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McDonald's Ends Use of 'Pink Slime' Meat Paste (VIDEO)

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Why is the USA slipping behind in Life Expectancy? Obesity? Health Care? Car Crashes?

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USDA deregulates two more GM seeds for Monsanto

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Bayer leading producer of a toxic chemical

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SuperNanny State: 200-Pound Ohio Boy Taken from Family, Placed Into Foster Care

Back in July, the Los Angeles Times reported on the issue of placing obese children in foster care after a doctor at Boston’s Children’s Hospital suggested that might be the best place for them. The paper predicted that this possibility is “not going to happen soon.”

How quickly things change after an Ohio third grader, who weighs more than 200 pounds, was taken from his family last month and placed into foster care because county social workers said his mother wasn’t doing enough to control his weight.
The 8-year-old Cleveland Heights boy is considered ”severely obese and at risk for developing such diseases as diabetes and hypertension,” the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. So, in the land of obesity, case workers in Cuyahoga County, Ohio have drawn a line in the cellulose.

Cuyahoga County doesn’t have a specific policy in place for dealing with severely obese children. But Mary Louise Madigan, a spokeswoman for the Department of Children and Family Services, told the Plain Dealer the organization removed the child in question because case workers considered the mother’s inability to get her son’s weight down a form of medical neglect.
“This child’s problem was so severe that we had to take custody,” Madigan told the newspaper.

She claims her agency worked with the mother for more than a year before asking Juvenile Court for custody of the child. It’s a very slippery slope, however, given that the Ohio Health Department estimates more than 12 percent of third-graders statewide are severely obese (1,380 in Cuyahoga County alone) and this is the first reported child taken into custody.

Children are generally only removed from homes where there is strong evidence of physical abuse, neglect or undernourishment. According to CBS News, lawyers for the mother are now arguing the state has “overreached.” They say the medical problems the boy is at risk for do not yet pose an imminent danger to his health.

The lawyers said they’ve seen children left in homes with abusive parents and drug addicts, but this boy had a normal childhood, participated in school active, and was on his elementary school honor roll.

“They are trying to make it seem like I am unfit, like I don’t love my child,” the boy’s mother, who did not wish to be identified, told the Plain Dealer. “Of course I love him. Of course I want him to lose weight. It’s a lifestyle change, and they are trying to make it seem like I am not embracing that. It is very hard, but I am trying.”

The boy has lost a few pounds and has received treatment for his sleep apnea. The downside is he’s living in a foster home and is now subject to the whims of the foster care system. His mother only gets to see him once a week for two hours.

Next month, the mother and the state of Ohio will debate the case in front of a Juvenile Court magistrate to decide what is in the boy’s best interest. A trial is set on the child’s 9th birthday.

From the sounds of it, the mother is doing what she can to get her son the weight control treatment he needs and, you have to wonder why the state would remove the boy from the home instead of actively helping him to lose weight, especially if he’s in a stable, loving environment — albeit one that is prone to give him the diabeetus.

It should be pointed out that the photo of the kid in this article is not the kid in question, but rather the first result when you image search “fat kid.” The more you know. http://hypervocal.com/news/2011/supernanny-state-200-pound-ohio-boy-taken-from-family-placed-into-foster-care/Back in July, the Los Angeles Times reported on the issue of placing obese children in... more

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The View On The Streets: Should a price be put on life?

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Feeder husband secretly fed wife steroids so she'd get fat and stay at home

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thivest: why the french dont get fat?

Americans just can not find peace. They wonder why the French fact, most consumers of butter, cream and cheese (all produced significantly away from light) are found not to fight the scourge of obesity rather hated scourges, for decades, their society.

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Childhood Obesity According to a study should first educate the parents and then children to reduce the junk food. The quick answer to the problem, however, may come directly from the European culture. In fact, the old continent, people seem to eat not because they have to, but because eating is one of the founding values of their culture.

"Your children are obese? We take them there "

What the Americans really do not understand is that the "real" food - because the "fake" is what is sold in fast food - in addition to being healthier, it gives more satisfaction. In fact in France, as here we have, of course, cooking is one of the most deeply rooted traditions and this leads us to look with a critical eye on the shelves of supermarkets preferring a sack of potatoes to peel rather than a bag of chips.

At school with the anti-flesh menu

With difficulty, then, we find a French (or Italian) who does not know the names of at least three different cheeses and their regions of origin, this is because the food is traditional for us Europeans, and the tradition is observed also on the amount of food that we buy.

Americans tend, instead, to consume more than they should, which is why fast food portions have existed for a long maxi. Larger portions simply means more food on the plate and less control of our stomach can not eat until you are full, but as long as there are things in the pot.

