Archive for January, 2007
One In Eight New York Adults Has Diabetes: South Asians At Highest Risk
After an unprecedented door-to-door survey, the New York City Health Department has released survey data with some shocking news: More than 100,000 New York Adults (or about 1 in 8 adults) have diabetes while nearly twice as many are at a high risk of developing the disease because of a condition called prediabetes (high blood [...]
Wellsphere: Creating Communities Of Healthy People
Wellsphere is a community site for wellness that is being launched today with the goal of “Bringing together people, places and things that help you live a healthier, happier life”. A wellsphere is essentially a page where users list their goals and can then find like-minded people who are also working toward achieving similar goals. [...]
del.icio.us Friday: Carrots Are The New French Fries At School Cafeterias
Welcome to del.icio.us Friday, your once-a-week health news update. You can also stay updated with the latest in fitness news by subscribing separately to the Fitness Mantra del.icio.us feed.
This week, a heartening story about school cafeterias around the nation making an excellent a turn for the better caught my eye.
The education section of CNN carries [...]
Why should you care whether other people are healthy or not?
Being healthy and fit.
The very concept seems so personal and unique to an individual. When you are in excellent physical condition, there are certain completely individual benefits that you alone will reap: You will have more energy to perform your everyday tasks, you will look and almost certainly feel younger than your age, your clothes [...]
del.icio.us Friday: Weight Loss Confidential – How 104 Adolescents Lost Weight And Kept It Off
Welcome to del.icio.us Friday, your once-a-week health news update. You can also stay updated with the latest in fitness news by subscribing separately to the Fitness Mantra del.icio.us feed.
While not a very busy week in the health-news department, one truly amazing story stands out of the crowd among news of vitamins and trans-fats: the New [...]
