Category Archives: obesity

Almost Time for New Year’s Resolutions

What do you plan to change in 2011? What would you like to leave behind as we welcome the New Year?  Many people will be vowing to make the same changes they planned to make when the ball dropped signaling … Continue reading

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Obesity-Thinking Outside The Box

An article in the New York Times got me thinking (yet again) about obesity and weight loss.  Obesity Rates Keep Rising, Troubling Health Officials. Dr. Thomas Frieden, Director of the CDC said “Over the past several decades, obesity has increased … Continue reading

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Cancer and the Prolific use of Chemicals

The whole business of cancer here in the US has troubled me for a long time.  We haven’t had a preventive plan, just means of screening for cancer once it exists.  We suggest that people who have had cancer not … Continue reading

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Lots of Our Tax Dollars $$$

The other day, I read about how a number of well paid employees of the Securities and Exchange Commission have been spending their working hours.  It was a big disappointment to say the least. An editorial in today’s New York … Continue reading

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NY Times Big Food vs. Big Insurance

Interesting op-ed article in yesterday’s Times.  It is so crucial for the wellness of both our population and the “health” care system that we get serious about promoting wellness.  Michael Pollan, journalist and author of  “In Defense of Food: an … Continue reading

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Weight Loss: Thinking Outside The Box

Since so many people are struggling with weight issues, I’d like to share some things I’ve learned about attaining your ideal weight.  Let’s look at four categories: Our culture is all about eating.  We use food to celebrate, grieve, socialize.  … Continue reading

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Study Says Bad Habits Increasing

Wonder if there is any correlation between the state of our nation’s health, health care funding, and the lack of attention to modifiable behaviors? Dr. Dana E King, a professor of Family medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina, … Continue reading

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Larger Waistline=Higher Cardiac Risk

It is no surprise to hear that a large study reported online April 7 in the journal Circulation: Heart Failure found that an increase in waist circumference  alone was a significant predictor of heart disease, regardless of other measures.  In women, … Continue reading

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Weight Management

Have you ever eaten  next to nothing one day in an effort to lose extra weight and actually gained weight that day?  It seems to be true that inadequate caloric intake puts our bodies into “starvation mode”.  The body then … Continue reading

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Hawaiians Dying Young of Diabetes

The September 9 edition of Honolulu Advertiser has a sobering article about the geriatric population in Hawaii. Basically, it is much smaller than expected because of the prevalence of Diabetes and the high mortality rate associated with this. “Native Hawaiians … Continue reading

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