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Exercise • Health
Why I Hate Exercise (and Working Out)
By now, almost all of us in this country are aware of the health crisis that exists. Obesity even in the youngest has skyrocketed in the past few decades. Type […]
Faith • Health
Why We as Catholics Need to Reexamine Our Relationship with Food. Today
As Catholics, we pride ourselves on being protectors and pursuers of God’s design in the world. Even in situations that aren’t popular and are downright counterculture, Catholicism has long professed […]
Health
A Curious Obsession with Life
As the COVID pandemic approaches its second full year, our nation and world continues to grapple with the consequences of the virus and the response to it. As new variants […]
Health
The Silent Pandemic
In 1990, no state had an obesity rate of greater than 19 percent. Two decades later, no state had an obesity rate less than 20 percent. Being overweight was well […]
Health
Happiness in My Belly, Sadness in the Streets
“Let us pour you a cup of happiness.” I was on my way to work one morning when I glanced over at a beloved local eatery. The parking lot was […]
Community • Health
The Self-Control Expenditure
A 4-year-old girl stares at the marshmallow. It looks really good. But the man who is in charge told her that if she waits until he returns, she can have […]
Community • Health • Parenting
Reconsidering Youth Sports: What Happens When the Lights Go Off?
“Sports don’t build character. They reveal it.” – John Wooden It is 8:15 at night. The leaves have just started changing as winter approaches. Austin is standing in right field, […]
Exercise • Nutrition
The Exercise Potential: In the Long Run
Part I: Training for Life A lone runner strides up the hill. In the distance, the sun slowly begins its morning ascent reflected against the faint, pinkish clouds of a […]
Technology
An App Full of Reasons Why the Mobile Device-Youth Experiment Is Failing
At the dawn of the most recent millennium, mobile technology was still in its infancy. Only about a 1/3 of people had a mobile device, most of which were adults. […]