Tag: obesity
Seventy-five percent of Staten Island residents are overweight or obese, according to Borough President James Oddo making it the unhealthiest borough in the city. Staten Island dwellers are also significantly more likely to smoke or contract heart disease than other New Yorkers. “The cold hard truth is that we as a community are not as healthy […]
News Vines is ANIMAL’s reoccurring series in which we retell current events in six-seconds or less. In this edition, America’s favorite yellow food-shaped product is making a comeback to a Wall-Mart near you. #NewsVines: Twinkies Are Back https://t.co/vqybyblwEF — ANIMALNewYork (@ANIMALNewYork) July 12, 2013 […]
The popular conception that the South has America’s most obese people may be wrong, according to a new study. Conducted by the University of Alabama at Birmingham, possibly in attempt to regain the South’s good name, the researchers found that the most obesity is actually in the Midwest, in states like Minnesota, Kansas and North and […]
