Could reading a book be a possible treatment for childhood obesity? Duke University researchers say yes: the right kind of book can help kids lose weight. And that’s no fairy tale. The Duke researchers asked overweight girls between ages nine to 13 who were already enrolled in a comprehensive weight loss program to read a [...]
New Health Rx for Obesity? Take Two Books and Call Me In the Morning
December 12th, 2008 by Cindy Atoji · 1 Comment · Teen Health Talk, Teen Talk
We Twitter—Do You?
November 22nd, 2008 by Cindy Atoji · No Comments · Tech Talk
So, a bunch of us here at BodiMojo just signed up for Twitter, per the recommendation of our head Mojo-er, Tara. It’s a real-time communication tool that asks, “What are you doing?” I’m not sure how to Twitter, or what to even say. Or how to stalk, or, er, I mean, “follow” fellow Twitters. But [...]
Tags: blog·bodimojo·social networking·twitter
Obama—and Teens—Elect To Use Technology
November 5th, 2008 by Cindy Atoji · No Comments · All Things BodiMojo, Tech Talk
The votes are in: cyberspace rules. If there is any doubt about the alchemy of social networking, just take a look at Obama’s supersized victory yesterday in the presidential election. His technology-based campaign will go down in the history books as a new model for campaigning and fund-raising, with a transformative effect on both national [...]
Tags: new voters·Obama·Tech Talk·Teen Talk·voting
Plugging into Healthcare Innovations for Teens and Beyond
November 1st, 2008 by Cindy Atoji · No Comments · Tech Talk
As a BodiMojowriter who also frequently covers healthcare technology, I was curious to see what a recent seminar on wireless and mobile services would say—if anything—about how teens play into this ever-changing arena. Quite a bit, it turns out. The session, which was part of the Center for Connected Health’s conference this week at Harvard [...]
Tags: biosensor·healthcare·Tech Talk·texting·web-based wellness
