Omega-3’s and disease prevention
The more we learn about omega-3’s, the more amazing they seem: how can something so simple, so affordable, and so readily available be so good for us? Because of their anti-inflammatory properties, omega-3’s have been linked with prevention and treatment of a whole host of health problems, including:

Heart disease
Stroke
High cholesterol
High blood pressure
Diabetes
Obesity
Arthritis
Osteoporosis Depression/bipolar disorders
Schizophrenia
Alzheimer’s
ADHD
Burns
Skin disorders
Asthma
Breast, colon, and prostate cancers
This list goes on and on.

Sometimes it makes me so sad when I see severely overweight adults (which it is there right if they want to live that way) raising young severly overweight children. It just makes me sad that this isnt considered a form of child abuse. They are most likely setting that child up for years of health problems like juvenile diabetes, asthma, heart conditions, and even mental illnesses like low self esteem.

What do you think should be done to help curb child obesity?
typo/clarification: (which it is their right (the parents) to live their life how they want to)

I never thought I was fat, my family has a history with weight issues, so I have always kept a steady workout schedule and tried to eat healthy.

Recently, I have not been working out as much, and since it was around Halloween I had ate more candy than I usually would. But as recently as Halloween and my lack of working out, a discoloration on my neck occurred, I looked it up and it said it was commonly related to Obesity and Diabetes 2…

I am pretty scared actually, and was wondering if anyone could offer any information about prevention and how to get rid of this discoloration!

I have gone back to working out, and am currently working on returning to my healthier diet…Is that going to be enough?

does anyone know where i can find charts/graphs detailing the growing epidemic of type ii diabetes in children!! PLEASE
type ii diabetes in children over the years
i dont want suggestions or opinions!
just graphs/chart!!
no statistics..
onLY STATISTICS IF THEY INCLUDE EXACT PERCENTS OF CHILDREN WITH TYPE II DIABETES!! as in enough info to make a chart!!
thankx

Everyone says it is a "personal choice"
What if I don’t want to? What if I would rather not deal with sore nipples? What if I would like my breasts to go back to normal as soon as possible?
Is that what the "personal choice" is about, my self?

Why is this such a personal choice while excess health care costs totaling more than billion must be paid by the U.S. health care system each year to treat otitis media, gastroenteritis, and necrotizing enterocolitis–childhood diseases and conditions preventable or reduced by breastfeeding. When prevention of obesity, diabetes, and other chronic conditions is factored in, the potential economic benefits of breastfeeding are significantly greater.

Do significant disparities in breastfeeding exist, with non-Hispanic black and socioeconomically disadvantaged groups experiencing lower breastfeeding rates, because it is a personal choice?

Maybe more needs to be done to ensure the achievement of our national breastfeeding goals and to create an environment where women and their families can be successful in achieving their personal breastfeeding goals.