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Getty Alongside the first lady, Americans are speaking up with passion, energy and guts to help battle the growing obesity problem in America. A ... Read More »

Photo: bethography - meltingmama, Flickr It's not news that obesity in the United States has become a ... Read More »

Despite media attention and public service campaigns, obesity in the US has risen over the past year. No states had a decline in obesity and 37 states ... Read More »

Want to put this obesity crisis into perspective? Check out this post from The Agonist. It shows several maps, which represent the percentage of obese ... Read More »

Can you imagine a country where 3,000 new cases of AIDS develop every single month? That's happening in China according to state media in that ... Read More »

Are you surprised at all when I tell you American obesity rates are soaring? Probably not. I wasn't when my husband told me about this weighty article ... Read More »

In the Midwestern U.S. right now, allergies are a-plenty. Not a day goes by that the pollen, mold and ragweed counts are off the charts. It's being ... Read More »

I've become quite the anti-sugar nut. I don't want any part of sugar and find myself closely examining every food label I come across. The lower the ... Read More »

Those of you who are avid gamers are undoubtedly familiar with the increasingly popular World of Warcraft -- an online game with millions of users ... Read More »

Can a computer game help health experts better plan for the next epidemic? It can, and it is. It started when a computerized illness that started as ... Read More »