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"Sedentary"
This award-winning Public Service Announcement from the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons ® takes aim at America's sendentary youth.
Success Stories
How do you wean your kids from fast food and make them like fruit salad? How do you get off your duff after 60 years on the sidelines of exercise? Do you have success stories about weight management, good nutrition and exercise?
Healthful Hints, Helpful Strategies for Change
Change for Good: Healthy Habits, Not Diets

Often healthy eating requires a life change, but in time your new way of eating won’t feel so new—it will be a new normal.

Curb Emotional Eating

When you find yourself seeking out food to comfort you, you are eating in response to your emotions, rather than to hunger.

Even With Weight-Loss Drugs, Losing Pounds Isn't Easy

Out of the 90 million Americans who are overweight, 50 million go on a diet each year, according to the National Women's Health Resource Center.

Healthful Strategies for Weight Loss

Experts say the long-term success at weight loss requires a balance between diet and physical activity.

Helpful Hints for a Healthy Weight

Most people consider losing weight a difficult proposition. Few folks have the time or interest to count calories or fat grams. Others have no patience for restrictive diets or complex dietary regimens.

Is It Hunger or Appetite?

If you feel “hungry” just a few hours after you’ve eaten a meal, it’s likely you’re responding to something you saw or smelled.

Obese Parents Influence Children's Weight

Obesity is the most common health problem facing children, child health experts say. More than 30 percent of children and teens are overweight, and 15 percent are obese.

Small Weight Changes Mean Big Health Gains

Research shows that if you are overweight or obese, a little weight loss goes a long way toward reducing your risk for disease and protecting your health.

TV vs. Activity: Key Choice for Kids

What happened? Not so long ago, when school was out and the weather was nice, kids were always outside, climbing trees, swinging or playing games.

Why We're Obese: It's Not Lack of Willpower

True or false? Most overweight people got that way because they're self-indulgent weaklings without the will power to say no to super-sized french fries and fudge-slathered ice cream.