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Health insurance woes abound in this country, but people with eating disorders often face an even steeper uphill battle with insurers, many of whom provide very limited coverage for what doctors call a very complex disease to treat.
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DOUG KRIZNER: The cost healthcare is an...
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DIETS DO NOT WORK. Period.
The diet industry makes BILLIONS of dollars off of the fact that people are so impatient and insecure- do not be another ignorant sheep, listening to their false claims! Don't buy into that crap, seriously! And don't waste your money! (Read the fine...
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A lot has changed since manager Gary Romriell started working at the Community Action Partnership of Kern Food Bank over 10 years ago.
I toured the facility with Romriell this morning at the Public Health Services Department event to promote healthy food.
(Read "Food bank offers healthy...
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It seems like if you wait long enough a study will come out finding something healthy in your junk-food-of-choice.
Case in point: Drinking up to six cups a day of caffeinated or decaffeinated coffee won't shorten your life span, a new study shows. In fact, coffee might even help the heart,...
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A Massachusetts bill aims to add weight and height to the list of characteristics people cannot use to discriminate with.
From the Chicago Tribune:
Currently, people can seek protection under the Americans with Disabilities Act, but they must prove their obesity is a disability and, in some...
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In reporting the story yesterday about Kern being No. 3 for its concentration of fast food and convenience stores, I came across a couple of buzz words.
Fast food jungle. Food desert.
Considering we live in neither a jungle nor desert — well, most of us anyway — I came up with my...
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Why is it I always seem to get hungry when I'm surrounded by unhealthy food?
Particularly, this seems to happen when I'm in a convenience store trying to pay for gas or stick to just buying a gallon of milk.
I recently went on a tour of a local 7-Eleven with dietitian Avtar Nijjer-Sidhu,...
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Diabetes is a condition that has unfortunately been passed down through families, said one Southern California pediatrician.
Dr. Patricia Riba, a pediatrician with the Community Care Health Center in Huntington Beach, spoke at a recent Latino and health care workshop put on by the California...
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Did you eat some of the recalled beef?
The state Department of Public Health released the list of retailers that received beef from the Hallmark/Westland Meat Packing Co., the Chino slaughterhouse at the center of the biggest beef recall in U.S. history. (The complete list is attached to this...
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The amount of beef being recalled is staggering.
As In-N-Out Spokesman Robert Emmers said, "Once you read it (the list), you really won’t want a hamburger."
Roughly 143 million pounds of raw and frozen beef products were recalled Sunday after footage of cattle being abused at...
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If you saw Fast Food Nation author Eric Schlosser speak last night at Cal State Bakersfield, you probably left a little smarter and a little more grossed out by hamburgers.
Some things he mentioned that I checked up on:
Schlosser mentioned that McDonald's is marketing beef in China by...
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Eric Schlosser is an out-and-proud carnivore.
His favorite meal: cheeseburger, French fries and a chocolate shake.
But that doesn't mean the "Fast Food Nation" author goes easy on the burger-and-fries industry. If you know anything about him or his New York Times bestseller, you know...
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The debate over who's to blame for obesity — society or the individual — is an interesting one many of you have been involved in on this blog.
It makes me think of this passage from Fed Up! Winning the War Against Childhood Obesity by Dr. Susan Okie. The first sentence is a little...
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Want to know more about obesity, nutrition, fitness and bariatric surgery?
Here are some places to turn to for more help.
What is obesity?
National Institutes of Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Information on women and obesity from the U.S. Department of Health and Human...
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Consider this:
"As obscene as it sounds, a generation or two ago, black people were considered to be inherently ugly, stupid, unsanitary, lazy and enslaved by creature comforts. Today, fat people are assumed to be inherently ugly, stupid, unsanitary, lazy and enslaved by creature...
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The previous post on Fast Food Nation and obesity provoked such a discussion that I decided to expand that into this post as well.A lot of the conversation so far has focused on fast food's role in the rise in obesity rates.Well, here are the points made by groups on either side of the debate....
