A very cool thing happened last Saturday. Tiger Greene—the 15-year-old football-loving inspiration who lost nearly 80 pounds and started Team Tiger, a get-healthy movement for kids—helped host the third annual Sacking Obesity camp at the Georgia Superdome in Atlanta. NFL great Marcus Stroud was there, too, and brought along other football stars (the event was a joint effort of Team Tiger and the Marcus Stroud Charitable Foundation). Also present: a crowd of excited kids, who ran around the field doing NFL-like training, but without the pain and bruises. The kids and their parents also got health and nutritional info from doctors, nutritionists, trainers and chefs. View Full Post
My Weight-Loss Journey: Making Strides
My weight loss journey has been all about facing challenges, and this week I faced a big one: taking part in the March for Babies walk (along with many other members of Team Sharecare) in support of the March of Dimes. The walk was 4.3 miles—further than I had ever walked before. But I’d been working out at the gym and jogging on the elliptical, and even though I was a little nervous to try such a large distance, I felt that I had put in the training time and was ready for the challenge. View Full Post
Do Doctors Give Worse Care to Obese Patients?
According to a recent study from Johns Hopkins, doctors build significantly less emotional rapport with their overweight and obese patients. We all know negative attitudes exist toward obese people; now this study shows that the doctor-patient relationship isn’t immune to those problems. It’s an important finding, because communication influences behavior—and the better the relationship between doctor and patient, the better the patient’s compliance with their physician’s advice, medications, follow up, etc. View Full Post
Treadmill Talks: New Reassurance on Vaccine Safety
Some parents worry that if their baby gets multiple vaccines in a single doctor’s visit, it might overwhelm the child’s immune system, or even trigger autism. But a new study should ease that fear, says Sharecare expert Dr. Michael Roizen, chief wellness officer for Cleveland Clinic. In this Treadmill Talk, he explains the new evidence and what it means for parents making the vaccine decision. View Full Post
5 Ways to Boost Your Emotional Energy
Do you wish that you had more energy? I do. I often look at my six-year-old with envy as she jumps out of bed, full of life and excited to face the adventure of the day. But unlike my six-year-old daughter, who has relatively few worries, I have many concerns about real or potential problems—concerns that can affect emotional health and drain emotional energy. Life transitions, grief and loss, mental or physical illness, stress, and relationship distress can all take a toll. View Full Post
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