Hey everyone,
I have recently decided to transfer the content of my fitness site (http://fitnessmadesimple.wordpress.com) and my diet/nutrition site (http://dietsexplained.wordpress.com/) to my new blog:
http://healthhabits.wordpress.com/
I was getting a lot of questions on topics other than diet and fitness training. With a more general health blog, I can focus on topics not specifically exercise or diet.
I hope everyone [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘obesity’
May 23, 2008
Diets explained has moved!
May 15, 2008
Canada: A Nation of Short, Fat Liars
According to Statistics Canada, Canadians are not as tall or thin as they think say they are.
This has caused Stats Can much consternation.
The data that Stats Can collects through it’s Canadian Community Health Survey and the National Population Health Survey rely on Canadians to provide their height and weight.
In 2005, 16% of Canadians were classified [...]
May 11, 2008
Fat-o-Phobia
We have officially gone crazy.
In Japan, employers are forcing their employees to eat fish sausages, participate in a “lifestyle reform programs,” and attend boot camps designed to reduce the incidence of metabolic disease or metabo.
Not to be upstaged, the Japanese government has introduced compulsory ‘fat checks‘ for people over 40 years of age.
It’s not just [...]
May 9, 2008
Breaking News! The government thinks you’re fat!
Jeremy Sammut of ABC News (Australia) has written an article claiming that government sponsored programs that promote public health don’t work.
While his focus is specific to the Australian experience, his claim that Australia’s government has squandered public funds on advertising campaigns may be applicable to both Europe and North America. The fact is, obesity is [...]
April 18, 2008
Newsflash! – Junk food advertising is misleading!!!
The BBC has reported that 83% of U.K. consumers “believed irresponsible marketing was making it harder to encourage children to eat well”.
The survey was conducted by Which?, the U.K.’s largest independent consumer organization.
The survey also found that “most of the 2,000 questioned want the government to do more to control the marketing of unhealthy [...]
