Lorrie Hendry, host of ABC’s “Fat March,” a show in which a group of people trying to lose a lot of weight walk across the country dispels health myths and reaffirms the facts, so we can all be on our way to healthier versions of ourselves. Knowing the facts and fictions can help you lose […]
Editor’s note: This is the first of a three-part series. Doctors call childhood obesity an epidemic. But beneath the statistics and scientific studies are girls like Isabel Hernandez, a 14-year-old from Katy who likes to paint her nails and collect snow globes, who has a MySpace page but still sleeps with a nightlight. The summer […]
“Is fat contagious?” This caption blared out on the front page of the July 26 Seattle P-I. A report in the New England Journal of Medicine concluded yes. If your spouse is obese, there is a 37 percent risk that you, also, will become obese. Moreover, this was no snap judgment but a result of […]