Fat Fighter TV http://fatfightertv.com/blog Change Your Life to a Healthy Lifestyle with Quick & Healthy Dinner Ideas, Tips to Losing Fat, plus the latest news on diet, fitness, and the obesity epidemic Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:25:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 en 1103437http://www.feedburner.com News Nugget: Fast food ad ban could cut childhood obesity http://fatfightertv.com/blog/2008/11/fast-food-ad-ban-childhood-obesity/ http://fatfightertv.com/blog/2008/11/fast-food-ad-ban-childhood-obesity/#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:25:55 +0000 FatFighter http://fatfightertv.com/blog/?p=2527 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "News Nugget: Fast food ad ban could cut childhood obesity", url: "http://fatfightertv.com/blog/2008/11/fast-food-ad-ban-childhood-obesity/" });]]> I don’t see this happening anytime soon, but… A new study finds banning fast-food advertising on TV in the U.S. could reduce the number of overweight children by as much as 18 percent. But the report’s authors at the National Bureau of Economic Research question whether it would be practical to make this happen - so far, only Sweden, Norway and Finland have done this. To give you an idea of just how many unhealthy ads kids see, check out this report on advertisements for unhealthy foods during children’s programming.

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]]> http://fatfightertv.com/blog/2008/11/fast-food-ad-ban-childhood-obesity/feed/ News Nugget: Obamas start days with fitness http://fatfightertv.com/blog/2008/11/obamas-start-days-with-workouts/ http://fatfightertv.com/blog/2008/11/obamas-start-days-with-workouts/#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:20:40 +0000 FatFighter http://fatfightertv.com/blog/?p=2522 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "News Nugget: Obamas start days with fitness", url: "http://fatfightertv.com/blog/2008/11/obamas-start-days-with-workouts/" });]]> Both President-elect Barack Obama and the future first lady like to start their days with exercise. Barack Obama tells Men’s Health magazine he usually gets in about 45 minutes, six days a week, but says he’d prefer to workout for 90 minutes. And Michelle Obama tells People magazine she exercises for 90-minutes three times a week.

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]]> http://fatfightertv.com/blog/2008/11/obamas-start-days-with-workouts/feed/ News Nugget: U.S. opens food safety office in China after recent scares http://fatfightertv.com/blog/2008/11/us-opens-food-safety-office-china/ http://fatfightertv.com/blog/2008/11/us-opens-food-safety-office-china/#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:15:44 +0000 FatFighter http://fatfightertv.com/blog/?p=2517 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "News Nugget: U.S. opens food safety office in China after recent scares", url: "http://fatfightertv.com/blog/2008/11/us-opens-food-safety-office-china/" });]]> The first foreign office of the Food and Drug Administration opened Wednesday in Beijing after a recent string of contaminated Chinese food and drug imports to the United States. The U.S. says it intends to help the Chinese government improve its regulatory systems for exports. The FDA also plans to open offices in Guangzhou and Shanghai in the next few days.

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]]> http://fatfightertv.com/blog/2008/11/us-opens-food-safety-office-china/feed/ News Nugget: Weight loss surgery helps with pregnancy http://fatfightertv.com/blog/2008/11/news-nugget-weight-loss-surgery-helps-with-pregnancy/ http://fatfightertv.com/blog/2008/11/news-nugget-weight-loss-surgery-helps-with-pregnancy/#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:15:04 +0000 FatFighter http://fatfightertv.com/blog/?p=2507 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "News Nugget: Weight loss surgery helps with pregnancy", url: "http://fatfightertv.com/blog/2008/11/news-nugget-weight-loss-surgery-helps-with-pregnancy/" });]]> Women who get pregnant after they have weight-loss surgery have easier pregnancies and healthier babies than obese women who become pregnant, says a new report in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The study finds pregnant women who lose weight after bariatric surgery may have lower rates of complications like gestational diabetes and preeclampsia. Their babies are also healthier and may be less likely to be born prematurely.

Just last week, another study found weight loss surgery may improve IVF outcomes.

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]]> http://fatfightertv.com/blog/2008/11/news-nugget-weight-loss-surgery-helps-with-pregnancy/feed/ News Nugget: Burger King cuts sodium in kids meals http://fatfightertv.com/blog/2008/11/burger-king-cuts-sodium-in-kids-meals/ http://fatfightertv.com/blog/2008/11/burger-king-cuts-sodium-in-kids-meals/#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:10:17 +0000 FatFighter http://fatfightertv.com/blog/?p=2511 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "News Nugget: Burger King cuts sodium in kids meals", url: "http://fatfightertv.com/blog/2008/11/burger-king-cuts-sodium-in-kids-meals/" });]]> Burger King is cutting the amount of sodium in its kids meals. The fast food chain says it will now limit sodium to 600 milligrams or less in kids meals advertised to children under 12 years old. BK is also promoting menu combinations with less than 650 calories for adults.

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]]> http://fatfightertv.com/blog/2008/11/burger-king-cuts-sodium-in-kids-meals/feed/ Taking your turkey’s temperature? http://fatfightertv.com/blog/2008/11/turkey-meat-thermometer/ http://fatfightertv.com/blog/2008/11/turkey-meat-thermometer/#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:30:30 +0000 FatFighter http://fatfightertv.com/blog/?p=2479 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Taking your turkey’s temperature?", url: "http://fatfightertv.com/blog/2008/11/turkey-meat-thermometer/" });]]> meatthermometer Taking your turkeys temperature?Question: What temperature should your Thanksgiving turkey reach before it’s done? Answer: For it to be safe to eat, it should be 165-degrees in the innermost part of the thigh and wing and the thickest part of the breast. You do use a meat thermometer, don’t you??? And of course, you want it to be accurate, so check out which ones did well in Consumer Reports’ (CR) tests.

