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FitSpirit: Miss Melanoma needs your help
FitSpirit explores the mind-body connection and the intangible benefits we gain from our efforts to stay physically fit.
There's something about taking action that feeds the soul. Maybe your action is delivering a meal to a friend with a new baby. Maybe it's cleaning up the shores at the beach one weekend, pitching in and helping a neighbor move into a new house, or driving a special someone to an important medical appointment. Reaching out makes a difference -- it's often all our spirits need in the lift department.
I've got an spirit-lifting assignment for you today, one that might just save a few lives.
This task comes from a spunky cancer survivor who calls herself Miss Melanoma. Her goal -- which she hopes becomes your goal -- is to get a surgeon general's warning in every window at tanning bed salons. Here's all you need to do: Visit Miss Melanoma's website at MissMelanoma.com, click on Sign our Petition, and read all about the importance of skin cancer awareness -- did you know melanoma is an epidemic and the rate of occurrence is rising faster than any other cancer? Once you've absorbed the humbling facts that surround melanoma, kindly move on and sign your name. It's that simple, yet so critical.
Once you're done making your difference for the day, I recommend you take a spin through Miss Melanoma's website, which includes an inspirational blog, artwork, articles, and a shop too. You're sure to be amazed by the grace, determination, and humor of this young woman who lost her little toe to cancer and finds herself wondering: Am I entitled to a 10 percent discount on pedicures?
There's something about taking action that feeds the soul. Maybe your action is delivering a meal to a friend with a new baby. Maybe it's cleaning up the shores at the beach one weekend, pitching in and helping a neighbor move into a new house, or driving a special someone to an important medical appointment. Reaching out makes a difference -- it's often all our spirits need in the lift department.
I've got an spirit-lifting assignment for you today, one that might just save a few lives.
This task comes from a spunky cancer survivor who calls herself Miss Melanoma. Her goal -- which she hopes becomes your goal -- is to get a surgeon general's warning in every window at tanning bed salons. Here's all you need to do: Visit Miss Melanoma's website at MissMelanoma.com, click on Sign our Petition, and read all about the importance of skin cancer awareness -- did you know melanoma is an epidemic and the rate of occurrence is rising faster than any other cancer? Once you've absorbed the humbling facts that surround melanoma, kindly move on and sign your name. It's that simple, yet so critical.
Once you're done making your difference for the day, I recommend you take a spin through Miss Melanoma's website, which includes an inspirational blog, artwork, articles, and a shop too. You're sure to be amazed by the grace, determination, and humor of this young woman who lost her little toe to cancer and finds herself wondering: Am I entitled to a 10 percent discount on pedicures?
Obese vs. Overweight: What's the Difference?
One difference between the terms "obese" and "overweight" is the number associated with body mass index (BMI). Take your weight, divide it by your height, and square it -- that's your BMI. If your number is 30 or above, you are considered obese. If it's 25 to 30, then you fall in the overweight category. Be warned, though. Some experts don't put much stock in the BMI since it only accounts for weight and height, and not muscle mass.
According to a new study appearing in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association, another difference between the two is that one -- obesity -- is associated with 11 percent of deaths from a number of cancers and nine percent of deaths due to cardiovascular problems. Being overweight is not linked at all to these types of deaths. In fact, it's also not related in any significant way to the 40 percent of deaths due to other causes.
Could being overweight have health benefits? Perhaps, although experts don't advise gaining weight because of this speculation. And you surely should not increase your BMI to that dreaded number 30 -- because it seems that's when problems begin to occur.
According to a new study appearing in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association, another difference between the two is that one -- obesity -- is associated with 11 percent of deaths from a number of cancers and nine percent of deaths due to cardiovascular problems. Being overweight is not linked at all to these types of deaths. In fact, it's also not related in any significant way to the 40 percent of deaths due to other causes.
Could being overweight have health benefits? Perhaps, although experts don't advise gaining weight because of this speculation. And you surely should not increase your BMI to that dreaded number 30 -- because it seems that's when problems begin to occur.
