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Fee on Soft Drinks: Cool or Not?
One of the healthiest cities for women, San Francisco, is looking to take healthy to a whole new level.
Gavin Newsom, the mayor of San Francisco, has proposed charging big stores a fee when they sell any soft drinks with high-fructose corn syrup. The fee is still to be determined however, if the bill were approved, money generated from the fee would go toward a city program that emphasizes exercise, diet and other preventative health measures.
Speak Up: Do You Agree With "Fat Tax"?
There has been much discussion over a so called "Fat Tax" - a tax on salty, sugary and fatty foods in Britain. A Fat Tax could save thousands of lives each year, but it's going to cost you as a consumer. The proposed Fat Tax would raise average weekly household bills by 4.6 percent -- Yikes!
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Would a Tax on Soda Make You Drink Less?
America's soda obsession is believed to contribute to our issue of obesity. New York City is fighting back with its Don't Drink Yourself Fat ad campaign, but public health leaders want to do more.
For a while now, there's been talk about issuing a soda tax to reduce the consumption of calorie-loaded beverages including sodas, sugary fruit drinks, and energy drinks, to help lower the rate of obesity.
Exercise No Good For Weight Loss?
A couple of years ago the Cardio Free Diet introduced popular culture to the concept that exercise and weight loss were incompatible. Recently we learned that exercise doesn't boost fat-burning. Now Time magazine's new cover story investigates the seemingly detrimental relationship even further.
Smoking
In This Report- Highlights
- Introduction
- Nicotine Addiction
- Health Risks
- Secondhand Smoke
- Smoking Bans
- Quitting Smoking
- Symptoms of Withdrawal
- Failure to Quit
- Lifestyle Changes
- Resources
- References
- Smoking may worsen knee osteoarthritis in men. A study published in the Annals of Rheumatic Disease found that male smokers have more pain and cartilage loss than men who do not smoke. Previous studies have not found such a link.
- Smoking greatly increases the risk of age-related macular degeneration.
Healthy 2009: Beans and Cabbage
The new year represents a fresh start and we all look toward the future with hope. In the foods that folks traditionally eat on New Year's Day, health and prosperity come together in the form of beans and cabbage — two superfoods.
The circular shape of beans represents the cycle of a year ending as well as prosperity — the beans represent coins.
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
In This Report- Highlights
- Introduction
- Risk Factors
- Causes
- Diagnosis
- Other Disorders Associated ...
- Complications
- Treatment
- Medications
- Behavioral Management
- Other Treatments
- Resources
- References
Food Review: Weil Bar: Banana Manna
Fruit and nut bars are all the craze now, and I'm loving them. I appreciate that they're made from whole foods, and that they don't contain any weird ingredients or preservatives.
When I see a new brand of these bars on the shelves, I have to give it a try like this Weil bar.
Healthy Dose Link Time
- The sweet peach can pump you up — That's Fit
- On the table: France to tax fat — Elastic Waist
- Light and healthy recipe: Shrimp and cucumber salad — YumSugar
- Questions and answers on fiber, fat, and fasting — Mark's Daily Apple
- 100 tips for beginning runners — Complete Running Network
- Is your home a diet danger zone? — iVillage
- Handling love and love handles — Fit Celeb
- Interactive Olympic medal map — CitizenSugar
Fittingly Mad: Why Is It So Expensive to Be So Healthy?
Ever since I read about the recent talks on adding a fat tax to unhealthy foods in London, I can't get my mind off the fact that I already feel like there is a health tax on healthy foods (or anything health related really).
If I were to go to the grocery store and buy processed, prepackaged unhealthy foods, my bill would be significantly lower than if I were to buy fresh, organic healthy foods. This nation is apparently in such a health crisis with obesity and disease skyrocketing, you'd think that there would be some effort to make it less expensive to be healthy.
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