I wasn’t always overweight. I started gaining weight around the 4th grade, and slowly it started to get out of control. I was always raised around food, and it was always second nature to eat. When I got into young adulthood, my eating habits got really bad. I would spend […]
I was always the heavy girl – I was always told being heavy was just my build. Then one day, things changed. I woke up one late summer morning and decided… enough was enough. I come from a long line of family who suffer from obesity related illnesses, and I […]
My name is Matt. I’m from San Antonio, TX and I’m 30 years old. And at 30 years old, I’ve accomplished a somewhat rare feat. What is that feat, you ask? Well… at the age of 30, I look better, feel better and am in better health than I was […]
For nearly 20 years, I’ve struggled with food. I tried many different times to lose the weight. Diet pills, shots, weight loss programs, excessive exercising, and Overeaters Anonymous. “Hi. My name is Tiffany and I overeat.”I lost weight only to regain it and then some. I’m an emotional eater. While […]
Data collected by the Dutch Pediatric Surveillance Unit shows that two out of three obese children face cardiovascular risk factors. Doctors in the Netherlands reported data based on new diagnoses of childhood obesity in children between the ages of 2-18. Remarkably, 62% of severely obese children under 12 already had at least […]
