- -: Bottom-Up Health Care: Eat Right, Eat Local
September 22, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/09/15/A_Return_to_Healing_Len_Saputo__Byron_Belitsos Dr. Len Saputo, co-author of A Return to Healing: Radical Health Care Reform and the Future of Medicine, describes one city's goal to improve the healthfulness of food city-wide. He argues "we can do prog...
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- -: Alicia Silverstone Not 'Clueless' About Vegan Health
November 3, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/19/The_Kind_Diet_Alicia_Silverstone Actress and environmental activist Alicia Silverstone shares her experience adopting veganism. She claims the change in diet brought her more energy, clearer skin, and allergy-related health benefits. ----- Long befo...
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- -: A Scale that Tweets Your Weight? Meet the Quantified Self
August 19, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/06/17/Anand_Giridharadas_Global_Media_Ideas A scale that automatically tweets your weight? How about a website that analyzes the specifics of your love life? Journalist Anand Giridharadas reflects on burgeoning technologies that facilitate the quantificatio...
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- -: Will Meat Go the Way of Cigarettes? - Jonathan Safran Foer
October 13, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/09/21/Eating_Animals_Jonathan_Safran_Foer 18 percent of college students today are vegetarian, and almost half want more vegetarian options at meals, cites Eating Animals author Jonathan Safran Foer. Could this trend parallel the sharp decrease in smoking ...
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- -: Aubrey de Grey: For a Long Life, Listen to Your Body
October 12, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/conference/idea_festival_2011 Biomedical gerontologist Aubrey de Grey shares insight on how to prolong one's life. "Do not generalize, do not just buy a book and believe what it says," says de Grey. "Pay attention to your own body, listen to what works for you."...
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- -: First Lady Urges Healthy Diet and Exercise
October 21, 2009 (over 14 years ago)First Lady Michelle Obama talks to school children about the importance of exercise and nutrition at the Healthy Kids Fair on the South Lawn at the White House. October 21, 2009 (Public Domain)
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- -: Tackling Childhood Obesity
February 9, 2010 (about 14 years ago)President Obama is joined by First Lady Michelle Obama and Cabinet members as he signs a Memorandum on Childhood Obesity that establishes a task force headed by the First Lady to encourage children to exercise more and adopt healthier eating habits. February 9, 2010.
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- -: Lets Move Kick-Off
February 9, 2010 (about 14 years ago)First Lady Michelle Obama kicks off Lets Move, a program designed to tackle childhood obesity by encouraging exercise and healthy eating. The First Lady is joined by Cabinet members, athletes, educators, students and others at the kickoff event.
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- -: Making Healthy Food Accessible & Affordable
February 20, 2010 (about 14 years ago)First Lady Michelle Obama travels to Philadelphia, PA to discuss federal funding for a new multi-year Healthy Food Financing Initiative which will increase the availability of affordable, healthy foods in underserved urban and rural communities, particularly through the development or equipping o...
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- -: Battling the Childhood Obesity Epidemic
March 17, 2010 (about 14 years ago)First Lady Michelle Obama takes part in a question-and-answer discussion about the Lets Move initiative and the fight against childhood obesity at the Newseum in Washington, DC. March 17, 2010.
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