Boy, am I an infrequent blogger! I do want to assure you, though, that I am alive and working on our focus areas. In particular, there is a window of opportunity opening in the "life-ready" area in Arizona. The Arizona Department of Health Services has recently determined, after a comprehensive statewide review process, that obesity is the number one health issue facing Arizona. Other preventable chronic conditions such as heart disease and diabetes were also identified as major AZ health issues. Furthermore, we already know that four of the five root causes of the vast majority of these conditions are unhealthy nutrition, lack of physical activity, smoking, and excess drinking. (Genetics plays a role as well, but healthy behavior can often trump genetics.) At the same time, a number of organizations and individuals are frustrated by the increasing narrowing of our public K-12 education, and the dire consequences of downplaying social studies and health educ
Committed to developing whole-population healthy habits, starting K-12, and using advocacy & social entrepreneurship to do whatever is necessary for a healthy future for us all.