It seems that in this day and age of technology and paparazzi our generation is being forced to stare into an unreal image of what the media wants us to feel like we should look like. This may seem pessimistic and crudely blunt but it seems that there are extremely over-weight kids and super-skinny ones. What ever happened to a good normal sized teenager, or adult for that matter? Read More »
Food and eating
Tight Skin over Frail Bones
By Toriella - Posted on March 26th, 2008
Tagged: Anorexia
• Food and eating
• kids. teenagers
• Obesity
• self-esteem
• skinny girls
• Better future
McDonald's: The College Student's Best Friend
By Christinedreams - Posted on March 5th, 2008
Tagged: Food and eating
Those warm double cheeseburgers, refreshing iced teas, and crispy fries are absolutely mesmerizing on McDonald's dollar menu commercial. As I watch, the enormous amounts of calories and fat are far from my mind. Late at night, convenience makes the calories seem like a minimal consequence. My friends and I go there all the time and feast on its variety of unhealthy delights. Read More »
Survive and Thrive: Money- and Life-Saving Tips for College Students
By ediblewoman - Posted on February 22nd, 2008
Tagged: College
• college life
• cooking
• Environment
• finances
• Food
• Food and eating
• Saving Money
• Broad prosperity
• Better future
You’re in college. You’re busy. Your brain is working overtime. You are probably starving. And you are probably eating a lot of crap, because crap tends to be cheap. I’ve been there. Twice, in fact. This time around, I am refusing to live on ramen noodles! Read More »
Dumpstering: not just for hobos anymore!
By carrot - Posted on October 19th, 2007
Tagged: Food and eating
• Shared responsibility
So I believe in the old proverb "waste not want not..." Read More »
Fat People Love McDonalds
By Happi Ness - Posted on September 6th, 2007
Tagged: Anorexia
• breast cancer
• Cervical Cancer
• eating disorders
• Food and eating
• health and wellness
• mental health
• Obesity
• people's happiness
• Broad prosperity
• Shared responsibility
• Personal freedom
• Better future
"What?!"
That's the reaction I'm hoping to get from that audacious title. In my defense, I don't believe this, but we all have fallen prey to agree with a body conscious stereotype at one point in time. Read More »
Health & Welleness: Our responsibility
By whispers awnesty - Posted on September 5th, 2007
Tagged: Food and eating
• Shared responsibility
We are all familiar with the need to be healthy and well. We have heard people say that, in one degree or another, they try to be healthy at least 40% of the time. But what the heck does that mean? And how does one accomplish health and wellness anyway? Well.... Read More »
