity, health education, healthy diet, New York Botanical Garden, NYBG, obesity, parenting
I don’t have children. I’m not sure when I will have children, but I do know that when I do, health, both mental and physical, will be an important part of my raising them and teaching them about life. This…...
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