How much sugar is in your soft drink? What are the health effects of drinking soft drinks? Does diet soda make you gain weight? What’s the alternative?

Children spend much of their time at school. Part Two of PIC.tv’s Childhood Obesity in America documentary shows one school in San Francisco that is taking big steps toward battling childhood obesity, and finding out that exercise and fitness benefit children in more ways than one. For more, visit: pic.tv

In this segment of “It’s Only Natural,” Marie Oser talks with Neal Barnard of PCRM, about reversing Type2 Diabetes with a vegan diet.

Obesity is completely reversible in most children. Part Three of PIC.tv’s Childhood Obesity in America documentary looks at foods you can serve to your kids to help them eat healthier, and tips on how to keep children active. For more, visit: pic.tv

By the end of this session the learner will be able to: Describe the physical effects of obesity List the causes of obesity Demonstrate how to measure obesity Describe eating disorders Describe diabetes mellitus and the exercise recommendations for diabetics Describe Coronary heart disease and the exercise recommendations for this client group Describe Hypertension and the exercise recommendations for this client group State the effects of alcohol and smoking

Trying to release body fat or gain muscle? Want a reliable way to track your progress? Then you need a Body Composition Assessment. In this video, Medical Exercise Specialist Astrid Whiting explains why Body Composition Assessments are better at measuring a person’s state of health than other common methods.

Dr. Samadi discusses a study out of Britain that monitored 6000 children of mothers who smoked during pregnancy. The results showed that 11% were at risk of psychosis or psychotic symptoms. Another study was discussed in which it was shown that obesity contributes to many ailments. In 87% of obese patients with diabetes, there were more reports of sleep apnea and other sleep disorders. A final study discussed was the possible link between childrens candy consumption resulting in violent behavior, leading to incarceration, in adulthood. The study evaluated 17000 children over four decades.

When it comes to childhood obesity, the statistics are shocking. Increasing numbers of children are becoming overweight and physically unfit, which can harm both their physical and emotional wellbeing. Learn how you can help curb this obesity epidemic as you listen to the inspirational stories of others.

Complete video at: fora.tv Former US Surgeon General Richard Carmona examines America’s ongoing obesity epidemic. —– Prevention: The Key to Heading off a National Health-Care Crisis with former Surgeon General Richard Carmona, MD Carmona describes the current health crisis as preventable and reversible. He notes that chronic disease accounts for 7 in 10 deaths and 75 cents of every dollar spent on health care in the United States. As 17th US surgeon general, Carmona worked to revise our nation’s approach to health by emphasizing the importance of increasing prevention, eliminating health disparities and improving health literacy. Carmona’s rise to being “doctor of the nation” is particularly remarkable because of his disadvantaged childhood. He was homeless at age 6 and a high-school dropout at 17. Join us to hear Carmona’s insights about our health-care challenges and opportunities – The Commonwealth Club of California Dr. Richard H. Carmona was born to a poor family in New York City. Dr. Carmona experienced homelessness, hunger and health disparities during his youth. The experiences greatly sensitized him to the relationships among culture, health, education and economic status and shaped his future. After dropping out of high school, Dr. Carmona enlisted in the US Army in 1967. While serving, he earned his General Equivalency Diploma and went on to become a combat-decorated Special Forces Vietnam veteran. After leaving active duty, he was able to attend Bronx …

This video is the second half of the Atkins Diet Misconception: Diabetes series. If you have not seen Part 1, please watch it here: www.youtube.com The last video dealt with case damning the existing treatment or recommendations to follow a high carb diet managed with ever increasing doses of insulin. This video deals with the evidence for rather managing it with a low carb lifestyle. There are two great studies for advocating this method. 1:) Dietary carbohydrate restriction in type 2 diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome: time for a critical appraisal Nutrition and Metabolism(Lond) 2008; 5: 9. Numerous authors including Richard Bertstein, Mary Vernon, Jeff Volek, Eric Westman www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov Conducted Multi-center trial in which 63 obese men and women were randomly assigned to either diet, 21 Low Carb, 21 Control, 21 High Carb for a one year study. This discussion focuses on type 2 diabetes but many of the principles will apply to metabolic syndrome and possibly to type 1 as well[6,7]. 1. Carbohydrate restriction improves glycemic control, the primary target of nutritional therapy and reduces insulin fluctuations. 2. Carbohydrate-restricted diets are at least as effective for weight loss as low-fat diets. 3. Substitution of fat for carbohydrate is generally beneficial for markers for and incidence of CVD. 4. Carbohydrate restriction improves the features of metabolic syndrome. An important idea guiding current medical thinking is that clustering of …