To be truly European in terms of food is not enough, then eat a croissant or drink a strong coffee in the morning. In fact, we must think not only what you eat, but also the entire process: from where comes the dish and how you want to taste, however, suggest in the company because the food is made to be consumed
http://www.thivest.com/?page=27Americans just can not find peace. They wonder why the French fact, most consumers of... more

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Weight loss by herbs

Weight loss is fast-becoming the number one topic in the usa. The use of natural herbs within our daily life follows like a topic that lots of people are thinking about. Let’s combine the 2 and see how certain natural herbs or herb supplements will help you in your mission to lose weight. Adding these phones any low-fat diet plan could improve your results. Once we have stated often, before starting any diet or for those who have questions regarding herbs, talk to your doctor.There's a special branch of today’s phytotherapy called diet herbal medicine, which could offer many potent methods to those who find it difficult to shed additional lbs. Diet herbal medicine uses several types of herbs, plants as well as their extracts to create effective mixtures, herb teas and preparations, which could activate certain processes within your body and help in combating unhealthy weight. However, specialists emphasize about the fact that herbal treatments for weight loss ought to be used and likely to bring results only in conjunction with other techniques of weight loss, for example physical exercises, eating an abundant and nutritious diet, avoiding unhealthy foods, and so on.
Quite simply, if you only drink your slimming herb teas or use special herbal formulas for weight loss, it might be difficult to attain the desired results. However, herbal treatments and mixtures can be quite useful for slimming down in many ways. Some herbs will help keep you appetite in check, some help with intensifying your metabolic process and can be your allies in losing fat, some can decrease your bad cholesterol level plus some can assist to get rid of food wastes.Below, you'll find the list of seven herbs, that are considered to be the very best in assisting weight loss and therefore are usually included to numerous natural dietary pills and supplements.
• Green tea should be the most effective herbal fix for weight loss. Its main properties, which could assist weight loss, include increasing metabolic process and thermogenesis, normalizing appetite, assisting to fasten fat loss and lowering bad cholesterol level. Green tea extract is one of the safest herbal treatments, which promotes weight loss and may be used by practically everyone.
• Senna is yet another important medicinal herb, that exist in the most of herbal mixtures for weight loss. It's unprecedented laxative properties helping to remove various toxins in the body. Senna should be taken only upon recommendation of the doctor since it has certain negative effects (such as constipation and dehydration).
• St. John’s Wort (Hypercium perforatum) likewise helps to fasten metabolism, which is used for normalization from the function of central nervous system. Tonic and diuretic properties of the medicinal herb may also contribute to obesity control strategy. Due to numerous possible negative effects, the products containing this plant should be taken only in check of a therapist or perhaps a herbalist.
• Guggul (Commiphora wightii), another important herb for , which is quite effective for balancing your cholesterol levels. It's a good fat loss agent, that also has immunomodulation properties helping to regulate lipids within the blood. There's also precautions for negative effects.
• Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale), as a natural diuretic, helps you to decrease body water and assists in weight loss.
• Guarana (Paullina cupana) can also be used in natural products for weight loss because of its diuretic and simulative effects.
• Oat straw (Avena sativa) is really a known plant that can help to decrease excess fat and improve overall health.
Supportive herbal treatments are recommended towards the majority of those who are working on slimming down in order to keep their all around health under control. Moreover, you may also use the herbs, which will help you boost your energy, reduce fatigue and obtain motivated for activities (like Ginkgo Biloba, peppermint and so forth). Together with your therapist, you may create a special program and judge, what herbs as well as in what forms (capsules, extracts, herbal mixtures, etc.) will be the best to use, considering your particular health problem. Do not place yourself at a risk, experiment carefully and take notice of the results! By doing this diet herbal medicine will help you make yourself fit and healthy much faster!Weight loss is fast-becoming the number one topic in the usa. The use of natural herbs... more

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Are ebikes finally close to having their day in the US?

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PICO Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT)

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Frequency Of Marijuana Use Associated With Lower Prevalence Of Obesity, Study Says

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Rewritten Headlines: Hurricane Irene to Gadaffi

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You all in the land of ya’ll

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Fast Food: A Love Story

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World's fattest mum: I want to weigh one tonne

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How to end childhood obesity

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How to end childhood obesity

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Fat Kids and More Government Intrusion

CHICAGO Should parents of extremely obese children lose custody for not controlling their kids' weight? A provocative commentary in one of the nation's most distinguished medical journals argues yes, and its authors are joining a quiet chorus of advocates who say the government should be allowed to intervene in extreme cases.

It has happened a few times in the U.S., and the opinion piece in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association says putting children temporarily in foster care is in some cases more ethical than obesity surgery.

Dr. David Ludwig, an obesity specialist at Harvard-affiliated Children's Hospital Boston, said the point isn't to blame parents, but rather to act in children's best interest and get them help that for whatever reason their parents can't provide

Read more: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/07/13/2449966/physician-suggests-taking-obese.html#ixzz1RztfFPWG... The federal government has a growing interest in the eating habits of Americans for the same reason it has an interest in tobacco consumption, said Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. The standards are part of a much larger push by medical professionals to regulate the food sector. The medical professionals, led by the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, have allied with professional advocacy groups, such as Center for Science in the Public Interest, and with leading Democratic politicians, to blame the food-sector for increasing obesity rates in the American population, and especially among African-Americans.

People like to eat the increasing amount of cheap food produced by the food industry, and the rate of obesity has climbed steadily. In turn, obesity has spiked government and private health-care costs, because fat people are more prone to expensive diseases such as heart-failure and diabetes.

Federal health-care bills have risen in step, partly because of obesity’s costs, but also because many medical-professionals and Democrats want the federal government to fund a growing portion of the nation’s health-care spending.

http://investmentwatchblog.com/more-government-control-feds-look-to-regulate-food-similar-to-tobacco-with-hopes-of-saving-money-on-health-care/CHICAGO Should parents of extremely obese children lose custody for not controlling... more

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The Daily Blender: JaMichael Brown The 16 Pound Baby Born in Texas (VIDEO)

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