When I was a kid I thought most Italians resembled Tony Soprano or his friends – brown hair, brown eyes, overweight or obese with thick gold chains around their necks. To my relief, my first trip to Italy proved me very wrong and made me realize that the Italians in America picked up their love of thick gold chains here and they are overweight or obese for one reason: they embraced the American way of living. Italians in Italy are, …
According to one of the foremost experts on physical activity, Steven Blair, PhD, our nation’s collective lack of physical activity is “the biggest public health problem of the 21st century.” Now of course Dr. Blair is going to say this – physical activity is his profession, he is a professor of exercise science and epidemiology at the University of South Carolina. But, I happen to agree with him for some of the same reasons he passionately discusses every day in …
Worst Habit for Your Health? Lack of Physical Activity. Read More »
This past month I spent some quality time in 7 airports in 4 different states and 3 countries. All were vastly different in regard to food offered, food availability and prices. I learned that food is a complete afterthought in Milian, Italy (more on that in another blog), the Denver airport is so clean you can eat off the floors, and in JFK you’ll end up sitting on the floor (which by the way is far from clean). But something …
Marking the worst promotional idea I’ve ever seen, Burger King announced the “Windows 7 Whooper” – a gut busting 7 patty sandwich that celebrates the launch of Windows 7 (a program that makes me even more thankful for my IMac). A triple whooper contains 1160 calories and 76 grams of fat including 3 grams of artery-clogging trans fats (the stuff is potent, 3 grams is a lot!). I’m left wondering how many calories, fat grams and heart attacks are associated …
The pink ribbons are small reminders of the many women who have been affected by breast cancer. And, the Komen Race for the Cure and Breast Cancer 3 – day walk will make you cry, cheer and warm your heart when you see the incredible displays of strength and courage by those who have survived and the friends and families of the women whose lives were cut short by this disease. The good news is that more women are surviving …
It’s October which means people are running around panicking about getting their flu shot and worried about getting sick. (for all of you on the go people, I recommend concourse C of the Atlanta airport – yes, they are giving out flu shots in the airport). And what’s perplexing to me is that people miss some of the most obvious ways to prevent themselves from getting sick: 1) wash your hands and wash them often (soap up for 20 seconds) …