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Ten Ways to Create a Healthy Food Environment at Home

WLS Premium ContentTen Ways to Create a Healthy Food Environment at Home

Gabrielle Grode, MPH and Kathryn Henderson, Ph.D.

BRIEF ARTICLE OVERVIEW: Make changes at home to tip the scale in favor of better health for you and your family.

Understanding & Improving the School Environment…

WLS Premium ContentUnderstanding & Improving the School Environment…

Gabrielle Grode, MPH and Kathryn Henderson, Ph.D.

BRIEF ARTICLE OVERVIEW: Taking Nutrition and Physical Activity into your Own Hands.

A Journey To Inspire…

BRIEF ARTICLE OVERVIEW: A love of food and a passion for cooking, Chef Rick Ceglio shares his talent with students at Walter L. Sickles High School in Tampa, Florida. See how this compassionate man, who lost over 200 lbs, teaches kids about healthy foods along with the importance of making a difference within their school and community.

Obese Youth: Vulnerable Targets of Stigma and Teasing

BRIEF ARTICLE OVERVIEW: Understanding how unfair treatment and negative attitudes can effect children that are overweight & obese.

The Weighty Issue of

BRIEF ARTICLE OVERVIEW: Not all technology is bad. Here’s a creative technological solution that can get kids up, out, moving and motivated.

Overweight Kids: Generation Now

WLS Premium ContentOverweight Kids: Generation Now

Thomas Kersting, LPC, Ph.D.

BRIEF ARTICLE OVERVIEW: Oblivious to the childhood obesity epidemic? Parents Beware: Heed the warning signs of this preventable disease.

No Child Left Inside

WLS Premium ContentNo Child Left Inside

Seth Margolies

BRIEF ARTICLE OVERVIEW: Accomplished athlete and acclaimed author, Dean Karnazes focuses on improving the health & wellness of our youth through his foundation “Karno Kids”… inspiring children to get up & get out. He challenges them to push beyond their “perceived” limitations adopting a fit and healthy lifestyle.

Childhood Obesity: A Personal Perspective

BRIEF ARTICLE OVERVIEW: A cause near and dear to his heart…follow Seth Margolies on his own personal mission to save our nation’s children from childhood obesity.

Your Child is What You Eat

WLS Premium ContentYour Child is What You Eat

Thomas Kersting, PhD

BRIEF ARTICLE OVERVIEW: Be proactive not reactive to the childhood obesity epidemic. Plain and simple solutions expose children to healthy eating habits.

An Interview with the 17th Surgeon General of the United States, Vice Admiral Richard H. Carmona, MD

BRIEF ARTICLE OVERVIEW: Dr. Richard H. Carmona, 17th Surgeon General of the United States, opens up about the lack of prevention and understanding concerning health and wellness. Particularly important to him, is the onset of the childhood obesity epidemic in America. He has profound words of wisdom for bettering our current healthcare situation and the possible damaging ripple effects it will cause in our society if not addressed immediately.

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