It's 6 p.m. and you still have tons of e-mail to answer. You find yourself grabbing a bag of chips from the office vending machine and settling in for another hour or two -- again.
Is there any wonder half of America's employees haven't exercised in the past 30 days and obesity levels are climbing?
Unless you live in a cave — and McCafferty lives above ground on Mount Helix — you know that fries aren't health food. This night, though, she learned a horrifying fact. That Ranch packet? It oozed with 30 percent more fat than the fries.
Vaught, who weighs more than 400 pounds, opted for the surgery as a last resort to weight loss, but he'll also take part in a health and wellness program through the fire department where he works.
Losing weight is a trying experience and many are left with saggy skin that makes it difficult to enjoy their new healthier weight. Cosmetic surgery is often the answer to the post weight loss woes.
The researchers at University of Washington used data collected when young adults were 24, 27 and 30 years of age, and found that nearly half the sample of 776 young adults tracked during the study met the criteria for one of these conditions at each of these time points.
"For the first time, we have strong scientific evidence that soda is one of the – if not the largest – contributors to the obesity epidemic," Dr. Harold Goldstein, executive director of the California Center for Public Health Advocacy, said Wednesday.
