December 30th, 2012 - Jill Ettinger

If you’re used to running into your local 7-Eleven for Big Gulps and Snickers bars, you may need to look elsewhere. The New York Times reports the chain has added fresh, healthier fare to its more than 8,000 U.S. locations.
Read More: The Next Whole Foods? 7-Eleven Offerings Get A Healthy Upgrade
Tags: 7-11, 7-11 stores, 7-eleven, healthy food, healthy junk food, obesity, whole foods Posted in Green Living, Health, Organic, Organic Food, Organic Living | Comments Off
November 9th, 2012 - Jill Ettinger

New research published in the recent issue of the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, points to serious human health risks from low-level exposure to common agricultural chemicals.
Read More: Chemical Fungicide Linked to Obesity at Extremely Low Dose Exposure
Tags: Chemical exposure, fungicide, herbicide, obesity, pesticide, pesticide exposure Posted in gardening, Green Living, Organic, Organic Food, Organic Living, The Environment | Comments Off
October 19th, 2012 - Jill Ettinger

New health concerns for the nation’s growing obese population as a recent study found a connection to obesity and more severe cases of cancer.
Read More: Obesity Impacts Severity of Cancer, New Research Finds
Tags: cancer, cancer risk, facts about obesity, obesity, obesity and cancer, obesity cancer, obesity statistics Posted in Green Living, Health, Organic, Organic Food, Organic Living | Comments Off
October 10th, 2012 - Jill Ettinger

Thirty pregnant women participating in a project by the People’s Community Clinic in Austin, Texas are receiving prescriptions for fresh fruits and vegetables from their physicians as part of a regional group effort to improve the health of pregnant women from lower income communities.
Read More: Oh, Mama! Pregnant Women Receive Fruit and Veggie Prescriptions
Tags: austin, diet related illness, fruits and vegetables, healthy pregnancy, obesity, pregnant, pregnant women, prescription, Texas Posted in Green Living, Health, Organic, Organic Food, Organic Living, Parenting | Comments Off
October 2nd, 2012 - Jill Ettinger

A new study published in the journal Diabetologia points to a link between certain prescription antidepressants and an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
Read More: Curing Depression Linked to Rise in Diabetes
Tags: antidepressants, curing depression, depression, diabetes, obesity, type 2 diabetes Posted in Green Living, Health, Organic, Organic Food, Organic Living | Comments Off
October 1st, 2012 - Jill Ettinger

Another blow to the nation’s obese as a recent report compiled by former Pentagon military chiefs calls the nation’s obesity epidemic a “threat to national security.”
Read More: The Few, The Proud, The…Too Fat to Fight?
Tags: childhood obesity, obesity, obesity rate, obesity rates, the few, the proud, too fat, too fat to fight Posted in Green Living, Health, Organic, Organic Food, Organic Living | Comments Off
September 25th, 2012 - Jill Ettinger

Former Enron executive and one of America’s richest billionaires, John Arnold, is behind an operation funding cutting-edge new research programs on the nation’s obesity epidemic, reports
Read More:Obesity Research Receives Major Funding from Ex-Enron Executive
Tags: enron executive, gary taubes, john arnold, obesity, obesity effects, obesity epidemic, obesity research Posted in Green Living, Health, Organic, Organic Food, Organic Living, Political Action | Comments Off
September 22nd, 2012 - Jill Ettinger

Though long suspected because of its endocrine disrupting effects on the body, a new study is the first of its kind to connect BPA exposure directly to obesity rates in children.
Read More: BPA Levels in Obese Children Twice the Average
Tags: Bisphenol-A, BPA, bpa levels, childhood obesity, obese, obese children, obesity, overweight children, why are children obese Posted in Health, Organic, Organic Food, Organic Living, Parenting | Comments Off
September 14th, 2012 - Jill Ettinger

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s proposed ban on the sale of large sodas and other sugary drinks passed the New York City Board of Health’s approval process yesterday, making it the first city in the nation to enact such a ban.
Read More: Bloomberg’s New York City Soda Ban Approved
Tags: diabetes, michael bloomberg, New York City, obesity, soda, soda ban, soda diabetes, soda obesity, sodas Posted in Green Living, Health, Organic, Organic Food, Organic Living, Political Action | Comments Off
August 5th, 2012 - Jill Ettinger

A new paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine outlines the challenges Americans are facing in winning the battle against the nation’s obesity epidemic—mainly their own denial.
Read More: Denial About Obesity An Epidemic Itself, Researchers Say
Tags: childhood obesity, denial, epidemic, new england journal of medicine, obese children, obesity, obesity epidemic, obesity in america, obesity U.S. Posted in Green Living, Health, Organic, Organic Food, Organic Living, Parenting, Political Action | Comments Off
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