Weight loss for the new you
WEIGHT LOSS FOR THE NEW YOUOver 50% of Americans are overweight. Are you one of them? To begin the Battle of the Bulge, you must locate your enemy before your battle can begin.You may crave food at all times of the day, except at meal times. You may be just eating because it’s something to do, and eating helps you forget about your worries and anxieties. At dinner and lunch you eat sensibly in front of others, but when alone, wow do you pig out.Most of us spend very little time eating our meals, are always hurried. The body does not have enough time to adjust the feeling of fullnes...
Source: Dr. Needles Medical Blogs - September 27, 2010 Category: Physicians With Health Advice Tags: WEIGHT LOSS FOR THE NEW YOU Source Type: blogs
No child left (with a small) behind. America ’s future workforce unfit for duty. Entry 9 -2010
Obesity is now a top reason that recruits cannot qualify to serve in the military ( < a href= " http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/53804 " > 1 < /a > ), along with failure to finish high school and having a criminal record. Nine million young people are too overweight to serve and each year 1200 recruits are dismissed because of persistent weight issues. One former surgeon general describes obesity as moving beyond an epidemic to a “state of emergency” ( < a href= " http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/53804 " > 1 < /a > ). < br / > < br / > What will workers look like in ten or twenty years? Are we building a capable,...
Source: Health as Human Capital - Illustrated Research Summaries - August 1, 2010 Category: Health Management Authors: Wendy Lynch, Ph.D. Source Type: blogs
Jamie Oliver, ABC's pop Alinsky
Photo: Jamie Oliver in Britain, where he transformed national school lunch policy.Ms. Dr. Hemodynamics and I were having a little bit of TV time the other night, and Jamie Oliver was trying to convince the lunch ladies of West Virginia that cooking from scratch was a good idea, and railing against some state bureaucrat's affection for chocolate- and strawberry-flavored milk.Surprisingly, we kept watching.OK, so, admittedly, I've only seen one episode thus far--but still, I found myself surprisingly compelled by the episode I saw, as a template for health-oriented community organizing.I have mixed feelings about the moral p...
Source: hemodynamics - April 21, 2010 Category: American Health Tags: community organizing food health policy Jamie Oliver obesity television Source Type: blogs
Jamie Oliver, ABC's pop Alinsky
Photo: Jamie Oliver in Britain, where he transformed national school lunch policy.Ms. Dr. Hemodynamics and I were having a little bit of TV time the other night, and Jamie Oliver was trying to convince the lunch ladies of West Virginia that cooking from scratch was a good idea, and railing against some state bureaucrat ' s affection for chocolate- and strawberry-flavored milk.Surprisingly, we kept watching.OK, so, admittedly, I ' ve only seen one episode thus far--but still, I found myself surprisingly compelled by the episode I saw, as a template for health-oriented community organizing.I have mixed feelings about the mor...
Source: hemodynamics - April 21, 2010 Category: American Health Tags: community organizing food health policy Jamie Oliver obesity television Source Type: blogs
