Articles tagged with: obesity
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Just how fat are we as a country?
Well a recent report on obesity rates in America gave us an F. In fact, they even titled their report F as in Fat 2009, by the Trust for America’s Health. The reason being that they found that 2/3 of all adult Americans are overweight or obese. Where the “adult obesity rates now exceed 25 percent in 31 states and exceed 20 percent in 49 states and Washington, D.C.”
Only Colorado is exempt, but they have an obesity rate of 18.9 percent, not something …
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You might find this strange but the most friction I encounter in my work with A Clean Life is through food. Folks are okay with trash and recycling. Many even entertain composting. But when it comes to food we are in scary territory.
Imagine that…more people are okay with sorting their trash than with learning about food.
I am lost on this one, but I do have a little clue. That is to question one of our basic assumptions, more is better.
I mean if you go to the market and their is …


