Karen Olson
Karen Olson
Karen Olson is an American philanthropist, Founder and President of Family Promise, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to helping homeless and low-income families achieve sustainable independence and to redress the underlying causes of poverty and homelessness...
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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.
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We just see it (the lawsuit) as a gross slap in the face.
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If this is not addressed, it will pervade into adult life.
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We're concerned because we know that children who have cardiovascular risks grow up to be adults who have these risks.
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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,
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When she comes home she fixes things for me.
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We had a very good first day, but today is just hot.
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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.
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Kids don't leave without a green slip in their hands.
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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.
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In a 21-meal week, eating out four times shouldn't create the high-sugar, high-sodium, high-fat intake that we saw,