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Healthy Habits, Healthy Kids

By | December 4th, 2015|Our Thoughts|

Childhood obesity is an epidemic that is happening all across America.  With the proliferation of junk foods and sweetened drinks that are available to kids, it can be hard for parents to monitor exactly how much they are consuming.  Also, the rise of mobile entertainment and video games have resulted in an increasingly sedentary population [...]

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The Bigger You Are, The Bigger Your Pets

By | October 23rd, 2015|Our Thoughts|

Americans are more obese than the majority of other countries in the world.  This is ​probably due to the Western culture of larger meal portions, lack of exercise, and our love of unhealthy habits.  In fact, more than one-third of US adults are obese.  That is 78.6 million people.  What is more astonishing is that the estimated [...]

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You Are What You Eat

By | October 12th, 2015|Nutrition|

Most Americans these days are more concerned about the latest cell phone than focusing on something as simple as their health.  A shocking 23 million Americans have Type 2 diabetes.  What’s even worse is that 5.7 million of those with Type 2 diabetes don’t even know that they have it.  This is alarming because adults [...]

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