Articles Tagged ‘neighborhood’
Opinion | By July 26, 2008 | By Sajid Surve, DO | 11 Comments
Why Your City Planner Is Making You Fat
If we as Americans do one thing well, it’s gaining weight. NIH data shows that two-thirds of Americans are overweight, and one-third are obese. Of course we have all heard the usual “lack of diet and exercise” mantra about weight gain. Data certainly backs up our increasingly sedentary lifestyle, such as the fact that the average United States household now spends roughly 8 hours a day with the television on. That being said, what if there was more to the story?
The United States is falling victim to a systematic elimination of the neighborhood. Shopping is occurring more and more at large retail chains (i.e. Walmart, Home Depot, Costco) which require tremendous real estate. Therefore city planners are favoring the creation of sprawling commercial centers where numerous such chains can be built in close proximity to one another, and allow for one-stop shopping. Read more →
- Breaking News - Exercise is Good for You!
Wow. Wow. Wow. I’m a little bit speechless after reading Domhnall Macauley’s article, Olympic Games will bring health gains to the non-sporting public, says Princess Anne. To make a short article even shorter, let me summarize: * Exercise is good for you. * Doctor claims that obesity may... Read more →
Saturday, November 22, 2008
- The Anti-Psychiatry Movement
- Should Doctors Have Guns?
- Vaccines - A Two-Edged Sword
- Extremist Muslim Doctors Do More Than Heal
- Woman Comparable to Men in Domestic Violence: Stereotypes and their Consequences
- God And Religion: Is It All In Our Heads?
- Anti-Smoking Campaign Doesn't Mess Around
- The Bipolar Trend
- Are You Vegetarian? How Do You Get Enough Protein?
- The Implications of Implanted Chips
- The Science of Brain Freeze
- Is War A Psychosis?
- The Biopsychosocial Model of Health & Illness
- Unhinging from Theory: Autism and Opinions
- Mind-Body: We Want Evidence, Don't We?
- Meditation for Troubled Minds: Can the Mind Heal the Mind?
- Encephalon, Thirty-Third Edition
- Acknowledging Vaccination Concerns
- Health Care and Politics II - The Democrats
- Usually It's Cheaper to Pay Than to Go To Court
- The Need for Post-Marketing Surveillance of Drugs
- Musical Medicine - Recovery After a MCA Stroke
- Are We Worshipping Celebrities or Heroes?
- Alcohol 101 - the Best Class on Campus
- School Bullies - Is the Amygdala to Blame?
- Reversing the Irreversible - Neuromotor Prostheses for Spinal Cord Injury
- How Much is a Pound of Prevention Worth?
- Electrical Brain Stimulation Improves Hand Motor Skills
- New Drug Approval - Lacosamide for Epilepsy
- Why Infidelity May Not Be Cheating Anymore
- Alzheimer’s Drug to Treat Binge Eating Disorder
- Brain Blogging, Forty-First Edition
- Diagnosing Child Abuse
- Hypnosis and Chronic Pain
- Hitler’s Guide to Propaganda - The Psychology of Coercion
- McCain’s Health Issues Reflect His Character
- Obama and McCain - Friend or Foe of Science?
- My Amygdala Made Me Vote for McCain/Obama
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