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Lower Lipids
Posted on: September 7th, 2010
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Eating your way to lower lipids is not hard: you just have to know how. What you add is as important as what you avoid.
Dr. La Puma shows you how.
His lipid lowering program has been profiled in the Wall Street Journal and praised in The New York Times.
The Journal called him “a secret weapon”; [...]
Short Trip to Sacto: Obesity Testimony
Posted on: August 24th, 2010
Tags: diabetes, legistlature, models, obesity, policy, prevention
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Tomorrow I’m testifying at a Legislative Informational Hearing on Diabetes and Obesity at the California State Capitol in Sacramento on what works in practice.
It’s not unfamiliar, but still a challenge. I did testify before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Aging about the care near the end of life in the 1990s.
Now the time seems [...]
Salt Much? Discussion 1-on-1 For You?
Posted on: August 17th, 2010
Tags: chef clinic, clinic, consultation, discussion, sodium, stroke, survey, weight loss
Posted in Common Conditions, Diabetes, High Cholesterol, Hypertension, Obesity and Weight Loss, Vitamins and Supplements, Wellness and Health | No Comments »
Several sneak peaks–including my statement to the Information Hearing on Diabetes and Obesity in Sacramento 8.25.10 are in the newsletter tomorrow (quick sign-up to get it, top right!).
It was challenging to say something new, practical, and responsible…to decisionmakers about policy. Let me know what you think.
The news that the average American ingests 3366 [...]
Obesity: Follow the Money
Posted on: August 4th, 2010
Tags: calorie, cost, health care financing, obesity, qalys
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Adult obesity has nearly doubled in the U.S. in 16 years. Obesity-related quality of life has been nearly cut in half (using QALYs, which Eddie Lawlor and I showed had ethical challenges but predicted the health care financing problems we’re having now).
And following the money gives a direct answer to this obesity problem. [...]
Vending Machines in Kids’ Hospitals
Posted on: July 21st, 2010
Tags: Child Obesity, hospital food, hospitals, obesity, soda, vending
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The most visible food in the hospital is in vending machines. And it isn’t pretty: see the unedited photo at right.
In the U.S., we have 25% more vending machines in each children’s hospital than does Canada. In fact, U.S. kids’ hospitals average 9.3 vending machines each.
What’s in hospital vending machines? 99 out of 101 [...]
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