At the rate we’re going 83 percent of American men will be overweight or obese by 2020 followed by women at 72 percent projected to be overweight or obese by then, as well.
The implications go far beyond tight pants and groaning sofas. Obesity is a big risk factor for cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
Imagining an America of overweight, unhealthy people gives public health officials the willies. And it should be frightening to us civilians, too.
Although there is no hard and fast evidence, chicken soup seems to be the best remedy!
Risk factors for stroke are strong predictors of future mental impairment.
Maintaining cognitive health is important for everyone as they age but for those who are already at risk for stroke the need is more urgent.
The volunteers were followed for an average of more than four years. After eliminating from consideration any who had had a stroke, the researchers found 1,907 who were cognitively impaired. After controlling for age, sex, race and education, researchers found that high blood pressure and left ventricular hypertrophy independently predicted cognitive impairment, and the more risk factors a person had, the greater the risk for mental problems.
Feelings of nostalgia at Thanksgiving time are nothing to be ashamed of.
In fact, celebrate your natural tendency to over sentimentalize everything and even cry at the site of mom’s pecan pie.
That’s why this time of year, TV and radio ads are filled with smiling families sitting around a large table in holiday sweaters, passing the dinner rolls. Even if you’re far away from home, companies want you to believe that buying those same dinner rolls will fill your heart with holiday joy. Turns out, it works.
Thanksgiving foods trigger memories of time spent with family and loved ones. And given the way our memories work we really edit out the bad and focus on the good.
Scent memory is very strong and can transport us to a simpler carefree time.
So just sit back and enjoy; soak it all in for one big day of feasting and a walk down memory lane.
Should you call in sick to work?
In a tough economy you certainly don’t want to put your job in jeopardy, however, putting the health of everyone you work with in jeopardy might not be the better choice.
Not only is this cold and flu season but holiday stress and activity can take it’s toll, as well.
Make sure that you can maintain distance and avoid contact with others.
Wash hands often and try not to share office equipment.
Consider your job; serving food? Waiting on clients or supervising young children, immunocompromised or the elderly could make your illness a real health threat to others
A few more things to consider:
How well can you carry out your work duties?
If you’re feeling quite sick, “you’re going to have a hard time functioning and performing at your normal level,” Cummins says.
Are you contagious?
If you have a viral or bacterial illness, you’ll expose your coworkers and they in turn will infect others. Staying home when you’re sick helps to curb germs in the community. “It’s to contain the illness,” Cummins says.
Will resting at home help your body to overcome the illness?
“We see a lot of worsening symptoms because people will just not stop and rest. They want to go; they want to be able to do everything that they normally do,” Cummins says. “What they don’t understand is that they’re pushing themselves to the point where they’re actually a lot sicker at the end of two to four days than they would have been if they had just taken that first day off and let their body fight the infection.”
Are you taking medications that could impair your ability to think, work, operate machinery, or drive?
Let’s say, for example, that you’ve been prescribed Vicodin for back pain and it’s causing fuzzy thinking. “If you’re so sick that you’re using opiates or any controlled substance to control pain, you really need to stay home,” Cummins says. “You shouldn’t be driving, and you could have your performance impaired or it could even be dangerous.”
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