Tag Archives: obesity
Eating Outside the Box: The Final Chapter
My daughter and I have come to end of Eating Outside the Box. The journey, of course, hasn’t been strictly about avoiding boxed food; most things, excluding showering, can be avoided for a month. The big picture goal was to … Continue reading
Your Health: Learning Healthy Lessons with Laura
Laura’s story (in her own words): I grew up in the South where everything we eat is either deep fried, has tons of butter in it or we just put lots of mayonnaise on it. I was a normal size … Continue reading
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Tagged Earth Fare, Health Journey, healthy food, healthy habits, healthy ingredients, kids, obesity, Organic, the healthy supermarket, weight-loss
Your Health: Keeping Healthy Food in the Family with Mary
Mary’s story (in her own words): Being an athlete in high school made it easy to stay healthy and eat right. It wasn’t until I had my own children that I realized how much my body was depleted of nutrition. … Continue reading
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Tagged Earth Fare, Health Journey, healthy food, healthy habits, natural, obesity, Organic, organic food, the healthy supermarket
Your Health: Getting Healthy Together with Susan
Susan’s story (in her own words): Several months ago I realized my daughter, who is an extremely picky eater, was living on chicken nuggets and French fries from fast food restaurants and the only exercise she was getting was at … Continue reading
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Tagged Earth Fare, General Health, Health Journey, healthy eating, healthy food, healthy habits, kids, obesity, Organic, the healthy supermarket, weight-loss
Your Community: LAAFF-ing it up in Asheville!
Last weekend, we had the pleasure of hosting the “Kids Universe” at Asheville’s annual LAAFF (Lexington Avenue Arts and Fun Festival). Kids hung out, made maracas and jammed with Kindermusic, made tie-dye butterflies out of coffee filters, got their faces … Continue reading
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Tagged activities, Asheville, Childhood Obesity, Earth Fare, festival, fun, healthy food, kids, obesity, the healthy supermarket
Cutting Out the Junk with Jessica
Jessica’s story (in her own words): I was about 200lbs my junior/senior year of high school. I’d just moved home from Germany and was glad to be back in the states, but the heavy German food I’d been consuming for … Continue reading
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Tagged Earth Fare, Health Journey, healthy eating, healthy food, inspiration, natural, obesity, Organic, the healthy supermarket
The Debate Around Recent High-Fructose Corn Syrup Study
Earlier this week, Princeton University announced these results from a new study: rats that consumed high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) gained more weight than rats that consumed sucrose (table sugar). After 6 months of consuming water sweetened with HFCS, the rats … Continue reading
Childhood Obesity: Know How Bad It Is?
We know obesity is at an all-time high for American adults, but how are children faring? Unfortunately, the news is not much better for them. 1 out of 3 children are overweight or obese. Today’s children may be the first generation of … Continue reading
Tagged Childhood Obesity, epidemic, obesity, statistics
Could a Soda Tax Really Improve Health and Reduce Obesity?
Here on Tomato Talk, we have discussed rising obesity rates, the link between sugary beverages and weight gain, and obesity prevention. In your comments, you suggested dietary changes, awareness about portion sizes, and increased physical activity as excellent solutions for … Continue reading
Tagged beverage, California, Kansas, New York, obesity, obesity prevention, Philadelphia, soda tax, sugar, weight-loss
Earth Fare’s Commitment to Eliminate Childhood Obesity
Today, Michelle Obama unveiled her new nationwide campaign to combat childhood obesity, “Let’s Move.” As a leading purveyor of healthy, natural and organic foods, Earth Fare also recognizes the gravity of the childhood obesity epidemic. With about 33% of America’s … Continue reading
