Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched LEANWorks! This website is designed to help businesses address obesity. The site offers an array of resources including an obesity cost calculator to determine medical costs, tips on how to promote means to combat obesity and information on the cost of an intervention.
“CDC LEANWorks! was developed in direct response to organizations asking CDC for help in addressing the obesity epidemic. Specifically they wanted to know what interventions were effective in helping employees maintain a healthy weight,” said William Dietz, M.D., Ph.D., director of CDC’s Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity …read more

Breaking the Mirror is holding a giveaway of disFIGURED, a movie about two unlikely friends: one obese and one suffering from anorexia. Head over there to enter.

it’s good or bad news.  Scott over at Health and Men has put up this post about how the daily minimum requirement for cardiovascular exercise has been raised to 55 minutes for health gains, instead of 30 for the obese.
If 30 minutes seemed daunting, almost doubling it will surely send the apprehensive workout-er running for the hills.
Maybe the hills are 55 minutes away. That’s one day’s worth right there.