The average American eats 36 teaspoons of sugar per day! Over 160 pounds per year. Are you one of them?

What Betsy found she’s struggling with this week is food. Always a source a frustration! Here’s a few quick tips to keep your food intake in check.

Should health insurers charge people more money if they’re overweight? They want to.

A rather provocative headline isn’t it? There is a little ripple going around foodie circles right now though that states just that. Let me state that these are progressive, liberal people making this claim and they actually have a bit of a point.

I love this report. It comes out annually and my hometown of Boston always ranks well. The American College of Sports Medicine ranks city on a scale of 1 to 100 for levels of health. They look at chronic disease, diet, smoking, etc. Where does your city rank?

We’ve been hearing about it for years, if we’re stressed out we’ll reach for the fatty, sugary foods and gain weight. But why exactly does that happen? How does stress, a far too common affliction, effect our bodies?

A great chart on how your body reacts to stress.

For the record, I want Jillian to be a high-level trainer because she does have the ability to literally inspire millions. I want her to be the “Dr. Oz” of trainers with all of the credentials in her industry that Dr. Oz has is in his industry. I trust what Dr. Oz says (and have even bought his books) because of his impeccable resume. I would love to have the same respect for Jillian.