5 Simple Wellness Strategies
Friday 30th of July 2010 02:41:38 AM
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| "5 Simple Wellness Strategies Sometimes Simple is Best" Posted: Tuesday, March 9, 2010 BRYAN FASS Fitness Contributor Officer.com SNIPPET: "This month, as we rapidly roll into the holiday season I thought it would be a good idea to start thinking about our wellness. As the weather got colder and most of us became less active out doors the pounds slowly began to sneak on and we slowly become more sedentary. As I have been fond of saying year after year, now that it is officially spring, SUMMER IS COMING. So instead of going into a tirade on fitness and nutrition,... |
Healthcare and Wellness
Friday 30th of July 2010 02:41:38 AM
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| Wellness has become the new buzzword in the health care world of the 21st century. Everyone wants to talk about wellness, especially insurance companies and major employers. With wellness programs we can cure the common cause of large butts and employees who are listed as MIA. |
Your Boss Will Weigh You Now
Friday 30th of July 2010 02:41:38 AM
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| Ideal health risk indices from BMI, blood pressure, blood sugars to cholesterol are mostly euphemisms for thin and young. Those who believe that their own good health is because they eat right, exercise and have perfect numbers are often young and upper-income and not old enough to experience age-related changes. Their genetic good fortune is not evidence of good behavior, either. Evidence-based research to date has shown these health indices are primarily measures of aging, genetics and social stresses, and not significantly malleable with healthful diets and lifestyles. With aging, the ideal numbers of healthy 20-year olds cannot... |
Wellness Über Alles
Friday 30th of July 2010 02:41:38 AM
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| A new battlefront in the war to erase politically incorrect civil liberties is taking place across corporate America under the innocuous-sounding banner of "Wellness." Wellness certainly sounds nice; what kind of person is against wellness? That sounds as crazy as being anti-hope, or standing in the way of change. Obviously we all want to be well, but now it appears you won't have much choice in the matter. Be well or face consequences beyond the state of one's health. But always remember: We're doing this for your own good. The latest thing that's in our best interest is a renewed... |
(Gov) Doyle (D, WI) Asks State to Shape Up (Life in a Nanny State)
Friday 30th of July 2010 02:41:38 AM
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| With Wisconsin having some of the heaviest residents in the country, Gov. Jim Doyle challenged the state today to get in shape with a six-week fitness program. "I want Wisconsin to lead the nation in the number of people taking the Governor's Challenge and leading more active, healthier lifestyles," Doyle said in a statement this morning. "This challenge is focused on motivating people of all ages and abilities to find activities they love, and get moving. Physical activity is extremely important for improving the health of our nation, decreasing obesity rates and reducing the risk of many serious diseases." According... |
Eye health class teaches Iraqis new skills, promotes wellness
Friday 30th of July 2010 02:41:38 AM
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| BAGHDAD When Army Maj. Anne Burnley was told she only had 90 days to make a difference in Iraq, she knew she had to come up with something fast. When I arrived here, I was told (by my commander) to be bold, find a project that was close to my heart and run with it, Burnley said. The preventive medicine officer deployed to Baghdad in May to support the 358th Civil Affairs Brigade as an individual augmentee. She wanted to begin a medical project that was sustainable and could be done in a short amount of time. After conducting... |
Healthy Americans Mean A Healthy America
Friday 30th of July 2010 02:41:38 AM
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| We do not have a health care crisis in this country - we have a health crisis with a health care system incapable of dealing with it. Consider the fact that 75% of the $2 trillion we spend on health care goes toward treating the symptoms of chronic disease, and not toward preventing disease in the first place. Imagine if we were to reverse that model by focusing on prevention, wellness, and early testing, all of which are undervalued and poorly supported today. We would save countless lives, pain and suffering by the victims of chronic conditions, and billions of... |
(Vanity) Confessions of a Crunchy Con II, or, I Left My Heart in Cans of Crisco
Friday 30th of July 2010 02:41:38 AM
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| As you may recall, in my last vanity, Confessions of a Crunchy Con, or, You Can't Judge a Conservative by his Birkenstocks, I discussed how I became a crunchy consomeone who endorses certain cultural and lifestyle values which have traditionally been associated with the left. In this piece, I follow up with some thoughts about health and lifestyle issues, with application to American society at large. Taking fish oil supplements, despite my misgivings, and finding how successful it was at rejuvenating me, was a real eye-opener. In fact, it got me thinking not just of my own health, but the... |
(Vanity) Confessions of a Crunchy Con, or, You Can't Judge a Conservative by his Birkenstocks
Friday 30th of July 2010 02:41:38 AM
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| If I recall correctly, the term crunchy con does not refer to someone who has stolen a box of Captain Crunch. It refers to the term crunchy conservative and was popularized (if not invented) by Rod Dreher of National Review. For a sample discussion, check out this link. Yes, I know what youre thinkingFirst William F. Buckley comes out for legalization of drugs, and now supposed conservatives are talking of Birkenstocks! Fifth Columnists, all of them! I wouldnt blame you for thinking like that. I used to think that way myself. But that was before I joined the ranks of... |



