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The relationship between children and food should be simple – and fun. Yet often, it can be a source of stress. We worry about whether our little darlings are getting the right kind of grub. We worry about having time to cook, what to cook, and whether they will actually eat it when we do … (The Guardian)

Help is at hand. The Guardian (a UK national newspaper) has published a complete guide on “cooking for kids”, which you Read the rest of this entry »

A girlfriend of mine called the other day, unfortunately just missing me, and left a feel-good voicemail. She heard a man on the radio talking about recreation as re-creating ourselves. Because recreation for fitness and intrinsic movement are such powerful components of the healthy lifestyle programat Green Mountain, it really hit home. Finding an activity we really love – in the way that it re-creates our most genuine Read the rest of this entry »

We've written a lot about self-esteem and self-acceptance over the years we've had this blog. The issue is that we spend our time apologizing for who we are because we are ashamed or otherwise feel bad about our body size. But for the last 36+ years, we at Green Mountain at Fox Run have been trying to move women beyond the issue of body size andwomen's weight loss. We have always proclaimed that we are much more than our body size Read the rest of this entry »

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Weight Lifting for Weight Loss, Fitness and Health

In addition to cardiovascular exercise activities, research reveals that weight lifting will also provide individuals with added weight loss and health benefits. According to research, weight lifting exercises Read the rest of this entry »

Anew report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggest the rising rate of obesity is behind the 2 fold increase of type 1 and/or type 2 diabetes. A breakdown of the incidence rate by 33individual statesis available in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weeky Report (MMWR), published just last week.

“The figures came from a telephone survey of more than 260,000 adults across the country who Read the rest of this entry »