Written on January 12, 2012 by Seth Climpson
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Fitness studios stream classes online
Online streaming just starting to blossom in fitness industry
Author: By Jacque Wilson CNN Published On: Wed Jan 18 06:11:50 CST 2012 Updated On: Wed Jan 18 06:26:28 CST 2012
It’s miserable outside. The whole world is a depressing gray color that just makes you want to lie on the couch and watch reruns of “Sex and the City.”
You don’t have time to pack your gym bag, drop off the kids, drive to the fitness studio, shower and change, pick up the kids and get back home before dinner.
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Written on January 11, 2012 by Mitchell Lyon
Internet marketers of acai berry weight-loss pills and colon cleansers will pay $1.5 million to settle charges of deceptive advertising and unfair billing, the Federal Trade Commission announced today.
The Phoenix-based Central Coast Nutraceuticals marketed acai berry supplements, colon cleansers, and other products using allegedly fraudulent free trial offers and phony endorsements from Oprah Winfrey and Rachael Ray. The company will pay $1.5 million as part of a settlement with the FTC, and the money will be made available for consumer refunds.
The settlement does not constitute an admission by Central Coast Nutraceuticals that the law has been violated.
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Written on January 8, 2012 by George Moowattin
[Ed. Note We are pleased to welcome Andy Braver, Esq. back to Health Reform Watch. Andy is a health care attorney who recently completed an LL.M in Health Law at Seton Hall Law. Prior to entering the LL.M.
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Written on January 3, 2012 by George Moowattin
OLYMPIA, Wash. – The federal government is giving Washington state nearly $17 million for enrolling more kids in health insurance.
The grant is a performance bonus authorized by the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act.
The Department of Health and Human Services says Washington is one of 23 states to share more than $296 million in federal performance bonuses this year.
To qualify for these payments, states must surpass their Medicaid enrollment target.
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Written on December 31, 2011 by Seth Climpson
France’s top diet guru Pierre Dukan is urging the government to grade students on their weight in a bid to curb growing obesity.
In a book to be published on Thursday, Dukan suggests that students in their last two years of high school be awarded extra marks if they manage to maintain an acceptable Body Mass Index (BMI), a measure of body fat based on height and weight.
“Obesity is a real public health problem that is rarely – if at all – taken into account by politicians,” Dukan told newspaper Le Parisien ahead of the book’s launch.
Dukan said his education plan would be “a good way to sensitise teenagers to the need for a balanced diet.”
He denied it would punish overweight children, saying: “There is nothing wrong with educating children about nutrition.
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