Marisel Brown's Blog – July 2009 Archive (5)

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NEW CALIFORNIA OBESITY REPORT: Obesity-related healthcare costs nearly double between 2000 & 2006

The Center for Public Health Advocacy recently released the report The Economic Costs of Overweight, Obesity and Physical Inactivity Among California Adults – 2006. "The study found that the cost of overweight, obesity and physical inactivity had climbed to $41 billion in 2006, nearly double the amount reported in 2000. Given California’s current fiscal crisis, both the private and public sectors would benefit from federal, state and local policies that make prevention a top priority and… Continue

Added by Marisel Brown on July 28, 2009 at 1:14pm — 1 Comment

THEY SAY EVERYTHING IS BIG IN TEXAS: Obesity report adds new dimension to that boast.

A study commissioned by Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas and the Texas Health Institute found that by 2040 over 40% of the state's adults will be obese. "We have a previous problem on our hands that will bankrupt the health care industry if we don't change, if we don't do something about it." said Methodist Healthcare Ministries President and CEO Kevin Moriarty. Get the story from Austin's KXAN-an NBC affliate- by clicking on the link below.…



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Added by Marisel Brown on July 28, 2009 at 10:59am — No Comments

THE HASTINGS CENTER: American Values & Health Reform Essays

The Hastings Center is the nation's leading nonpartisan research institution dedicated to bioethics in the public interest. In this essay set, eleven authors each examine a different foundational value, and what its policy implications are if we take it seriously. In an introduction, Hastings Center president Thomas H. Murray writes, "Core American values, rather than existing in ineluctable tension with one another, form a sturdy, mutually reinforcing foundation for health reform. Universal… Continue

Added by Marisel Brown on July 23, 2009 at 10:33am — No Comments

ARTICLE: Personal Responsibility, Public Policy, & the Economic Stimulus Plan

Matthew Wynia, MD, MPH is the director of the Institute for Ethics at the American Medical Association and a clinical assistant professor at the University of Chicago. He has written extensively on a number of issues including medical professionalism and the origins of racial bias against African American physicians by the American Medical Association.



Dr. Wynia's article appears in the March-April 2009 issue of the Hastings Center Report. The Hastings Center is a non-partisan… Continue

Added by Marisel Brown on July 15, 2009 at 3:30pm — No Comments

REPORT: LIQUID CANDY advocates sopping up revenue via soda tax

The Center for Science in the Public Interest released the report Liquid Candy: How Soft Drinks are Harming America's Health. Michael F. Jacobson's report and the Liquid Candy website make an excellent contribution to obesity/chronic diesase prevention by pulling together what we know about the overcomsumption of soft drinks. An excellent primer. Click on the links below to access the report & the website.



From the report's Executive Summary… Continue

Added by Marisel Brown on July 7, 2009 at 11:58am — No Comments

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