Fat 2 Fit #87 – Fat Enablers

Saturday, January 30th, 2010

In the days after the new year, Jeff was inspired by the shows "Half Ton Teen", "Half Ton Mom", and of course "Half Ton Dad" to talk about fat enablers. It's all about the people who help you to be fat, and the people who you help to be ...

Cutting the Food Cord

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

I just read the great article over at the Mun Fitness Blog called Why Teenagers Like Eating Fast Food? Having just done a show on childhood obesity, one of the points stuck out to me that Jeff and I probably didn't totally address - rebellion. Here's an excerpt: At ...

Fat 2 Fit Show #23 – Childhood Obesity

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

Childhood obesity is quickly becoming an international problem. Speculation on the causes for the widening of our children's waists are numerous. Does the responsibility of a child's weight rest solely on the shoulders of the parent? At what age should a child take responsibility for their health? We ...

Love Won’t Add Weight

Monday, March 10th, 2008

Getting ready for this week's show on childhood obesity, I was reminded of the great public service announcements that ran when I was a kid.  There was one in particular that was most relevant to this week's podcast topic.  What ever happened to these types of great public service announcements? ...

Fat 2 Fit Show #16 – Body Image and Self Esteem

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

In the movie "The Matrix", your "real body" is somewhere else and you live your life in a computer simulation. The way that your body appears in the Matrix is your "residual self-image", or in other words, your brain makes your Body Image into reality. We discuss Body Image and ...