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Archive for August, 2008

Not all obese people are unhealthy, just most.

Posted in Diet and Nutrition, News, tagged , , , , , , on August 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Scanning through blog after blog, a common theme floods the month of August. Several entries appear to cite this article or some other article that follows the same story. I read through the article and the wording throughout struck me to be quite odd.
In the study, about 51 percent of overweight adults, or roughly 36 million [...]

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Alabama to Charge Obese State Workers

Posted in News, tagged , , , , on August 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »

The CDC ranks Alabama as the 2nd heaviest state with 30.3 % of the population having a BMI of over 30. The state has decided to give state employees a lose weight or pay ultimatum. The state employees (~40,000) have a year to lose weight or start paying $25 a month toward their usually free plan. The [...]

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Light Up a Dark World: Help Others

Posted in Life, tagged , , , on August 21, 2008 | 4 Comments »

If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path.
-Buddhist saying
We live in a largely individualistic society. Our culture emphasizes self-sufficiency and control in the pursuit of achieving individual goals. We must make an effort to guard against the tendency to focus on ourselves to the exclusion of our fellow human beings. [...]

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Run for your life / to prolong life

Posted in News, Running, tagged , , , on August 15, 2008 | 6 Comments »

Advances in medical science paired with behavioral and social changes has led to an increase in life expectancy and lowered death rates. With these advances unlikely to stop, quality of life becomes the focal point.
A 21-year study examined the effects of running on disability and mortality rates of adults over 50. At the start of [...]

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Dangers of Fat Acceptance

Posted in Fat Acceptance, tagged , , , , , on August 11, 2008 | 202 Comments »

WordPress opens a world of discovery, the streams of passionate and knowledgeable writing flows endlessly. Amidst this river of ideas, being a strong proponent of health and well-being, I encountered several Fat Acceptance blogs under the health section (Shapely Prose, Junkfood Science, & Eat a Cheeseburger). Having become an ardent reader of these blogs, opinions [...]

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Being wealthy does not equate to the easy life

Posted in Life, tagged , , , , on August 1, 2008 | 4 Comments »

Most people strive to become financially stable to the point of spending all their time on leisure activities. Money paves the way for such a lifestyle… freedom — from work, money worries, household chores and screaming kids. Free to veg out, watching a large-screen plasma TV or playing golf all day. 
According to research by Daniel Kahneman, the Nobel Prize-winning behavioral [...]

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