Checklist Before You Can Read This Blog:
Did you buy your pedometer?
Did you keep track of everything that you ate and all the steps that you took?
Did you average the number of steps you take per day in a typical week?
Archive for December, 2006
Here is our last edition of Dear Heather for December. I had several notes in the last week or so and more than a couple of them were pretty much the same.
As we mentioned New Year’s Resolutions – Where Do You Rank? Getting fit and losing weight are the two highest ranked New Year’s resolutions for those polled in various different online publications and newspapers.
Checkoff programs; even if you don’t know what they are, you’ve probably felt their impact in recent years. Does “Got Milk?” sound familiar? How about “Pork. The other white meat?” These advertising campaigns are the result of government-sanctioned promotion programs, known as checkoff programs. The campaigns aim to increase consumption of commodities such as dairy, beef, and pork. [click link for full article]
Are you ready with your New Year’s Resolutions? In just three short days, we bid farewell to 2006 and welcome 2007 into our lives.
A US study of poorer families has found that Hispanic toddlers are twice as likely to be obese as white or black children. It has also found that in the poorer communities, pre-school obesity it strongly linked to whether the child takes a bottle to bed and whether its mother is obese. [click link for full article]
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (UPI) — Women under stress who hold their
husbands’ hands show signs of immediate relief — seen on their brain
scans, according to a U.S. study.
EAST MELBOURNE, Australia (UPI) — Melanomas, or skin cancers, are more
likely to grow rapidly if they are thicker, symmetrical, elevated or
have regular borders, says an Australian study.
BOSTON (UPI) — U.S. researchers found postmenopausal women with colon
cancer lived longer and had less likelihood of dying if they had been
taking estrogen supplements.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. (UPI) — U.S. researchers suggest that reducing the
intake of sugar-sweetened beverages during childhood may lessen the risk
of chronic disease in later life.