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July - September 2009
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- July 2, 2009 -
9.5% Unemployment
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I suppose you don't need a graph to show you what most people are experiencing in the here and now, that people are still losing their jobs and unemployment is close to 10%. Actual number for June is 467,000. This, of course, does not reflect all the people who have been unemployed for months and cannot find a job, nor those who have left the work force semi-willingly (like early retirement incentives) as the lesser of two evils, or those who want to re-enter the workforce but can't find a job. At least experts are now admitting that this is "a deep recession" and "the most painful downturn since the Great Depression."
(http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/03/business/economy/03jobs.html?ref=business)
Graphic Source: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/07/02/business/20090702-labor-picture-hp-graphic.html
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- July 2, 2009 -
Blog Index Update
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July is when I do some annual and new updates to the Web site. Here's one - a new navigation button that you will find on all my blog pages that will take you back to the Blog Index Page.
As with everything else that has to do with webmastering, the challenge is how to make incremental changes without looking like they are incremental changes. This actually requires going back and revisiting what I have done since 1999. If you are interested in what kinds of changes I have made over the years, check out my FAQ Page . For those who may not know what that means, it's the "Frequently Asked Questions" Page.
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- July 1, 2009 -
F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies are Failing in America , 2009
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Another year, and this Healthyamericans.org's annual report only changes the year in its title. I have talked about the problem of obesity fairly regularly, and highlighted this problem in my August 21, 2008 and August 29, 2007 entries, not to mention the entry below. It is sad to see young children so overweight because it will shorten their lives by bringing on chronic diseases at an earlier age, particularly Type 2 Diabetes, which is very tough to control without a lifelong commitment. They may not outlive their parents. Imagine that.
I suppose policies can't do what we personally don't make the effort to do, and that's to make the effort to live more healthfully. In addition to never smoking, eating more fruits and vegetables, cutting out soda and foods with trans fat, aerobic exercising at least 60 minutes a day are basic starters to controlling obesity. To do nothing, being sedentary, will guarantee adding four pounds a year to your weight.
You just got to  . Check out the Nutrition Page and Physical Activity Page for more information.
Graphic source: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1122318.html
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- July 1, 2009 - Targeting Obesity in the Workplace
Graphic source: http://www.cdc.gov/leanworks/index.html
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Obesity continues to be the bane of today's society. Aside from modern day living, which comprise sitting in front of ever-growing TV screens, there are many other reasons why the pounds keep rising - people celebrate life events, people eating to comfort themselves in harsh times, the corn syrup in almost all commercial foods, etc. And, of course, there's the workplace, where many adults spend over a third of daily lives at this home away from home.
Not a moment too soon, the CDC has come out in a big way for worksite health promotion, by targeting obesity. It has recently released a new site called LEAN Works: A Workplace Obesity Prevention Program . This is a wonderful site for public health practitioners interested in developing workplace wellness or health promotion programs, as well as in other settings. Providing the basics of program development, anyone can learn what makes for a successful program.
Obesity-specific tools are available, including the obesity calculator and a whole page of resources that include templates for budgets, powerpoint presentations, checklists, program documentation, etc. This site is definitely worth checking out that may provide ideas on how you can incorporate strategies for addressing obesity in your programs. You can find a link to this site on my Worksite Wellness Page , and a link to the tool index page on my Public Health Practice Page. |
- June 29, 2009 - Mapping the Social Determinants of Health
Map graphic source: http://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/library/maps/sd_insurance_2000.htm
Check out this map for the distribution of the where the uninsured live. Keep in mind that this is for 2000 data. I am sure that the next update would probably make the map a lot more "browner" than it is shown here, given how many people have lost their health insurance when they lost their jobs.
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In recent years, we are hearing more and more about the impact that socioeconomic factors have on health status. The national Division of Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention (DHDSP) has identified the following factors that impact heart disease and stroke:
Socioenvironmental
- Poverty
- Unemployment
- White Collar Workers
- High School Education
- College Education
- Urban-Rural Classification
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Sociodemographic
- Ages 65 and Older
- American Indian and Alaska Native
- Asian and Pacific Islander
- Black
- White
- Hispanic or Latino
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Health Care
- Health Insurance
- Cardiovascular Disease Specialty Physicians
- Neurologists
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What's even neater is that they have compiled a series of national maps for each of these factors! You can find a link to DHDSP's Social Determinants of Health maps on my Public Health Practice Resources, under "Social Determinants of Health."
- June 14, 2009 - Third Quarter 2009 Starts... Yes, while I can, the 3rd quarter starts. I have moved over the Newsworthy Stuff from April to May to the 2009 Blog , and new links to 2009 What was New . Many new links to come, I just haven't had a chance to add them, but when I do, you will see them listed on this page. Thanks for your patience.
- May 30, 2009 - Water!!!
Graphic source: http://www.unep.org/dewa/assessments/ecosystems/water/vitalwater/
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According to a University of North Carolina study, Americans drink 192 gallons of liquid a year, or 2 liters a day. For this summer, why not take the opportunity to make a healthy change to "water only" as your preferred beverage?
Since close to 2/3s of Americans are overweight, cutting the liquid caloric intake can make such a difference to our waistlines. For summer reading, practice your reading skills with food labels, and be surprised by how little we know about the chemicals we are ingesting from what we eat and drink.
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| High fructose corn syrup (HFCS), the sole sweetener for soft drinks and found in virtually all commercial foods, has been linked to accelerating the spread of obesity. (http://blogs.consumerreports.org/health/2008/
10/high-fructose-c.html)
Between 1970 and 1990, consumption of HFCS has increased by 1,000%!
"Fructose doesn’t stimulate glucose levels and insulin release, there’s no increase in leptin levels or feeling of satiety. Frutose is an unregulated source of “acetyl CoA,” or the starting material for fatty acid synthesis. This, coupled with unstimulated leptin levels, is like opening the flood gates of fat deposition."
This basically messes up the management of diabetes for those who have this condition.
(http://www.diabeteshealth.com/read/2008/
08/20/4274/the-dangers-of-high-fructose-corn-syrup/)
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Diet sodas (many people's efforts to cut calories) may be "calorie-free", but what they don't tell you is that it's 100% nutrition-free as well. The most common artificial sweetener used is aspartame, which is 200 times sweeter than sugar, and animal studies link it to tumor development.
(http://www.womenshealthmag.com/eat-this/The_11_Most_Controversial_Food_Additives/
1_Acesulfame_Potassium_Acesulfame-K.php).
Finally, you may be interested in knowing that the unhealthiest drink in America, according to Men's Health, is the Baskin-Robbins Large Heath Bar Shake. Why? It contains 2,310 calories; 108 g fat (64 g saturated), 266 g sugar. You would need to spend 4 hours on a treadmill to burn off these calories!
(http://www.menshealth.com/eatthis/Unhealthiest_Drinks_in_America/
1_The_Worst_Drink_in_America.php)
For more information about sodas and access to nutrition resources, check out my Nutrition Page - Cheers! And, make that a Venti water for me....
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