The Alliance for a Healthier Generation is a partnership between the American Heart Association and the William J. Clinton Foundation. We have come together to create a new generation of healthy Americans by addressing one of the nation’s leading public health threats – childhood obesity.
Along with our co-leader Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of California, the Alliance...
The 2012 Fitness & Health Bloggers Conference will take place June 22-24 at the Colorado Center for Health and Wellness in Denver, Colorado. This is the premier conference discussing the communication of cutting-edge fitness and health information to the public via the internet with the goal of combating obesity and improving wellness.
This is not your normal bloggers conference....
Dr. Sari Fine Shepphird, author of the new book 100 Questions and Answers about Anorexia Nervosa, is a clinical psychologist and eating disorders specialist from Los Angeles, California. Working with a full spectrum of eating disorders issues, her experience on the subject spans nearly twenty years. In addition to maintaining an outpatient private practice, she provides consultation about...
Growing up as an obese teenager, I learned firsthand what its like to be “un-healthy”. It’s not a place I enjoyed being and experiencing all the stigmas that come with being obese was traumatic. At age 15 I made a decision to change my lifestyle. And for 18 years, I haven’t looked back. Fitness is, and always will be, a large part of my...
In the past 20 years, I have helped hundreds of people transform their bodies from flab to fab, from fat to fit, from obese to…uhhh…
Unfortunately, during these 20 years, I have also seen my share of clients who spend a lot of money, skip a lot of workouts, sabotage a lot of healthy meal plans and end up no better off than when they started.
Luckily, for me, I never thought...
I am a podiatrist, with a degree in public health, and teach at the local state university. Most of my work has been in executive nonprofit management in health and social service organizations. Recently my work has been in obesity prevention using environmental strategies. I am training for a marathon, and I'm interested in massage, social media, healthy eating and food systems.
I am a native/resident Washingtonian who has a strong dedication to family and value friendships, recognizing them both to be priceless blessings.
My background in the health care field spans over thirty years, working twenty years in the field of HIV/AIDS. Following the separation from my long term employment in
September 2008, I yielded to my calling to turn the focus from...
The Web site of The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. (http://www2.niddk.nih.gov)
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) conducts and supports research on many of the most serious diseases affecting public health. The Institute supports much of the clinical research on the diseases of internal medicine and...
My name is Whitney and I am a 21 year old soon to be college graduate maintaining balance and a healthy lifestyle while battling daily stressors life throws our way. I am an avid runner, I am applying to graduate programs in the fall for public health, I love nutrition, health, and wellness and am passionate about learning new invigorating facts to share with people.
I recently found out I...
Mark Hammer C.M.H.
Senior Master Herbalist - Traditional Asian Medicine
"My greatest thrill is to see an unhealthy person regain their balance where it was perceived lost." Mark works with clients to improve their overall health. His chief focus is on the underlying cause of the problem and related symptoms. Finding the U.S., lacking good herbal education, Mr. Hammer chose to...
