With all the talk about controlling healthcare costs, one statistic that hit me revealed 70% of what is spent for healthcare is for diseases linked to our behavior in some way and how we live our lives.
Two examples cited indicated that the average annual tab for someone with diabetes is over $2,100, and for asthma, it’s $1,100.
More and more companies are urging employees to adopt healthier lifestyles and enroll in programs to manage chronic illnesses.
On a previous blog, I quoted Dr. Andrew Weil who stressed the importance of making smart decisions if you want to eat for optimum health and achieve a healthy weight. His bottom line prescription is to cut down on all food products with any kind of flour and sugar. He advises people to fill their shopping carts with vegetables and lean meats and to stick to the outside aisles in the supermarket where you’ll usually find unprocessed foods.
You may also have read that buried in the 2,400-plus pages of the Healthcare Reform Act is a provision requiring chain restaurants around the nation to post calorie counts for each item they serve.
All of this helps to make the public more aware that we should focus not only on how much we eat, but also what we eat.
~Wid
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The Grand Canyon State Games is a multi-sport Olympic Festival providing a showcase for the talents and aspirations for Arizona and America's youth regardless of age or ability and to share many of the great attributes of our state. In fact we have had a 3 year old come down the mountain in our Winter skiing event and a 99 year old gentleman throw the javelin in our Track & Field event. We truly have something for everyone.
