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Hype and Hope of Mobile Health |
Flash Mob Protests Violence |
Car Seat Saves Child |
Know the Signs of a Heart Attack |
App Sends Health-Related E-Cards |
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PHNEWS |
PHRECIPE |
PHTRAINING |
PHEVENTS
Four out of five of Georgia's school children cannot perform
basic physical tasks that indicate a healthy level of fitness,
according to a report from the Georgia Department of Education.
Nearly one million children were evaluated on five areas of
health-related fitness -- aerobic capacity, Body Mass Index
(BMI), muscle strength, endurance and flexibility -- using the
FitnessGram, part of Georgia SHAPE, Gov. Nathan Deal's
anti-childhood obesity initiative.
Twenty percent of the children's scores didn't fall in the
healthy fitness ranges in any of the areas. Eighty four percent
of those tested passed some but not all portions of the
FitnessGram. Only 16 percent passed all five parts of the test.
have been meeting regularly, exchanging ideas and working on
plans to expand the program.
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 With
a few swipes of her finger, Raquel Taylor can count
calories, track her exercise and see how she's doing in
reaching her target weight, thanks to a weight loss app
on her smartphone.
Taylor,
who works in financial services at the Georgia
Department of Public Health (DPH), started using the
app, SparkPeople, last May. She entered her height and
weight, and the app calculated how many pounds she
needed to lose to reach a healthy weight. Now, each
healthy choice she makes earns her points in the app. So
does reading the app's fitness or nutrition tips, which
come from sources such as the American College of Sports
Medicine and the National Institutes of Health (NIH),
according to SparkPeople's website.
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DPH employees show their pride
in Woodruff Park after
participating in a flash mob to
protest violence against women
and girls.
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At noon on Valentine's Day, Woodruff Park in
downtown Atlanta suddenly swarmed with
hundreds of people clad in red and pink,
dancing in unison as music swelled over a
loudspeaker.
They were doing more than taking a midday dance
break. They were part of a flash mob protesting
violence against women and girls, called to
action by One Billion Rising, a group hoping to
raise awareness of violence against women and
girls around the world.
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From left, Angela Caruso, her daughter Kenlee
Crawford and John T. Greene, Georgia Family
Connection coordinator. |
Kenlee Crawford, a 3-year-old child from Schley
County, was recently protected from critical injury
by a combination car seat provided by the Georgia
Child Passenger Safety Program and obtained through
a grant from the Governor's Office of Highway Safety
by the Schley County Health Department.
Kenlee, her mother, Angela Caruso, and her
grandmother were traveling in Groveland, Florida on
Sunday, November 25, when they were side impacted at
high speed by a 1996 Ford Explorer. Their car, a
2012 Chevrolet Cruze, received a major impact on the
right rear passenger door. Kenlee's grandmother was
sitting beside her near the impact and was wearing
seatbelts. The impact threw her grandmother into the
side of the car seat, bending the right side and
forcing the car seat into the left rear door panel
causing damage to the left side of the car seat.
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Michael Jacobs (at top with sunglasses and
baseball cap) did not know he was having a heart
attack in 2000.
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When you're
having a heart attack, you don't have time to second-guess
your symptoms.
Seventy-year-old Michael J. Jacobs did and it could have
cost him his life.
In 2000,
Jacobs, a retired federal government employee, suspected his
excruciating elbow pain was caused by lying on his back
under the sink while installing a new kitchen faucet.
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Designed
by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),
the CDC eCards app allows users to send personalized
health eCards directly from their iPhone or iPod touch
to family, friends and loved ones on the go. With nearly
half of iPhone users and 30 percent of iPod touch users
making health-related inquiries from their device, this
application provides a way for health seekers to share
important health tips and reminders for checkups easily.
Based on
CDC's successful eCards website, this application will
feature popular eCards and timely health updates that
coincide with important health events throughout the
year. Health observances include the American Heart
Month, Flu Season, and the Great American Smokeout.
Users can also mark certain eCards as favorites for
easier access.
Click
here to download from iTunes.
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FitnessGram Results |
Hype and Hope of Mobile Health |
Flash Mob Protests Violence |
Car Seat Saves Child |
Know the Signs of a Heart Attack |
App Sends Health-Related E-Cards |
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PHNEWS |
PHRECIPE |
PHTRAINING |
PHEVENTS
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