“We’ve seen how you can gain weight with eating fast food, but what about the other end of the spectrum? Can you lose weight with fast food? Yes: We think of choices in terms of the major ones: what job should I take? Who should I marry? Each choice we make moves us down one road or another.

It’s the little choices we make day in and day out that dictate the kind of life we live and ultimately, the kind of health we enjoy. Food is vital for life to make energy. If your body were a temple, you would not put poisons or anything toxic in it. You would think carefully and choose with tremendous diligence what you put into it. Your body is given to you so that you can make careful choices about what you put into it. You really are what you eat. Your mid section can be a lean cut of beef or a doughy roll. Your but can be shaped like an onion or a bunion. What you ingest has an impact that can add or subtract years to your life. Fortunately, you have the power to pick and choose what foods will fuel your body.

AMBER Ready, Inc. unveiled at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. today, a new cell phone-based child safety tool for parents to use in the event their children go missing. AMBER Ready, Inc., a New Jersey-based company, announced that it is launching a national 30-City Tour to inform parents and law enforcement officials of its new cell phone-based technology that will provide the fastest means for placing a missing child alert.

At today’s press conference, AMBER Ready’s CEO, Kai Patterson, was joined by Lucita Petro-Nixon, the New York City mother of an abducted child who was murdered; James Garner, the former President of the National Conference of Mayors; Jon Adler, the National President of the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association; and Darwin Cadogan, President the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE), Washington DC Chapter, to discuss the benefits of parents having a program that allows them to store their children’s photos, description and medical information in a profile in their cell phones.

Emmy Award-winning actress Christina Applegate, star of ABC’s hit sitcom Samantha Who?, returns as the 2009 ambassador for Lee National Denim Day, one of the country’s largest single-day fundraisers for breast cancer, benefiting the Women’s Cancer Programs of the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF).

Currently on newsstands on the cover of People Magazine’s ‘Most Beautiful’ issue, Applegate, who was diagnosed with early stage breast cancer in 2008, will appear in a new public service campaign that encourages people to wear their jeans on Friday, October 2, in exchange for a $5 donation to support crucial breast cancer research being funded by the Women’s Cancer Programs. She is the first ambassador to return for a second time and the first to be a breast cancer survivor.

Do you know what’s in your public pool? Findings from a recent survey show that when it comes to public pools this summer, watch thy fellow swimmer closely! Rather than worry about the availability of lounge chairs, lockers, and food and beverages, swimmers should be thinking more about basic questions of pool water cleanliness.

According to a survey conducted by the Water Quality & Health Council, 84 percent of Americans believe their fellow swimmers participate in unhygienic pool behavior – and they may be right. In fact, almost half (47%) admit to one or more behaviors that contribute to an unhealthy pool.