Never mind “shock and awe,” we got McDonald’s. Export McDonald’s all over the world and everyone will be obese, sick, and dying of heart attacks in no time. Oh wait, we already do.

People love McDonald’s, next to Mickey Mouse and Sponge Bob, Ronald McDonald is our favorite friendly face.

But McDonald’s is a strange brew. Those beloved burgers don’t decay, they last forever. And scientists say is the fat that keeps McDonald’s hamburgers immortal.

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Ive lost 10lbs with the weight watchers diet, which made me very happy, but fell off the wagon. Ive tried the hCG diet for about a week, and I felt like I was starving myself. I gave that up because it didnt give me the motivation to take care of my baby or even clean the house.

I am a stay at home mommy who is currently going to school online. When I stress, I turn to food. So I need help! I’m hoping that I can get the support I need through the dietblog community, so hello everyone!

In a recent poll, almost 40% of adults rated childhood obesity as the number 1 health concern amongst youth.

If we haven’t hit the panic button yet, it’s time to do so.

Here are some sobering statistics about childhood obesity that really underscore the need to act.

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What can you suggest for me, to help me lose this weight before my fiance comes back from Iraq in March?

During a recent Interview “Salt” star, Angelina Jolie, said the secret to her beauty was a big juicy steak.

She didn’t always eat red meat and at one time followed a strict vegan diet until she said it almost killed her.

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Child Psychiatrist, Paul Ballas, is calling for an exercise rating on motion-controlled video games, claiming it would be a valuable tool in the fight against childhood obesity.

As of now, video game ratings were confined to movie-like ratings, which ranged from “your 2 year old can play this and still have nice dreams at night” to “your child may grow up to be an ax-wielding, and/or gun-totting, car-thieving lunatic”.

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Any advice is good advice. I have problems with bread, it is basically my main weakness…thank you all for your help,

Love,
Hanna

If I had to pick foods that represent the heart and soul of New York City, that list would include: pizza, street cart pretzels, gyros, and hotdogs, McSorley’s beer, and bagels… especially bagels!

But New York bagels are under attack. In an attempt to raise funds, the cash strapped Albany legislators are enforcing a tax on bagels. If a bagel is sliced, it’s a prepared food; therefore it is subject to sales tax.

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We’ve got cattle and chickens for miles and miles, but, for some reason food producers want to jam meat from cloned animals down our throats, even though it’s still unclear if eating cloned meat is safe.

So, should we introduce cloned meat into the food supply? No, the answer is no, 1,000 times no! There’s no need. There’s no shortage of cows – cut the bull!

The UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) says meat from a cloned bull somehow snuck into the food chain unauthorized.

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No-one’s going to deny the huge problem childhood obesity poses. But what’s the solution?

I recently came across some interesting ideas from Pamela Cytrynbaum, in her article for Psychology Today.

She says, often when her daughter starts at a new place, she will write a short note, and place it into her lunchbox. It goes something like this:

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