Everyone is aware that health care costs continue to skyrocket. Last year we spent an average of $8,687 dollars per person on health care, and the figure—which includes insurance premiums, deductibles, co-pays and co-insurance—is projected to rise to $13,100 by 2018 if we do nothing to stop it. It’s enough to prompt widespread panic or wholesale defeat, depending on your outlook.
The good news is that something can be done, even by ordinary people, but first of all it’s important to understand where health care dollars are currently being spent.
One of our readers recently asked if it was possible to eat healthy from a fast food restaurant.
I'm (Jen) not going to be shy, but upon reading the question, I thought, of course not. However, being a columnist, I decided to review menu items at a few of our local fast food chains and see if any menu items meet the criteria based on USDA and American Heart Association guidelines. I also am making the assumption that the meal would be one of three meals a day and allowed for one-third of the diner's daily allowance with the meal. I also based my parameters on normal, active men and women. Keep in mind that smaller women or sedentary individuals need fewer calories and therefore, less fat, protein and carbohydrate.
Employee wellness programs have often been viewed as a nice extra, not a strategic imperative. But the data demonstrate otherwise, according to Berry, of Texas A&M University; Mirabito, of Baylor University; and Baun, of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Their research shows that the ROI on comprehensive, well-run employee wellness programs is impressive, sometimes as high as six
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Aug 28, 2010
Type I diabetes also known as juvenile diabetes is where the body does not make insulin and therefore cannot convert sugar to energy. Type I diabetes is a genetic disorder, it cannot be prevented, but it can be effectively managed.
Type II diabetes formally known as Diabetes Mellitus and the most common form of diabetes is where either the body does not produce enough insulin or the cells ignore the insulin that is produced. Type II diabetes can lead to complications such as blindness, nerve damage, heart disease and stroke. Considered a lifestyle disease, over 90% of the occurrence of Type II diabetes can prevented as it is heavily linked to the nation’s obesity epidemic.
