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Don’t Tax Soda, Tax Fat Soda Drinkers
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
I really don’t have all the answers when it comes to solving the obesity epidemic. It’s easy to say that people need to break free from their sugar addictions and take full responsibility for their lives, but exactly how we can convince individuals to do that across society is still open for debate.
Some people think, [...]
Harlem Mom Fights For Kid’s Health
Monday, October 26th, 2009
I recently discussed the need to take personal responsibility in maintaining your health. I believe that no matter how poor or disadvantaged you may be, you always have the opportunity to take control of your life. If you are determined to be healthy, nothing will stand in your way.
This video highlights Debra, a mother from [...]
Why Are Southerners So Fat?
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
In a recent TIME Magazine article titled, “Why Are Southerners So Fat?” Claire Suddath sought to explore the reasons behind Mississippi’s 33% obesity rate. In addition to Mississippi, she sites Alabama, West Virginia, and Tennessee as having over 30% obesity. She makes no mention of sugar addiction, but she does make the normal correlation between [...]
Congratulations, You May Already Be Obese!
Saturday, October 17th, 2009
In a recent study carried out by YouGov for Slimming World reported by BBC News, researchers found that of 2,000 people surveyed, just over a quarter of them were obese. However, only 7% of those asked saw themselves as obese.
Dr. Ian Campbell states, “These figures do suggest that the discrepancy has widened with worryingly few [...]
You’re Fat; You’re Fired!
Saturday, August 15th, 2009
Delos M. Cosgrove, chief executive of the Cleveland Clinic, decided to stop hiring smokers two years. Now, he would like to take his hospital’s health initiative a step further and stop hiring obese people. However, legal issues have stopped him from making that decision.
Given the negative PR that could result from a story like that, [...]
Detroit Ice Cream Man’s New Competition
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009
I was happy to get some good conversation going recently when I posted “Childhood Obesity = Child Abuse?” In the post, I mentioned that obesity statistics fall largely along racial and income lines, so I was hesitant about arresting parents who can’t afford to feed their children anything besides what is available at the corner [...]
Childhood Obesity = Child Abuse?
Saturday, August 8th, 2009
A South Carolina mother named Jerri Gray was recently arrested and charged with criminal neglect when her son reached 555 pounds at 14 years old.
I generally tend to agree with Ron Jones, who is quoted in the story as saying, “If you gave your child a drug, you’d be held in the court. But if [...]
Take Full Responsibility
Thursday, July 30th, 2009
A London newspaper once asked a number of popular authors to write articles about “what’s wrong with the world?” One author replied:
Gentleman,
I am.
Sincerely Yours,
G.K. Chesterton
Chesterton clearly understood the simple truth that the world will not change until you change. Jesus put it more bluntly, “Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s [...]
Self-Concept
Thursday, April 9th, 2009
If you’ve been reading this blog for any amount of time, you may have noticed a shift from almost writing exclusively about Sugar Addiction and nutrition to a much greater emphasis on spirituality and personal development. When I write about the latter, you may be thinking, “What does any of this have to do with [...]
At the Foot of the Cross
Friday, February 20th, 2009
In prayer and in worship we often talk about laying our problems down at the foot of the cross. I never took much time to think about what this might mean until just yesterday when I was blessed with an exercise using just that image.
Here’s how it works.
On a sheet of paper, draw a hill with three [...]
