I Love To Eat, But This Year I’m Cutting Down For My Health

I Love To Eat, But This Year I’m Cutting Down For My Health

Mary Mata January 5, 2012

I am the kind of girl who can proudly out-eat anyone. “Hey, look at me eat this burrito the size of a toddler!” “Fried pig skins? Bring it!” “Chicago style […]

Breakfast Is The Most Important Meal Of The Day

Mary Mata October 11, 2011

A healthy breakfast can reduce your risk of obesity by as much as 50%.  Everyone has heard the statement, “Breakfast is the most important meal of the day,” but do […]

To Solve Obesity Problem, We Need To Start With The Children

Mary Mata September 6, 2011

I bet you’re thinking to yourself — enough already with the obesity topic! Well, there’s a reason I harp so much about obesity; it’s because, despite all that’s been written […]

McDiabetes: Top Docs Tell McDonald’s To Stop Marketing Junk

Mary Mata August 4, 2011

By Patti Lynn, otherwords.org McDonald’s should heed a call from some of the nation’s leading health professionals and stop marketing junk food to kids. It certainly has good reason to do […]

Obesity Can Lead To Arthritis, Cancer, And Even Death

Mary Mata June 7, 2011

Why do people always have to talk about obesity and diabetes as Latino issues? Surely, Latinos get other diseases worth discussing? Yes, this true, there are plenty of diseases to […]