This terrifying, and I personally think this headline is underwhelming the size of the problem. Each day, this number is getting bigger. We need to provide families a platform of education and assistance in turning this trend around. Some industries … Read More
Prediabetes Afflicting One-Fourth of Young Adults
This terrifying, and I personally think this headline is underwhelming the size of the problem. Each day, this number is getting bigger. We need to provide families a platform of education and assistance in turning this trend around. Some industries … Read More
Trying to figure out whats causing the rise in colorectal cancer.
The American Cancer Society went ahead and funded studies and bumped up the recommended age for colon checks to see if that would help catch diagnoses earlier and improve outcomes. Well, what they found is that many populations are getting … Read More
How to feed the world without destroying the planet
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/07/how-to-feed-the-world-without-destroying-the-planet/ Shift the diets of high-meat consumers toward plant-based foods. Meat, particularly from cattle, sheep, and goats, is very resource intensive. For growing populations to have access to some meat, others will have to consume less. There are now burgers … Read More
Rising health insurance deductibles fuel middle-class anger and resentment
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2019-07-16/rising-insurance-deductibles-middle-class-anger this should not be happening. To all those employers out there – give us a call, keep your employees happier and healthier and it will return to your bottom line 10x over. We must address the causes of the … Read More
Options for keeping the food system within environmental limits
“Here we show that between 2010 and 2050, as a result of expected changes in population and income levels, the environmental effects of the food system could increase by 50–90% in the absence of technological changes and dedicated mitigation measures, … Read More
greater emphasis on healthy-plant-based foods – including plant-based proteins – is the single most important contribution the foodservice industry can make toward environmental sustainability
So much opportunity remains
I have read a lot recently questioning whether digital health is in a bubble or not, which I like, that means its hot. And what I also like is that it is just a piece of what we do at ProdHealth. Whether you read my posts related to environmental change, social change, healthcare change or food change….it can all be done starting today and it can all be done very easily. There needs to be the reach of digital health, the touch of human health, results to prove both of those and even a little game of carrot and the stick to get people to stick with positive changes. please follow us on this journey, change this broken system, fix your health, your wallet, you employers wallet and the environment.
We can see the iceberg, now can we please turn before we are the Titantic..
Here we show that between 2010 and 2050, as a result of expected changes in population and income levels, the environmental effects of the food system could increase by 50–90% in the absence of technological changes and dedicated mitigation measures, reaching levels that are beyond the planetary boundaries that define a safe operating space for humanity