The National Restaurant Association added Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar and Chick-fil-A to its Kids LiveWell program this week, bringing the number of restaurants in the program to 96. To be a part of Kids LiveWell, restaurants have to offer at least one children’s meal (an entrée, side and beverage) that is 600 calories or [...]

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Despite optimistic healthy trends like these, a new report finds about 32 million more Americans will become obese by 2030, increasing obesity rates to 42 percent of the U.S. population. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also predicts the number of Americans who are severely obese (more than 100 pounds overweight) will reach 11 [...]

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After months of food fights about things like tater tots and chocolate milk, the USDA today announced the first major changes in school meals in 15 years. Chat with FFTV on Twitter Like FFTV on Facebook

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With powerful words like “Being fat takes the fun out of being a kid,” a new in-your-face ad campaign aimed to fight childhood obesity in Georgia is creating a firestorm. With childhood obesity rates skyrocketing in the state, is this the best approach or is it making matters worse for overweight kids? Take a look [...]

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Here’s the latest picture of Drew Manning, the personal trainer gaining weight on purpose… Since FatFighterTV first ran the story, it has grown even bigger than Drew Manning himself!

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Normally on FatFighterTV, I share weight loss success stories – WooHoos!, as they’re known here. But today, I want to tell you about the opposite – a fit guy who is deliberately making himself fat. Since May, Drew Manning has gained about 70 pounds on purpose. And he’s not done yet.

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More than 23 million children and teenagers in the U.S. are obese or overweight, a statistic that health experts consider an epidemic. It’s such a critical issue that President Obama has proclaimed September, 2011 as National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month.

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The number of people who have diabetes has skyrocketed to 366 million. A new report says the disease now kills one person every seven seconds. Most diabetes cases are Type 2, which is linked to poor diet, obesity, and lack of exercise. Researchers say the problem is spreading as people in the developing world adopt [...]

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We all know we need to eat lots of fruits and vegetables. But how much we’re actually having seems to vary depending on where we live. So, in which states do people eat the most and the least amount?

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Instead of getting rid of the toys in its Happy Meals, McDonald’s is cutting calories in the popular menu item by about 20 percent. The chain announced it will soon automatically add apples to Happy Meals and include a new smaller size French fries (1.1 ounces instead of 2.4 ounces). So are healthy fast food [...]

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