There is something wrong when salsa passes as a vegetable in the school cafeteria and students can buy soda and candy from vending machines on campus. With this in mind we can only begin to wonder what the future holds for today's adolescents. When students are exposed to a life of poor nutrit...

First Lady, Michelle Obama launched a campaign concerning childhood obesity and getting kids to eat healthier. She says her goal is to put America on track to solve the childhood obesity problem in a generation, but blames busy lazy parents, cafeteria foods competing against vending machines at scho...

When talking about the word "epidemic" you always think of weird diseases, like the flu, SARS, and AIDS. Right now in America, there is an ongoing epidemic. It is caused not by viruses or bacteria, but by human nature. It's called obesity. There is no one way to solve this serious pro...

Cancer Prevention Weekly Articles of Interest February16 –20, 2004 CONTENTS: 1. Schools boost milk in junk-food battle: Eager to reduce the intake of junk food on their watch, some school boards in Canada have begun working around their exclusive contracts with cola giants in order t...

More and more people worldwide have to deal with obesity these days. This is increase in obesity is probably caused by a change in behaviour of food and beverage consumption. Nowadays, we eat and drink faster and more, because of the fact that we can eat and drink everywhere, anytime. Vending machin...

Part of our American culture is based on food and the way people treat themselves biologically by deciding what is acceptable to eat. Unfortunately a great portion of our society does not carefully think about the biological effects of certain foods. We live in an era of fad diets and health cons...

A young boy stares out of his living room window at the kids on the playground. Knowing that this daily "playing" has become exercise for him, he turns back to his television. Children like this boy have become common in our society today. Television and video games are becoming daily ...