MYFOXNY.COM – Mayor Joanne Cocchiola of Nutley, N.J., has introduced a township-wide weight loss program called the Mayor’s Weight Loss Challenge, in collaboration with Mountainside Hospital. The program is structured as a competition between the Township (employees and residents) and Nutley Board of Education (staff and faculty of the BOE and all schools). The 12-week [...]

New Jersey will invest $6 million in local pedestrian safety improvements

Educators and youth leaders have always provided NGA with meaningful and inspiring anecdotal accounts of how gardening boosts kids’ interest in school and learning, improves their attitudes about eating healthful foods and caring for the environment, helps them develop social skills and self-esteem, and gives them a feeling of community spirit. NGA now captures quantitative [...]

By CHRISTOPHER B. LEINBERGER WALK SCORE, a new Web site popular with urbanists and environmentalists (www.walkscore.com), rates places for their walkability – the ease of meeting daily needs on foot. The popularity of the site is an indicator that how the American Dream plays out on the ground has been fundamentally changing over the last 10 [...]

It’s no secret that children are facing more health problems than ever before. Childhood obesity is causing increases in diabetes rates as well as higher blood pressure. A health issue that is just coming to light in the wake of the other problems is increasing cholesterol levels in children. The best way to address it [...]

By Gary Taubes Prologue: A Brief History of Banting Farinaceous and vegetable foods are fattening, and saccharine matters are especially so….In sugar-growing countries the negroes and cattle employed on the plantations grow remarkably stout while the cane is being gathered and the sugar extracted. During this harvest the saccharine juices are freely consumed; but when [...]

Twice as many obese in U.S. as Europe Twice as many Americans are obese than in Europe, study finds WASHINGTON – Nearly twice as many U.S. adults are obese compared to European, a key factor leading Americans to suffer more often from cancer, diabetes and other chronic ailments, a study released on Tuesday found. Treatment [...]

Simple Lifestyle Changes, Not Crash Dieting, Are the Key to Weight Loss Success By JAMES HILL Today in America, the obesity conversation is very loud. Every day, Americans are inundated with the latest statistics, weight-loss products and information about how healthy — or unhealthy — they are. We know that in the United States too [...]

Schools in West Virginia are trying to take the junk out of junk food with new cafeteria menus featuring healthy choices in disguise. Protein-packed donuts, low sodium hot dogs on wheat buns, low-fat pancakes and baked French fries are some of the newest additions to Kennan Elementary School’s cafeteria. “They have to be able to [...]

Just 10 minutes of exercise a day can help even the most inactive overweight women, U.S. researchers reported. Tests on overweight and obese women, many of whom had high blood pressure, showed that even small amounts of exercise improved their fitness and toned them up enough to lower their overall risk of early death. //