Healthy & Active The Nutrition Program

10/29/2018

A couple of hard workers. They were long but awesome days.

10/22/2018

Who's going to be at SWIS this weekend? Look for us there.

10/16/2018

10/03/2018

A large multinational cohort study finds that eating foods with a low nutritional quality on a regular basis is linked with a heightened risk of cancer.

07/24/2018

Do you think it is too late for Mr. Bones to put on some muscle?

04/11/2018

Doc, our first certification webinar for 2018 is happening soon!

You can register at https://healthy-active.ca/start-here/

08/11/2017

We can help, be the change, start using your Healthy and Active nutrition plans.

Lots to Lose: How America’s Health and Obesity Crisis Threatens our Economic Future
Tuesday, June 5, 2012



Our nation is in the midst of a public health crisis so profound that is it undermining our well-being, our economic competitiveness, and even our long-term national security.

Fully two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese. One-third of American children are overweight or obese. And among children under the age of six, nearly one in five is overweight or obese. Obese people are far more likely to develop chronic diseases like diabetes, hypertension, asthma, heart disease and cancer. Obese children are more likely to have one or more risk factors for cardiovascular disease, to be pre diabetic (i.e., at high risk of developing diabetes), and to suffer from bone and joint problems, sleep apnea, and social and psychological problems such as stigmatization and poor self-esteem. They are also very likely to become obese adults. In short, obesity is the most urgent public health problem in America today.