Sunday, April 12, 2009

Pick of the Crop: Obese Preschoolers & The Dangers of Too Much Sitting

This is a wrap up of the most interesting stories I found on the web this week.

USA Today reports that 20% of US preschoolers are obese and the cause is most likely a diet high in carbohydrates like breads, pastas and rice.

Conditioning Research reports that too much sitting down is bad for you and can lead to an early death.  Where does that leave those of us who have office jobs that require us to be sitting on our butts for 9 hours a day?

Body & Fitness Blog are holding a Weight Loss carnival featuring yours truly.  Go and pay them some link love.

Also pay some link love to Weight Master who is holding a carnival on weight management and fitness.

The Fit Bottomed Girls have a fabulous post on the best online fitness tools out there for those of you who are looking to track your diet and exercise.

Fat Loss By Eating What You Want exposes five myths about getting killer abs.  How many of them did you use to believe?

Mark’s Daily Apple shoots down all your excuses for not exercising.  There is nowhere to hide now guys, now get off that couch and start getting active.

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