Karen Olson is an American philanthropist who is the founder, and president emeritus of Family Promise, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to helping homeless and low-income families. (wikipedia)
We had a very good first day, but today is just hot.
We just see it (the lawsuit) as a gross slap in the face.
It is not news that obesity and related disorders are a major health concern for the U.S.. If it hasn't already, many experts believe that it will soon surpass tobacco as the number-one cause of preventable death in this country.
Kids don't leave without a green slip in their hands.
It's a dangerous combination of eating out and associated poor dietary choices coupled with sedentary activities, ... There's a concern for the early development of metabolic syndrome and the long-term problems of diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
We're concerned because we know that children who have cardiovascular risks grow up to be adults who have these risks.
We are seeing younger and younger patients with more aggressive cardiovascular disease, and we realized we needed to take a closer look at our young people to see when risk factors emerge and why,
When she comes home she fixes things for me.
If this is not addressed, it will pervade into adult life.
As a culture, we say we value physical activity and healthy eating, but in reality we're all about convenience and convenience foods because we have such busy schedules.
