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By Annette “Dr. Z” Zaharoff, MD The new U.S. National Physical Activity Plan (NPAP) was unveiled this Spring, an update of a plan rolled out in 2010 as an ambitious, yet attainable, initiative to engage Americans to be more physically active. NPAP is a comprehensive effort to involve governmental and non-governmental entities, and for-profit and… Continue Reading

In a city increasingly, and rightly, focused on the obesity issue, I’m going to say something that may sound heretical – being fat and fit is better than being thin and unfit. OK, so some of you are thinking “Dr. Z, that’s crazy talk!” But it’s true. Someone who is overweight but who gets out… Continue Reading