1 day ago by By MARK LANDLER

Michelle Obama kicked off a three-day, four-state trip to mark the second anniversary of her signature initiative to reduce childhood obesity.

The Caucus - thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com

1 day ago by Andrea King Collier

Guest blogger Andrea King Collier is a freelance journalist who writes about health, food and health disparities. First Lady Michelle Obama recently honored the work of 1,273 schools that participated in the Healthier U.S. School Challenge at the White House. The initiative focuses on recognizing th ...

Healthymagination - healthymagination.com · Rank: 25,848 · 168 references

2 days ago by Tonya Kubo

This photo was featured on the L.A. Times opinion blog referenced below. I'm using it here to illustrate a point. Today's rant is brought to you courtesy of an L.A. Times opinion blog post that one of my friends shared today on Facebook. For those of you short on time or interest, I'll spare you the ...

Inside Out - insideout-tonya.blogspot.com · 1 reference

2 days ago by Jennifer Chait

This year I’ve been working on a series about healthy food and other food issues, exercise and activity, the pressing childhood obesity epidemic and more. Image by Flickr User Bruce Tuten All of the posts in this series relate to healthy kids, with a focus on these main topics: How to be more involv ...

Growing a Green Family - growingagreenfamily.com · Rank: 53,344 · 81 references

2 days ago by Lea Barlow

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta recently released a campaign to target Georgia’s growing childhood obesity epidemic. 40% of the children in Georgia are considered obese – the second highest number in the nation. The ads were intentionally created to stir your emotions. From CNN: The posters and TV ...

Hot and Healthy Mom - hotandhealthymom.com · Rank: 134,467 · 15 references

3 days ago by Zachary Shahan

OK, last weekly roundup of the day, here are 10 big green living stories, other than OUR green living stories, I recommend checking out (if you are into green and healthy living): 1. Nature in children’s books declining! (So sad.) “A new study finds a significant decline in the depiction [...]

Planetsave - planetsave.com · Rank: 3,673 · 1063 references

3 days ago by John Fleming

There are so many demands these days on everyones time. Kids are often stretched thin with classes, homework, projects and after school activities. We all know what parents go through and how busy our days are. When we do get family time it’s important to make the most of it. When you finally have t ...

Summer Weight Loss - summer-weight-loss.org · Rank: 73,565 · 1 reference

5 days ago by Barbara Williams

Childhood obesity is an epidemic in America today. Many parents are looking for tips on how to avoid childhood obesity with their kids. Avoid Childhood [...]

HowToLearn.com - howtolearn.com · Rank: 81,080 · 19 references

8 days ago by Virginia

Usually, I try to spread the advocacy posts out a bit, so as to not burn you guys out — standing up for things is hard work after all. But this is a blog first and foremost about body politics — and this week, a lot of our core issues hit a boiling point. So we’ve been standing up for salon workers’ ...

Virginia Sole-Smith » Blog - virginiasolesmith.com · Rank: 122,881 · 47 references

10 days ago by Beth

Yesterday, I heard about a counter-campaign by fat activist Marilyn Wann to help end discrimination, stigmatizing, bullying, and shaming of fat children... for that matter fat people of all ages, in response to the state of Georgia's misguided Strong4Life campaign to end childhood obesity.

bethsblog - bethsblog.typepad.com/bethsblog · 11 references