May 07, 2013
Healthy people and healthy neighborhoods don’t happen accidentally. It’s time for community developers to align more strategically and more intentionally with the public health community.
Healthy Living
May 03, 2013
Obesity is something we can address. If we, as a country, engineered our way into this obesity mess, we must also be able to engineer our way out of it.
May 02, 2013
I’m a special education teacher in the Boston School District. I use walking as a tool for myself, for my family, and for my students.
Apr 16, 2013
In my family, we’ve always shown love through food. When we are joyful, we make food. When we want to show sadness or anger or sorrow, we make food. And in my culture, we traditionally make a lot of foods that are high in fat with lard.
Apr 08, 2013
Do community- and group-based interventions offer a scalable approach to childhood obesity? Clinical evidence is promising, but we have to we solve the funding dilemma before childhood overweight and obesity levels are significantly reduced.
Apr 01, 2013
Today, Philadelphia has one of the nation’s largest citywide networks of farmers’ markets in low-income communities. But this thriving program, operated for the last 20 years by The Food Trust, had a bumpy road to success.
Mar 20, 2013
A San Diego mother of three, Lakeysha fought for her country for 8 years. Now it’s her job to fight for her family’s health and against childhood obesity.
Mar 06, 2013
On-the-ground experience in Philadelphia, which recently documented a small but statistically significant drop in childhood obesity rates, shows that community involvement and partnership—among corner store owners and others, including kids—can help make a difference.
Feb 18, 2013
In one study, watching 40 minutes of The Biggest Loser caused viewers to have "significantly higher levels of dislike of overweight individuals." Surely tackling the childhood obesity epidemic should be done from a place of empathetic concern, even love. Not active dislike.
Feb 01, 2013
Childhood obesity is one of the most significant health threats facing our nation’s children. Almost one third of US kids are overweight or obese. But in some cities and communities across the nation, rates are improving. Everyday heroes like David are turning the tide.