The Testing
CR looked at 11 meat thermometers - the ones you leave in food as it cooks, as well as those you poke in and read instantly.

Besides testing temperature accuracy, CR measured how quickly each meat thermometer adjusted to temperature changes. The fastest took 10 seconds or less; the slowest, more than 30 seconds. Also tested - the temperature range each thermometer could read. The widest was 0 to 450º F, which makes it more useful for things like deep frying; the narrowest was up to only 180º.

Bottom line
If you want a meat thermometer you insert before cooking, CR says try the digital Polder THM-360 ($30) - it has two probes that can track the temperature of two different foods.

If you’d rather check the temperature of cooking meat instantly, CR recommends the digital Taylor Weekend Warrior ($16) - it’s about half the price as the Polder and is very easy to use. It features a “hold” button that freezes the displayed temperature until you can remove the food from the oven, and a “max” button to show the highest temperature the thermometer has reached.

So, really… will you be using a meat thermometer this Thanksgiving?

Photo Credit: Consumer Reports

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]]> http://fatfightertv.com/blog/2008/11/turkey-meat-thermometer/feed/ 900,000 pounds of Lean Cuisine chicken dinners recalled http://fatfightertv.com/blog/2008/11/lean-cuisine-recall/ http://fatfightertv.com/blog/2008/11/lean-cuisine-recall/#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:29:38 +0000 FatFighter http://fatfightertv.com/blog/?p=2494 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "900,000 pounds of Lean Cuisine chicken dinners recalled", url: "http://fatfightertv.com/blog/2008/11/lean-cuisine-recall/" });]]> leancuisine 900,000 pounds of Lean Cuisine chicken dinners recalledCheck your freezers. Nestle has recalled nearly a million pounds of three of its Lean Cuisine chicken entrees after reports of small pieces of blue, hard plastic in them - one person has been injured.

The recalled entrees are the Cafe Classics Pesto Chicken with Bow Tie Pasta, Spa Cuisine Chicken Mediterranean, and Dinnertime Selects Chicken Tuscan. The frozen meals were produced between August 18-October 27 and were distributed nationwide.

To find out if you have a contaminated Lean Cuisine dinner, call the Nestle Consumer Service Center hot line at (800) 227-6188.

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]]> http://fatfightertv.com/blog/2008/11/lean-cuisine-recall/feed/ Requiring calorie counts on menus could go national http://fatfightertv.com/blog/2008/11/requiring-calorie-counts-on-menus-could-go-national/ http://fatfightertv.com/blog/2008/11/requiring-calorie-counts-on-menus-could-go-national/#comments Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:00:15 +0000 FatFighter http://fatfightertv.com/blog/?p=2462 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Requiring calorie counts on menus could go national", url: "http://fatfightertv.com/blog/2008/11/requiring-calorie-counts-on-menus-could-go-national/" });]]> menu Requiring calorie counts on menus could go nationalJust this month, Philadelphia joined New York City and California in requiring calorie counts be posted on restaurant menus. Now the rest of the country may follow in their footsteps. 

A bill Sen. Tom Harkin and Rep. Rosa DeLauro introduced that would require nutrition labeling on chain-restaurant menus across the country has stalled, but the two have announced they will reintroduce the legislation in the next session of Congress.

The move seems to be getting more popular as the country continues to fight the obesity epidemic. Last month, Yum Brands - the parent company of KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, Long John Silver’s and A&W All-American Food - said it’s going to start posting calories on menu boards in its restaurants nationwide.

I say, show me the calories! I want to know what I’m getting into. What do you think? Should there be a law that requires calorie counts be posted on menus nationwide?

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]]> http://fatfightertv.com/blog/2008/11/requiring-calorie-counts-on-menus-could-go-national/feed/ What are the healthiest and unhealthiest cities? http://fatfightertv.com/blog/2008/11/healthiest-and-unhealthiest-cities/ http://fatfightertv.com/blog/2008/11/healthiest-and-unhealthiest-cities/#comments Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:00:04 +0000 FatFighter http://fatfightertv.com/blog/?p=2452 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "What are the healthiest and unhealthiest cities?", url: "http://fatfightertv.com/blog/2008/11/healthiest-and-unhealthiest-cities/" });]]> burlington What are the healthiest and unhealthiest cities?Congrats to Burlington, Vermont - the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just named it the healthiest city in America. The CDC says Burlington is among the best in exercise and among the lowest in obesity, diabetes and several other diseases.

At the bottom of the pile - Huntington, West Virginia. The CDC dubs it the unhealthiest city in the U.S. Nearly half the adults there are obese - a lot higher percentage than the national average.

And Huntington leads in having a high number of other illnesses, too, including heart disease and diabetes. It’s even tops in the percentage of elderly people who have lost all their teeth - half of them have.

Interestingly, the entire states of Vermont and West Virginia held similar positions in another CDC report that came out in August - F as in Fat.

Photo Credit: City of Burlington

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]]> http://fatfightertv.com/blog/2008/11/healthiest-and-unhealthiest-cities/feed/ Slam Ball! http://fatfightertv.com/blog/2008/11/slam-ball/ http://fatfightertv.com/blog/2008/11/slam-ball/#comments Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:15:37 +0000 FatFighter http://fatfightertv.com/blog/?p=2414 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Slam Ball!", url: "http://fatfightertv.com/blog/2008/11/slam-ball/" });]]> Besides working out with kettlebells, another one of my favorite pieces of exercise equipment is the medicine ball. Check out this video of an exercise from my Boot Camp class called Slam Ball - it works your glutes, quads, hamstrings, triceps, and back… plus you get a cardio workout as well! PreFit personal trainer, Joel Baker, explains how to do it.

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