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Chew on this (as you prepare for the most gluttonous, overindulgent holiday of the year): Condors fans will soon be able to take advantage of an All-You-Can-Eat Pavilion in Rabobank Arena.
As if Kern County needed another excuse to overeat.
Here's the news release:
BAKERSFIELD, Calif....
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Chalk up something else to our burgeoning girths.
Obesity has killed the It's a Small World ride at Disneyland, or, at the least, it has put it out of service.
From Wired:
"The boats routinely bottom out under the weight of super-sized riders, bringing the popular ride to a...
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I love me some Italian food.
I lived at Fazoli's, a fast-food Italian restaurant back East, when I was in college. Frugatti's is my favorite place to eat in Bakersfield. Give me pasta, sauce, maybe some meatballs and bread sticks and I am a ragazza felice (happy girl).
But maybe this is why I...
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I always knew people who liked candy corn were strange. Who likes candy shaped like vegetables? It defeats the purpose.
I can also think of a couple Twizzlers and Butterfingers. Weirdos.
What is your Halloween candy personality? The Washington Post put together a neat guide to gaging who...
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A box of Halloween cookies have been tempting me all week. Right now they are sitting on the end of my kitchen table, beckoning me to take "just one." I bought them to give out at work, and that's where they will go...not all into my stomach...I'm promising myself.
Halloween can be...
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How much do you know about the food you eat?
I bet not as much as you think you do. Take the quiz on today's front page of The Californian to test your food IQ.
When I was putting the quiz together yesterday I was surprised several times by food that looks healthy but isn't and visa versa....
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Eleven food companies have pledged to self impose limits on advertising to children, fearing government regulation.
According to the New York Times, McDonald's, Campbell Soup and PepsiCo, among others, have agreed to stop advertising to children under 12 products that do not meet certain...
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We may live in the agricultural center of the state, but that doesn't mean everyone is being fed.
Kern County ranked No. 13 out of 41 counties and county groups for low-income individuals who have trouble getting quality food and who often can't afford meals, according to the study done by...
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You may have heard all of these before, but if you haven't or are in need of a refresher, here's 10 steps to better health, courtesy of California First Lady Maria Shriver.
10 steps for parents:
If you eat healthfully, your family will too.
When your family's thirsty,...
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Photos of the pristine Big Mac dripping with cheese couldn't be true, though that's the image we normally have in our heads when ordering.
This site shows it like it actually is.
Thewvsr.com/adsvsreality.htm compares advertising photos of the fast-food big hitters — Arby's Beef 'n'...
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Think you know your way around a fast-food menu board?
Test your knowledge.
1. Which of the following breakfast items that are served at Denny's do you think has the fewest calories?
A. ham and cheddar omelet
B. country fried steak and eggs
C. three slices of French toast...
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The Californian is undertaking a large project on childhood obesity in Kern County — a serious issue that's impacting our schools, our health system and, most importantly, our children's lives.
And we're looking for some help.
Wanting to go beyond the basic...
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Assembly Bill 1503 claims to “discontinue the use of unhealthy fried foods and trans-fats in order to receive a 6 cent increase (from 15 to 21 cents) in the state reimbursement rate for free and reduced-priced meals.”(Quote found on Assemblywoman Jean Fuller’s Assembly Web page)...
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Talk about an unlikely representative. He eats earwax!
Shrek — the lovable, smelly, bright green ogre from the swamp — and his crew are now speaking out against childhood obesity. Unveiled today, the campaign comes from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Ad...
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Big Mac — got it.
Fruits and veggies — not so much.
The city tops the list for having the most fast-food and convenience stores compared to supermarkets and produce vendors -- an issue that may be adversely affecting residents' health. (Read "City lacks options" in...
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Lately, I've been hitting the gyms more than normal as a group of us at the Californian finish our first-ever gym review (look for it to come out in the Eye Street section around New Year's).
Now I'm trying to keep the momentum going, which, you can imagine, is a hard task considering the...
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