For Some of Us, Health-Care Reform Begins at Home

Washington Post columnist relates his visit to a cardiologist and came away

realizing that not only is health care reform is needed but “self care” also.

I am sure many of us, of any age, can relate.

www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/08/AR2009090803141_pf.html

The Hidden Benefits of Exercise

Here is a lot of valuable, specific information about the benefits of exercise

and the positive impact it can have on some major illnesses and health issues

many of us have or could develop if we don’t change our lifestyles.

This is something we all understand intellectually but putting an exercise

program in place in our lives is another story. Sometimes all it takes is

getting started and incorporating just fifteen or twenty minutes of exercise

into our daily routine. Click on our Family Wellness site in the right hand

column and visit the fitness section for some cardio and strength exercises you

can do in your home without any expensive fitness equipment.

online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704350304574638331243027174.html

When Children Are Overweight, Changes for the Whole Family

As we explain in the About Us section of our site

(see link for Family Health and Wellness in right column), after serving the

school market with fitness equipment sales, we realized that

the children’s obesity and overweight issues were just not a kid’s

problem, but one that involved the whole family so we developed

the TK Family Plan (http://www.tkfamilyplan.com/)

The article below from the NY Times emphasizes the need for family

involvement.

Please check out

TK Family Plan for free nutrition information, a fitness and walking

program, shopping tips and much more so you can help your children

and your entire family develop a lifetime mentality of wellness.

www.nytimes.com/2010/02/11/health/13patient.html?hpw

Michelle Obama launches anti-obesity program

The First Lady’s public awareness campaign, title “Let’s Move”

is directed primarily to children’s health, wellness and fitness issues.

This program can do nothing but help but as we note on the Home Page

of our web site TKFamilyPlan.com (see link at right), these issues are not just children’s issues, they are really a family issue that needs to be addressed as such.

This article appeared in the LA Times and gives you a good basic idea of the program and we will provide more information about “Let’s Move” as it becomes available.

www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-obesity10-2010feb10,0,1396013,print.story