Last week in Boston, top names in fashion — designer and “Project Runway” judge Michael Kors, Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, and Russian model Natalia Vodianova — told a Harvard forum that the fashion industry should pay more attention to the health and well-being of models. Speaking at during a panel sponsored by Massachusetts General Hospital’s [...]
Entries from March 30th, 2010
Health Matters: Fashion Elite Vow to Set New Standards
March 30th, 2010 by Karen Feldscher · No Comments · Parent Talk
Fighting Obesity at Local Level: Recovery Act at Work
March 24th, 2010 by Cindy Atoji · 1 Comment · Parent Talk, Teen Health Talk
Just last month, Michelle Obama’s campaign to end childhood obesity promised to get kids moving and revamp school lunches – an effort that involves family and community. Now, the grassroots-level obesity push continues with Communities Putting Prevention to Work: as part of the recovery act, 44 states, including here in Massachusetts, were awarded funds for obesity [...]
Tags: childhood obesity·exercise·junk food·nutrition·obesity·prevention·smoke free·tobacco
Health Care Reform: With Youth in Mind
March 22nd, 2010 by Tara Cousineau, PhD · No Comments · All Things BodiMojo, Tech Talk
Perhaps nothing has been more divisive than the topic of health care reform. Similar to watching a boxing match that goes from round to round, at some point you just want it over with as the bruises and cuts on both sides are hard to stomach. But here we are with a match won. On [...]
Tags: healthcare reform·prevention
Gabby Raises Bar for Beauty in Hollywood
March 9th, 2010 by Karen Feldscher · No Comments · Parent Talk
She might have lost to Sandra Bullock at Sunday night’s Oscars, but Gabourey Sidibe, star of “Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire,” isn’t licking her wounds, but quickly moving on to her next project, a new Showtime comedy, “The Big C.” “Precious” was Gabby’s feature film debut, and she relished her first Academy [...]
International Women’s Day (March 8): Spread Awareness
March 8th, 2010 by Tara Cousineau, PhD · No Comments · Teen Health Talk
After watching the glitz and glamour of Hollywood’s finest talent walk down the red carpet for the Oscars last night, today marks an occasion to reflect and support girls and women around the world in much different circumstances. International Women’s Day celebrates the economic, political and social achievements of women. In the U.S. alone there [...]
Tags: empowerment·girls·health·Women
How Millennial Are You?
March 2nd, 2010 by Cindy Atoji · No Comments · Tech Talk, Teen Talk
OK, so I just took a Pew Research Center test on “How Millennial are You?” My score was 40 out of a possible 100, showing that I’m not so Millennial, even though my score was boosted by having a Facebook profile, sending a couple text messages in the last 24 hours, and not yet reading [...]
Tags: Gen X·generation next·Millennial·Pew Research Center·Tech Talk