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CNN'S FIT NATION SUMMIT: SEE THE ENTIRE VIDEO HERE

Here is the complete video of the CNN Fit Nation Summit I had the distinct pleasure to attend 2 weeks ago today. It was awesome! The video is long (31 minutes), but I thought you may want to see it...so here it is!

CNN'S FIT NATION SUMMIT: RACHAEL RAY SPEAKS; CHILDHOOD OBESITY, ACCESS TO FRESH PRODUCE

More on my experience at CNN's Fit Nation Summit. Here's the video clip of the entire Rachael Ray interview. What really stuck out to me was the need for ALL people to have ACCESS to healthy FRESH PRODUCE. Think about it. I am very blessed that our family can afford fresh produce at the grocery store each week, but for millions of Americans this is not reality. Frozen veggies, or even whatever the food pantry has on hand in canned food are their only healthy options. WHY?! The farm industry is too heavily subsidized in some areas and not in others. Why not take money away from corn and soybeans (most of which goes to make items with 'high fructose corn syrup' instead of actually getting fresh corn/soybeans to market). When we look at the rate of obesity it's much higher in lower income communities...and it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see the causal relationship between lack of funds for food (and perhaps a generational issue that has been passed down) and ever-expanding waistlines! And don't even get me started on the joke that is the school lunch...pizza boat? steak-ums? OH PLEASE! If you can't learn it from home, and you can't learn it from school what do we expect low income kids to do...hmmmm...that's just it, WE DON'T CARE! (Unless of course we have to raise taxes to pay for indigent medical care, then I can just hear the peanut gallery railing about 'fat. lazy, poor' people needing to 'pull themselves up from their bootstraps'....all the while counting the money in their portfolios because their mutual fund is highly invested in the corn industry!!!!!!).

EXERCISE CAN COUNTER THE EFFECTS OF 'FAT GENE'

Here's a link to a CNN.com article about exercising reducing the effects of the so-called 'fat gene'.

CNN story

What do you think???

WHAT'S YOUR 'REAL AGE'?

Wouldn't it be great if you could find out your 'Biological Age' like they did last night on The Biggest Loser Couples?

If you recall, the two 26 year old's Amy C. (purple team) & Michelle (pink team) were 47 and 41 respectively. 'Little' Tom (grey team), 23, had the body of a 49 year old--yikes! Vicky (brown team), 37, had the body of a 48 year old and wondered what age her precious 4 year old was. Finally Jerry (yellow team) the 51 year old was told his cardiovascular strength was weaker than a 95 year olds and his overall 'biological age' was 76. If I have one gripe it would be I wish they had listed the biological age for all of the contestants (that and their height!--216 pounds on a woman could be morbidly obese, obese or simply overweight...). Okay and my third complaint--what size are these folks?

Anyway, this post is about YOUR Real Age. If all that Biological Age stuff sounded familiar, it should. From the same people who brought you, 'You: The Owners Manual' and 'You on a Diet' (Doctors Oz & Roizen), is the Real Age Challenge.

The Real Age Challenge is a survey you take on-line that takes into account the good and not-so-good things you do for your body. It's a complicated little scheme...and when you're finished you know what age your body is!

For instance, I'm 34 (well, I'm 2 weeks shy of 34...), but my real age is 30.8 (the same age as my little sis! woo-hoo!)! I have taken 3.2 years off age through the good things I do (eating a healthy diet, exercising, flossing, wearing my seat belt, going to the doctor, etc.). And what's great is the website gave me a tailored plan to take even more years off (theoretically I CAN be 29 forever!).

Go...go now...do not delay--inquiring minds want to know, I want to know...What's YOUR Real Age?

I LIKE BIG BUTTS AND I CANNOT LIE--AH, NO SAYS DIABETES....

Remember the Sir Mix-a-Lot song from 1992, "Baby Got Back"

and the Nike Women Ad Campaign in 2007 "My Butt is Big"?