Trusting your Gut- The Fascinating Microbiome
This week I am attending Obesity Week in Nashville Tenessee, the joint annual conference of the Obesity Society and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. It is also…
Video Visits -What works best?
Where and how people receive care has shifted dramatically in the USA since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was passed in 2010. People are turning to online, phone or…
Fitness Trends for 2019- What will move the World?
I have written in past posts about the stagnation in global rates of physical activity, this reality, coupled with the substantial evidence base on the positive connection between physical activity…
Digital Health Ecosystem- Bringing the pieces together
I have written in the past about the thousands of apps for health that exist. Many won't make it in the long run as the runway to get…
Internet Use: Where do we draw the line on where to draw the line?
Is modern living on a collision course or going through a re-set for the next phase of human development? A few new reports this week would suggest we have been…
Data Crossing Borders to Support Health
Earlier this week Finland and Estonia announced they would be testing the exchange of health data across borders, allowing citizens in Europe to have digital prescriptions to be seamlessly…
Failure of Obesity Efforts, or Failure to Understand the Complexity of Obesity?
The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) Catalyst regularly publishes insights on crucial topics in health care, the September issue authored by Dr. Kevin Volpp from the University of…
The Complexity of Obesity
It is rare that an article hits upon many of the complexities of obesity, but a recent Huffington Post article calls the science into sharp relief- and also asks why…
A Watch to Monitor your Heart – is it time?
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.comWhen the Apple Watch launched in 2015 many wondered if it had utility as many people used their phones to tell the time. In subsequent releases, Apple…
Global Movement for Health- What will it take?
The data linking sedentary lifestyles and ill-health are voluminous, yet the global activity rates have remained flat. We are living longer, and many countries are grappling with aging populations…