Bright & Early: Wet Hot Tennessee Summer Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Cool Springs experienced quite the flooding scare yesterday as a slow-moving thunderstorm dumped as much as 2.5″ of rain within
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obesity
Happy Hour: Walk The Walk
Mayor Dean kicked off a new program challenging Nashvillians to walk 100 miles over the next two months by participating in a series
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Bright & Early: Don’t Touch Our Junk Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Hopefully you’re not reading this while standing in a painfully long security line at BNA, where things seem to have
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Bright & Early: Eat, Play, Love Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Governor Phil announced a new plan yesterday for curbing the obesity problem in Tennessee. Currently our state ranks second in
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Bright & Early: Getting Serious Edition
Good morning, Nashville. A new study estimates that 45% of all 18-24 year-olds in Tennessee are too obese to qualify for military service.
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Bright & Early: Hello Goodbye Edition
Good morning, Nashville. A new federal stimulus grant has awarded $7.5 million to Nashville for fighting and preventing obesity. With the new funding,
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Bright & Early: Worth A Thousand Words Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We’ve got so many big-hearted folks with amazing ideas here in Nashville, and this morning we were proud to see
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Bright & Early: Running Out Of Punny Swine Flu Titles Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Vanderbilt University officials are so concerned about the spread of the Swine Flu that they’ve arranged for some bonfires where
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Bright & Early: The More You Know Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We may be seeing calorie information on restaurant menus after all, since Governor Phil vetoed a bill yesterday that would’ve
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You Tell Us: Would You Like (500 Calorie) Fries With That (1160 Calorie) Shake?
Due to the high percentage of obesity in Nashville (and really, in Tennessee), Metro Health is considering making Nashville the first city in
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