Overweight Kids are at a Higher Risk of Developing Heart Disease

This may or may not seem like common sense, but it's important none the less. If a child is overweight they are automatically at a higher risk of developing heart disease.

Did you know that the children that are born today have a lower life expectancy than their parents?

I'll let that sink in. You can read more of this story when you get a chance.

Can you be fat and fit?

This is something that I am a big believer in......you don't have to have a perfect shape to be in good health. It turns out that if you have healthy habits, even if you are a little overweight, you cut your chance of dying in half. You don't have to be perfect. You just have to do healthy things and you will find yourself healthier with time.

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Whose fault is it if the kids don't like vegetables?

This is an interesting story that I am sure will have many people who will protest it's accuracy. Studies are showing that the foods that mothers eat when pregnancy or during breast feeding will determine what foods their child will develop a taste for later in life. If you are eating broccoli and brussel sprouts when the child is absorbing the nutrients, they will end up enjoying the same types of foods. I would really like to see this study done on twins to see just how accurate it really is. Read more

Houston is among the top Walk Friendly cities in the United States

It's interesting how we always hear that Houston was one of the fattest cities in the United States, but here is something a little easier to swallow. Houston was #21 on the most Pedestrian Friendly cities in the US.


METRO-AREA RANKINGSA Brookings Institution survey ranks the 30 biggest metropolitan areas according to the number of "walkable urban places" relative to the area's population:
1. Washington
2. Boston
3. San Francisco
4. Denver
5. Portland, Ore.
6. Seattle
7. Chicago
8. Miami
9. Pittsburgh
10. New York
11. San Diego
12. Los Angeles
13. Philadelphia
14. Atlanta
15. Baltimore
16. St. Louis
17. Minneapolis
18. Detroit
19. Columbus, Ohio
20. Las Vegas
21. Houston
22. San Antonio
23. Kansas City, Mo.
24. Orlando, Fla.
25. Dallas
26. Phoenix
27. Sacramento, Calif.
28. Cincinnati
29. Cleveland
30. Tampa, Fla.
— Associated Press


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