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Managing Your Health Information Online
Health information technology (health IT) lets you manage your health information, improve how you communicate with your health care providers, and improve the quality and coordination of your health care. Some health IT tools are designed for health care providers, while others are made for people with Medicare. Learn more at
Medicare.gov.
Childhood Obesity
Let's Move! Campaign: This program is a comprehensive initiative, launched by Michelle Obama in February 2010, dedicated to solving the challenge of childhood obesity within a generation, so that children born today will grow up healthier and able to pursue their dreams. Learn more.
Obesity in America
NPR's Series - Living Large: Obesity In America: Living Large: Obesity In America is an ongoing series on National Public Radio (NPR) that explores what it means to live in a nation where 1 in 3 adults is obese and looks at how life is changing as a result - in the home, at the grocery store, in the doctor's office, on the factory floor and at the airport. To view articles or listen to audio of radio segments from this series, click here.
- Obesity in America - If health is wealth, America is going bankrupt. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than one-third of adults and one sixth of children in America are obese.1 In the past twenty years, obesity rates doubled for adults and tripled for children. If these trends continue, by the time today’s children reach adulthood, obesity will be the norm and healthy weight the exception. Read more.
- Centers for Disease Control & Prevention: U.S. Obesity Trends - About one-third of U.S. adults (33.8%) are obese. Approximately 17% (or 12.5 million) of children and adolescents aged 2—19 years are obese. Learn more.
Million Hearts Campaign
Heart disease and strokes are the 1st and 4th leading causes of death in the United States. Heart disease is responsible for 1 of every 3 deaths in the country. Million Hearts is a national initiative that has set an ambitious goal to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes by 2017.
Meeting this goal will require work and commitment to change from all of us. Be one in a Million Hearts and see how your actions can make a positive difference.
Million Hearts begins with you. To learn more, please visit: http://millionhearts.hhs.gov/index.html
Millionheartsfactsheet.pdf
World No Tobacco Day - May 31, 2012
The World Health Organization passed a resolution calling for a World No Tobacco Day with the objective being to urge tobacco users to abstain from using tobacco products for 24 hours, an action they hope will provide assistance to those trying to quit. Watch this video to learn more.
