Yesterday, I was watching a video on ‘modeling’ which started me thinking about what we should be modeling in our lives. Modeling is when you copy the movements or actions of someone you admire in hopes of achieving the same thing. And I decided that a re-read of ““Fit Over 40″ was in [...]

We were cleaning out the garage this past weekend when my husband found a box full of exercise videos, bands and hand weights. I haven’t used any of these for a long time…obviously if they were stuffed into a dusty box on a shelf in the garage.
But, I couldn’t bring myself to toss them. [...]

Reuters – Do you like to blame your weight on being “big-boned?” If you’ve ever thought that the body mass index (BMI) – a ratio of weight to height often used as a yardstick of obesity – doesn’t tell the true story of your relative weight and health, you may be onto something if you’re elderly, UCLA researchers say.

AFP – President Barack Obama hinted he could support a “sin tax” on fizzy drinks to help lower high rates of US obesity, but admitted it would be an uphill battle against corporate and economic interests.

HealthDay – FRIDAY, Sept. 4 (HealthDay News) — Researchers are recommending that
officials in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia rethink their
efforts to combat obesity in children because the current strategies —
emphasizing healthy diets and exercise — aren’t working.