Mike Magee When it comes to childhood obesity, geography makes all the difference. That’s the conclusion of a University of North Carolina study of nearly 30,000 kids in the August issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association.(1) But if you’re thinking “geography” as in “region of the country”, you’re on the wrong track. […]
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Mike Magee A new study published in this week’s Archives of Internal Medicine had this headline finding: “Better access to supermarkets” does not “improve people’s diets.” The study tracked thousands of people in several large cities for 15 years. Specifically, researchers wanted to know if citizens ate any healthier if supermarkets were placed in their […]
Mike Magee A new study published in this week’s Archives of Internal Medicine had this headline finding: “Better access to supermarkets” does not “improve people’s diets.” The study tracked thousands of people in several large cities for 15 years. Specifically, researchers wanted to know if citizens ate any healthier if supermarkets were placed in their […]
Mike Magee When I first began to educate myself about water, with the help of water experts at the United Nations, I was surprised by the facts.(1) Only 3% of the water is fresh, and less then 1% accessible. 70% of human consumption of water goes to agriculture. And the American diet, biased to meat […]
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Mike Magee We will soon add an additional 35 plus million Americans to our health care system with the expectation of improving the overall health, productivity and competitiveness of Americans in the process. Thinking of this challenge in terms of production or provision of services, we are faced with a glaring human resource weakness – […]
The Bob Butler Tribute Seminar: Day 1. Aging Demographics (https://www.healthcommentary.org/?page_id=3040) Day 2. The Challenge of Longevity Day 3. Measuring Aging Vitality and Independence (https://www.healthcommentary.org/?page_id=3080) Day 4. When Caregivers Need Care (https://www.healthcommentary.org/?page_id=3084) Day 5. Long Distance Caregivers (https://www.healthcommentary.org/?page_id=3088) Day 6. The Economics of Living Longer (https://www.healthcommentary.org/?page_id=3149) Day 7. Financing Home Health Care (https://www.healthcommentary.org/?page_id=3165) Day 8. Elder […]
