this is a list of three hypersites and one blog site with a description:
- http://www.diet-blog.com a large list of blogs by a large number of people trying to lose weight.
- http://www.dietfacts.com a large site with numerous hyperlinks and the ability to check brands for caloric information (for example, haagen dazs vanilla icecream, not that you eat that, of course)
- http://calorielab.com a website a bit like dietfacts.com
- http://www.nutritiondata.com a website a bit like dietfacts.com.
and now some musings on a report by the cdc (see diet-blog.com) on the rating of states as to the obesity or overweight status of each state. first, obese and overweight are not the same thing. i hope i am overweight only. obese is far worse. i am not sure of the difference exactly. what matters, though, is that the least obese state is hawaii, and the most obese states are in the deep south. writers concur that the southern states eat poorly and exercise little. one blogger noted that he had seen neighbors in the south get on their riding lawnmowers to go out to the mailbox!
but why is hawaii the leanest state? is it diet? do hawaiians eat lots of fresh fruit and fish, which are both good for the heart and health in general? or is it that they have a better climate, although what difference that makes, i don't know? or is it that they have abundant beaches and can exercise more readily?
most importantly, what does this have to do with my state, which is ohio? a good question. now i need to find a good answer.
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