Sunday, September 19, 2010

Sunday, September 12, 2010

Brain cells -- not lack of willpower -- determine obesity, study finds

Article Reads: 'We discovered that a high-fat diet caused brain cells to become insulated from the body, rendering the cells unable to detect signals of fullness to stop eating," Professor Cowley said.

"Secondly, the insulation also created a further complication in that the body was unable to detect signals to increase energy use and burn off calories/kilojoules."


Brain cells -- not lack of willpower -- determine obesity, study finds

My Health Hometown Tip:
All the more reason to have a plan and the support you need from friends and professionals to help you achieve your goal. We can help you learn how to eat the right amount and kinds of foods and to exercise in a way that is right for you.

What is one thing that you think would help you achieve your goal?


Friday, September 3, 2010

Little Changes That Add Up to a Healthy Diet

Little Changes That Add Up to a Healthy Diet

More thoughts from "Eat this Not That!". Very simple, practical and good!.

Detroit, Cincinnati land Beacon Community grants | Healthcare IT News

Detroit, Cincinnati land Beacon Community grants | Healthcare IT News

The Greater Cincinnati HealthBridge, which will receive $13.8 million over three years, and its partners will deploy its health information exchange to create new quality improvement and care coordination initiatives for patients with pediatric asthma and adult diabetes. One initiative will be focused on smoking cessation.

How exciting! Our beloved Cincinnati just won a grant for $13.8 Million to help our community improve the health of children with asthma and adult diabetes (health IT will be a corner stone of making this work!)

Want to get involved? Set-up a small group of friends to walk regularly in one of our beautiful parks. If you are interested, let me know. I'll help organize and definitely join you!

Inspire, Encourage, Empower Health!