When you can't find the words for those friends with hyperactive kids or sores on their private parts, the Centers for Disease Control is here to help. The CDC offers a library of over 100 unintentionally passive-aggressive eCards.
Other examples include:
It seems that the saying, "Breast is best!" is impacting American women into a nursing phenomenon.
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) issued a report saying:
About 77 percent of new mothers breast-feed, at least briefly. According to Jeff Lancashire, a CDC spokesperson, it looks like it is an all-time high.
To see the numbers, read more
The Trust for America's Health (TFAH), a research group that focuses on disease prevention, released their report on obesity rates in the U.S., and the rates are still on the rise. 
The title of the report pretty much sums up the data: "F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies are Failing in America, 2007." It seems rather that officials at the TFAH would like the government to play a larger part in preventing obesity, arguing that people who are overweight are at an increased risk for type 2 diabetes, heart problems as well as other chronic diseases that contribute to greater health care costs.
Here are some stats from the report:
The Center for Disease Control released a study last year and these are the numbers that stick out for me:
That last one gets to me. Walking, which is free and easy, is a wonderful form of exercise! I am thinking that since you read FitSugar, that you are not part of the 22%, but in case you are hopefully these statistics will get you moving.
If you are interested in reading the entire report, or if you are interested in seeing where your state ranks in weight, go to healthyaermicans.org to ponder even more statistics.
Today is International NO Tobacco Day, sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO). The theme this year is Smoke Free Environments.
Here is what WHO has to day about tobacco and second hand smoke.
Tobacco is the second major cause of death in the world. It is well known that half the people who smoke regularly today – about 650 million people – will eventually be killed by tobacco. Equally alarming is the fact that hundreds of thousands of people who have never smoked die each year from diseases caused by breathing second-hand tobacco smoke.
In attempts to protect non-smokers WHO is making strong recommendations that all indoor public places and workplaces become 100% smoke-free as soon as possible. Since there is no safe level of exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke, let's hope every country takes these recommendations seriously and acts now.
Fit's Tip: If you are considering quitting tobacco I think today is the perfect day to start. Check out these tips from the
American Cancer Society - they will definitely help the process!!!
All this time I was thinking that the Center for Disease Control and Prevention had no sense of creativity and then they brought us this:
The 12 Ways to Health (sung to the tune of The 12 Days of Christmas.
The first way to health, said the CDC to me
Wash hands to be safe and healthy.
The second way to health, said the CDC to me
Bundle up for warmth, and wash hands to be safe and healthy.
The third way to health, said the CDC to me
Manage stress, bundle up for warmth, and wash hands to be safe and healthy.
The fourth way to health, said the CDC to me
Don't drink and drive, manage stress, bundle up for warmth, and wash hands to be safe and healthy.
The fifth way to health, said the CDC to me
BE SMOKE-FREE, don't drink and drive, manage stress, bundle up for warmth, and wash hands to be safe and healthy.
There's 7 more, so read more
