When on the trail or a long walk, take along a snack with protein, carbohydrates, and salt replacement.  Trail mix or gorp (“good old raisins and peanuts”) is the natural answer.  But use portion control – on average trail mix has 140 calories and 9 grams of fat per ounce. Basic Trail Mix Equal parts [...]

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Our national struggle with obesity is all over the news. Hardly a day goes by without a headline, including the one this week that 1 in 5 American 4-year-olds is now obese. In Washington, D.C., alone, there are 60,000 obese children, according to the Centers for Disease Control. I’m sure there will be calls for [...]

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MONDAY, March 30 (HealthDay News) — Babies who gain weight quickly during the first six months of life may be more prone to obesity as toddlers, Harvard researchers report. “We need to start our preventive methods when children are much younger,” said study author Dr. Elsie M. Taveras. “Even in the first couple of weeks [...]

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More children are overweight today than they were 20 years ago and one third of all children (some as young as 3 and 4) have elevated cholesterol levels. Thirteen percent of school-age children exercise less than twice weekly and the average child watches 25 hours of television a week. The period from birth to age [...]

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According to this theory, obesity and overweight are byproducts of psychological problems or of conditioning. Many children eat and overeat in effort to win their parents approval, or in some cases, to avoid punishment.   Some well-meaning parents still believe that a fat child is a healthy.   Also, some parents give cookies or candy as a [...]

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Paige Waehner ~ Content reviewed by Medical Review Board. I’m a long way from my teen years, but I can still remember the things I used to think when I looked in the mirror: “I’m too fat,” “I’m too tall,” and “why is my butt so big?” I spent hours cataloging my flaws and, if I [...]

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