Losing weight is always one of the most popular New Year’s Resolutions.  And, many resolve to lose weight and get fit year after year because unfortunately many New Year’s Resolutions quickly fall by the wayside, causing disappointment, anger, and frustration.  This year, make your resolution to lose weight and get fit a reality.
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Caroline Youngblood is manager in public relations and editor of Heart to Heart, WakeMed Heart Center’s magazine.
WakeMed Heart to Heart is starting a new feature — Mealtime Makeovers. Here is what we have in mind and how you can help make it great!
Family gatherings wouldn’t be the same without Great Grandma’s cheesy potato casserole or [...]

Laura Aiken is a community health specialist with WakeMed and is the director for Advocates for Health in Action.
As a community health specialist at WakeMed and the director of Advocates for Health in Action, a collaborative of organizations working to increase access to healthy food and activity in Wake County, information comes across my desk [...]

As health care reform progresses, wellness and prevention must be a priority.  It is, and has been, one of WakeMed’s top health reform priorities, particularly as the obesity epidemic is a very real issue in Wake County.  According to local research:

70% of adults living in Wake County are overweight/obese
52% of children 12-18 years of age [...]

Not surprisingly, more than 44 percent of respondents to our latest survey indicated that weight loss is their number one goal in 2010. 
To help you on the path to wellness and weight loss, we will be hosting weekly Twitter Chats, featuring weight loss experts for the next five weeks (or maybe longer depending on response). 
Mark [...]