{"id":6599,"date":"2010-08-11T11:34:53","date_gmt":"2010-08-11T16:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/?p=6599"},"modified":"2011-01-19T12:20:57","modified_gmt":"2011-01-19T17:20:57","slug":"from-joan-salge-blake-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/2010\/08\/11\/from-joan-salge-blake-18\/","title":{"rendered":"From Joan Salge Blake:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Americans at LARGE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong> <\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6600 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/files\/2010\/08\/obese-scale.jpg\" alt=\"obese scale\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/files\/2010\/08\/obese-scale.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/files\/2010\/08\/obese-scale-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/\">Centers for Disease Control<\/a> (CDC) recently took the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/vitalsigns\/AdultObesity\/\"> vital signs<\/a> of Americans and declared that more needs to be done to combat obesity. Currently, 68% of Americans are either overweight or obese. Excess body fat increases your risk of heart disease, certain cancers, stroke, and diabetes &#8212; all major killers of Americans.<\/p>\n<p>Correctly, the CDC has identified that there isn&#8217;t a single, simple solution to this problem, but rather, it has to be a team effort of the states, communities, and personal changes to trim down America. States can bring more local, waist-friendly fruits and vegetables to schools and the workplace. Communities can support and maintain safe outdoor spaces such as playgrounds and bike paths to encourage physical activity. On a personal level, the time has come for all of us to consider a diet and lifestyle makeover.<\/p>\n<p>Taking gradual and realistic steps to change your diet and lifestyle is less overwhelming and more likely to be successful. To help you, try these <a href=\"http:\/\/people.bu.edu\/SALGE\/52_small_steps\/weight_loss\/index.html\">52 Small Steps to Losing Weight<\/a>. Changes can be made&#8230;&#8230;one small step at a time.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Americans at LARGE Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recently took the vital signs of Americans and declared that more needs to be done to combat obesity. Currently, 68% of Americans are either overweight or obese. Excess body fat increases your risk of heart disease, certain cancers, stroke, and diabetes &#8212; all major killers of Americans. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":609,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4491],"tags":[2875,3472,102,967,1529,3473,1467,2202],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6599"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/609"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6599"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7619,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6599\/revisions\/7619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}