My latest post is up on Momaroo here. Its about childhood obesity and contains a quiz on whether or not your child is at risk - go check it out!

One of the epidemics that is currently sweeping our nation is obesity, no doubt about it. but another equally important epidemic is anorexia. In the United States 44% of teenagers are overweight/obese and 71% of adults a...

by Nurse JennaEarlier this week I talked about how it has recently been recognized that continuous breastfeeding until a baby is 9 months old helps prevent childhood and later adult obesity. This is one step towards hel...

So, the fiance found a copycat recipe for the Orange Chicken from Panda Express yesterday. Seeing as we love it so much we knew we had to make it ASAP (no, they don't have Panda here, the horror, I know). I was afraid we...

Due to this whole being featured thing, my lil' ol' site has gotten loads more traffic.  It ranges from the easy going Xangans who see my point and want to share their similar stories or viewpoints, to the "OMG, ur such a dum ass....

I am catching up on blogging and reading this weekend, and I have a confession: sometimes I read blogs that are not entirely pro-fat acceptance. I especially enjoy reading blogs by medical and nutrition professionals tha...

Ok, Ok One MoreI just had to post this link.  It is a photo of two ladies are are being interviewed on NPR (National Public Radio) about the horrors of the high cost of food.  Note, I am not talking here about ...

Our Yahoo Lipedema GroupSunday, July 13, 2008Once again, I have decided to take a sabbatical from our Yahoo Lipedema group.  After a heated and unfortunately personal discussion, I decided that I simply have to take time off....

Hello everyone! Well the 4th of July is over and done with and things are moving on. I had a wonderful 4 celebration, I can't believe it....this was the best Independence Day I've ever had. I don't know if it's because I knew something good...

http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=d967127d-b859-48bd-8360-70c4b3402b65Men in the most active group of people surveyed had 13 percent less risk of developing cancer compared with the least active group...