First Lady Michelle Obama formally announced today a “very ambitious” initiative to end childhood obesity, one of her signature causes. “We want to eliminate this problem of childhood obesity in a generation. We want to get that done,” said Obama, in the launching of the national campaign, “Let’s Move,” which aims to educate parents, make [...]

By Kendall Stewart
            According to a recent article in the New York Times, obese teens are just as likely to die prematurely as smokers. But this comes as no surprise to me – did we not know this before? It seems to me that almost everyone knows the health complications that come with being obese: [...]