"New York City is in the midst of an obesity epidemic," said Health Commissioner Thomas Frieden. "We need to re-engineer our built environment to support healthier living. Some of these changes can be simple and powerful. Encouraging people to take the stairs by posting signs can dramatically change behavior for the better of our health and our city."
What A Smart Idea!
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Your Weight On Other Worlds
I love this site so much I just wanted to make sure everybody sees it.
GO TO YOUR WEIGHT ON OTHER WORLDS
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Lunch Bags That Educate, Entertain and Inspire
Each morning, Kristi Thomas spent a few moments adding a special touch to her daughter’s school lunch bag. Some days, it was a love note or words of encouragement. Other days, it was a brainteaser, joke or fun fact. Whatever the theme, Kristi always took the time to handprint it, along with some cool artwork, on a simple brown lunch bag.
The decorative bags quickly became a hit with her daughter’s classmates. “Kids are always asking for my lunch bags when I’m done with them, Mom,” exclaimed the young Thomas. As children and parents began requesting their own sets, Kristi experienced a light bulb moment. She hired a patent attorney, outlined a business plan and dove into the family’s nest egg. Then, with the support of her husband, Kristi proudly launched LuNcHoLogy™.
Today, Lunchology has the potential to include more than 1,000 themed bag sets targeted towards children of all ages, as well as adults. Illustrations and words are printed on one side of each bag, while space is allocated for a child’s name, room number and teacher’s name on the other. Topics run the gamut, from foreign languages to “grosser-than-gross” tidbits and sports trivia. The interesting facts and figures entice children so much, that they don’t even realize they’re learning! Of course, Lunchology bags also serve an additional purpose. They can help children weather a variety of different school days or just give them a dose of home in the middle of the day, when they need it most.
Since Lunchology launched onto grocery store shelves in March 2004, the business that began its manufacturing in the Thomas home has quickly gained momentum. Sometimes, it’s hard for Kristi to believe that – by combining one crazy idea with a lot of love and plenty of hard work – Lunchology was born.
What a great medium to spread healthy messages to kids and their families!
Pets 2 Go
To be honest I posted this site so we can remember where we find places that we can stay with Ripley on the ONE TON TOUR.
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The 100 Mile Diet
I learned about this very interesting idea while surfing through trendwatching.com
Here's a little intro to the idea.
When the average North American sits down to eat, each ingredient has typically travelled at least 1,500 miles—call it "the SUV diet." On the first day of spring, 2005, Alisa Smith and James MacKinnon (bios) chose to confront this unsettling statistic with a simple experiment. For one year, they would buy or gather their food and drink from within 100 miles of their apartment in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Since then, James and Alisa have gotten up-close-and-personal with issues ranging from the family-farm crisis to the environmental value of organic pears shipped across the globe. They've reconsidered vegetarianism and sunk their hands into community gardening. They've eaten a lot of potatoes.
Their 100-Mile Diet struck a deeper chord than anyone could have predicted. Within weeks, reprints of their blog at thetyee.ca had appeared on sites across the internet. Then came the media, from BBC Worldwide to Utne magazine. Dozens of individuals and grassroots groups have since launched their own 100-Mile Diet adventures. The need now is clear: a locus where 100-milers can get the information they need to try their own lifestyle experiments, and to exchange ideas and develop campaigns. That locus will be here at 100MileDiet.org—turning an idea into a movement.
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Meet the "Bad Fats" Brothers
You never know where you'll get hooked up with a great web site find. Well my buddy Pete thought if anybody might know the "SKINNY" on all things "FAT" it would be me, but alas I couldn't clearly answer his question about the difference between "mono" or "poly" saturated fats so off he went on his merry "weigh" and look what he found. The "Bad Fats Brothers" is a great site for young and old. CLICK HERE TO CHECK IT OUT
And check out this other great site, "Face the Fats"
Brought to us all by the American Heart Association.
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I did, and it drove amazing traffic to my blog.
The moral of the story....
DUCT TAPE is great for everything.
Even increasing your blog traffic.
