It’s astonishing to think about, but when my grandfather was born, tuberculosis was the number one cause of death in our country. Worse still, one in five children didn’t live to see their fifth birthday, in large part due to endemic and epidemic diseases. Today that’s all changed.
While I have been dinking around for months, trying to lose five pounds, two of my friends have gotten serious about weight loss. Each of them is down 50 pounds. I’m pleased for them, of course, and truly impressed by their accomplishments. Successfully combatting overweight and obesity is one of the best things people can […]
SPOKANE, Wash. — The relationship between parenting styles and child obesity will be a key topic at the upcoming Washington State University Extension Food $ense and 4-H Summit Feb. 23 – 25 at the Doubletree Hotel in Spokane. The role of adults in child obesity will be discussed by Tom Power, chair of the Department […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — A group of researchers at Washington State University has found evidence that the urocortin 3 (UCN3) gene may provide pharmaceutical companies with a new target for development of drugs to address obesity and its related conditions, such as type 2 diabetes. In a paper published Wednesday in the inaugural issue of PLoS […]