Monthly Archives: May 2010
Heartburn Meds Increase Bone Fracture Risk
A new warning from the FDA states that drugs called proton pump inhibitors increase the risk of wrist, spine and hip fractures. These proton pump inhibitors are used to treat heart burn. They prevent your stomach from producing the acid … Continue reading
Filed under Big Pharma, Diet
Solving Childhood Obesity Part IV – Food Marketing
The marketers that come up with advertising campaigns for the food industry are pure genius. They can take a food that is completely unhealthy and spin the commercial so that it appears as if the food is as good (if … Continue reading
Filed under Diet, Public Health
Solving Childhood Obesity – Part III – Screen Time
In this third installment of how to solve childhood obesity we will be talking about the problem of ‘screen time.’ Screen time is the amount of time that a child spends in front of a television, computer or other similar … Continue reading
Filed under Public Health
Pesticides and your child’s health
I am going to take a one day break from my series on solving childhood obesity to mention this study that I just read about. The study shows that children exposed to small amounts of pesticides have a significantly higher … Continue reading
Filed under Brain Health, Environmental Health
Solving Childhood Obesity – Part II – Chemical Exposures
In my last blog I spoke about the importance of breastfeeding a child in regards to reducing childhood obesity in this country. That was the first part in a series of blogs I am writing to help get the word … Continue reading
Filed under Environmental Health, Public Health
Solving Childhood Obesity – Part I
Recently released this month was an interesting piece on childhood obesity. It is part of the Let’s Move campaign that is headed by First Lady Michelle Obama. The report entitled Solving the Problem of Childhood Obesity within a Generation is … Continue reading
Filed under Diet, Public Health
Baby Bottles and BPA – You need to know the facts…
Bisphenol A of BPA is a chemical that is used in plastics and in the lining of cans. It is what is known as a xeno-estrogen. That means that it mimics the human hormone estrogen. It is so widely used … Continue reading
Filed under Environmental Health, Public Health
Toxins causing ‘grievous harm,’ cancer panel says
Widespread exposure to environmental toxins poses a serious threat to Americans, causing “grievous harm” that government agencies have not adequately addressed, according to a strongly worded report released today by the President’s Cancer Panel, a body of experts that reports … Continue reading
Filed under Environmental Health
Why Salads Cost More than Big Macs
One of the major issues facing health care today is the cost which Americans must pay in order to obtain basic care. Then the care they receive does nothing to address the problem they actually have. For example, if a … Continue reading
Filed under Diet, Public Health
The Fabric of America
The largest health concern in America today is the number of people who are overweight or obese. It accounts for just about every preventable disease we know about. Being overweight or obese increases one’s risk for heart attack, stroke, diabetes, … Continue reading
Filed under Public Health
