Tag: obesity
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Is Childhood Obesity Avoidable?
Childhood obesity is on the rise in the United States and globally. The Centers of Disease Control reports that childhood obesity has virtually tripled in the past 30 years. The definition of overweight is an excess of body weight whereas obesity is an excess body fat. A sedentary lifestyle, physical inactivity and poor diet are… Read more
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Oswego: Where Are the Sidewalks?
When I was a teenager, I use to walk home from after school activities instead of riding the activity bus or calling my mom to pick me up. The walk was a good 1.5 miles through neighborhoods and a field. For the most part (minus the field part), I was walking on a sidewalk through… Read more