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Reforming Healthcare with Thinner Americans

I don’t mean to be simplistic. But America’s weight problem is bankrupting our healthcare system and killing us.

That extra helping of stuffing with gravy you had at the Thanksgiving table isn’t a problem if you exercise and it’s just a “treat.” But, unfortunately, for too many of us, the big portion, fatty food, and [...]

Discovering How Some Foods Can Hurt us

Discovering How Some Foods Can Hurt us from Patient Power® on Vimeo.

New Year’s Eating Disorders

I go to the gym near my house every morning at 6 a.m. There are two TV monitors on for all to see and as we sweat on the bikes and treadmills there has lately been a constant stream of TV commercials pitching the latest ways to lose weight and get in shape.

Chuck Norris [...]

A man with a mission

I met a celebrity the other day, at least over the phone. I got to interview Jared “the Subway Guy” Fogle, the 28-year-old former Indiana University student who lost hundreds of pounds by eating low-fat Subway sandwiches twice a day and getting on a regularly walking program.

In 1998 Jared weighed 425 pounds and saw [...]