What is a healthy eating plan? Healthy eating is important for
everyone, from babies to the elderly. Learning to eat well is
more than just eating a variety of foods so that your body gets
the proper nutrients. It is also about enjoyment of foods and
maintaining a healthy weight. Anyone can eat for good health. It
involves 2 [...]
eating disorders.
Obesity is a disease that affects approximately 60 million
people in the United States, and women are especially affected.
Over one-third of women between the ages of 20 and 74 are
obese, the majority of them being African American or Mexican
American. With more and more pre-packaged food and less and less
activity, the number of obese people [...]
Compelling evidence shows that certain lifestyle behaviours can
improve health, prevent premature death and may even prolong
life. The problem is that people often drift along, continuing
their unhealthy ways – maybe vowing to stop smoking or drink
less “some day soon” – until a disease or health problem strikes
and it may be too late to reverse the damage. [...]