Kids are under a tremendous amount of pressure these days and that pressure can come from so many different sources. For some kids, trying to keep their grades up in school can be overwhelming, for other kids the stress comes from social situations with friends or relationship issues with family....

Recently I was asked if I ever worried that I was putting my children at risk for developing eating disorders by being so open and honest about my own. I thought about it for about a half a second and then answered, "Hell no." The truth is, that when I...

I am so confused.

Earlier today, I was picking my kids up from school when I saw a woman pushing a baby carriage. At first I assumed that the woman was the child's mother, but when I took a closer look, I could see through her shirt that her stomach...

To be very honest, I hadn't planned on writing about all the nasty criticism Kim Kardashian's been getting about her pregnancy weight gain, because sadly, celebrity weight bashing is nothing new. I also figured that people would spew their nastiness and then move on to their next victim as soon...

Yesterday, I heard from a mother whose 15-year-old daughter had two friends over last weekend, and all they kept talking about was how obsessed their parents are with their weight. They each complained that although they are easily within healthy weight ranges, their parents (who obviously have issues of their...

CBC News Toronto just posted an article stating that less than 50 per cent of elementary school students are getting daily exercise. While I'm not at all shocked by their report, I do find it incredibly frustrating. Not only has this been a problem for quite sometime now,...

There, I said it. And I'll say it again: Childhood obesity is not the problem.

While it's become nearly impossible to turn on a TV or read a newspaper without hearing about the obesity epidemic and it seems like there are anti-obesity campaigns popping up everywhere, I believe we...

The judge has spoken, the ruling has been been made and our right to drink super sized, sugar loaded beverages remains intact.

I'll be honest with you and say that I'm feeling somewhat conflicted by the decision. I know that the main argument against the ban came from...