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November 2008 Volume 1, Issue 8
What’s that Quarter Pounder Worth to You? Submitted by Alica Harrison
Ever wonder why it’s so easy to gain 10 pounds and so hard to those 1110 calories off. lose 10 pounds? How can something called a Quarter Pounder add 5 So these meals are great if you’re Michael Phelps. For the rest of pounds to my hips? If a Krispy Kreme donut is traveling at 15 mph, us mortals, it’s much harder to maintain a healthy weight - much less how long does it take to reach my butt? These are the questions that lose weight - if we eat like this. You have to burn 3500 extra calories keep me up at night. (Well, not really.) to lose one single, solitary pound. (That’s about 14000 push-ups…) During our summer vacation, my husband and I took the kids to Which is why it’s so much easier to gain weight than to lose it. I the Houston Museum of Natural Science, a great way to spend a can easily eat an extra 3500 calories in a week. But it’s much harder rainy, hot afternoon in Houston. Part of our tour included a hands-on to exercise an extra 10 hours in a week. Here’s a handy chart to let science lesson by a Bill Nye wannabe. The kids loved the interactive you know just how much effort you’re going to have to expend just experiments, but I was completely shocked by one that compared the to break-even on some favorite foods. density of Pepsi vs. Diet Pepsi. Did you know that a can of Diet Pepsi So, as my trainer tells me, suck it up, Buttercup. And put down will float in water but a can of Pepsi will sink? Do you know why? that Coke. It’s that 12 teaspoons of sugar that weigh it Number of push-ups needed to Number of sit-ups needed to down! 12 teaspoons! In one can! Put 12 Delicious but costly food choice offset those darn calories offset those darn calories teaspoons of sugar in a juice glass and tell me you’re not impressed by that. Quarter Pounder w/Cheese 2120 1590 So, being the Coke lover that I am, I started (530 calories) wondering how many sit-ups it would take Ice Cold Can of Coke 560 420 me to earn a single can of Coke. That would (140 calories) be 420. Yikes! That’s like a month’s worth of sit-ups for me! I could also rid myself of Chick Fil A Sandwich 1640 1230 the Coke calories by jogging – for about 20 (410 calories) minutes. Or walking for about 40 minutes. Taco Bell Beef Burrito 1600 1200 All for one lousy can of Coke. (400 calories) And if a can of Coke can do that to me, what Pappasitos Chicken Fajitas 4600 3450 about a plate of chicken fajitas? Turns out that (1150 calories) those fajitas at Pappasitos with rice and beans and 2 tortillas (no sour cream or cheese) pack Macaroni Grill Spaghetti and Meat 4400 3300 in a whopping 1150 calories! (That’s like 8 Sauce (1110 calories) cans of Coke, if you’re still counting.) So plan Starbucks Blended Mocha Frappucino 1384 1038 on pushing that stroller for 9 ½ hours to burn (346 calories) those puppies off. Prefer the spaghetti and meat sauce at Macaroni Grill? You’ll only Saltgrass Pork Chops, Baked Potato, & 4080 3060 Veggies (1020 calories) need to ride your bike for 3 hours to work
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Protecting Your Children on the Internet Submitted by Laurie Scott
Just as we try to protect our children from bullies and predators on the streets, as parents we need to be doing the same when it comes to the Internet. Before the internet much of our socialization was done on the telephone. We would talk on and on while our parents were telling us to get off the phone. But with the advent of the Internet has come online chat as well as popular social networking sites such as MySpace and FaceBook, which have provided a totally new way for kids to socialize but at the same time exposed them to a new world of dangers. There is no need however to panic, as there are steps you can take to greatly reduce any risks. First, talk to your kids. There is no software or hardware that will better protect your children than you. Keep computers out of children’s bedrooms and in a public area of the home. Kids should not be talking to people online that they don’t know in person. They should enhancing existing relationships, not creating new ones online. Never should your child give out personal information such as a phone number, address, birthday, school, etc. Netsmartz.org is a fabulous site run by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children; they have lots of material for both parents and kids from K – High School. An excellent tool is their “Internet Safety Pledge” that you and your child can read together and sign as an agreement between you. For younger kids there are kidsafe web browsers such as “MyKidsBrowser” and “Kidzui”. There are tools such as NetNanny and CyberSitter that can be installed on a computer to limit what programs can be run and what sites can be visited (be advised that clever teens seem to figure ways around them). OpenDNS is a free service that you can use to transparently control access for all computers in your home (though it does require a little technical knowledge to fully implement). You tell your children not to talk to strangers and never get into a car with a stranger, using the same caution regarding strangers on the internet is a great first step in allowing your kids to enjoy the richness the Internet has to offer while minimizing the risks.
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HOUSTON – (Aug. 27, 2008) – Students studying to become doctors at Baylor College of Medicine will now have the opportunity to broaden their approach to patient care by earning a Master of Public Health degree from The University of Texas School of Public Health. The two institutions will offer the MD/MPH dual degree program, effective Sept. 1. “It is a tremendous opportunity for both institutions to work with excellent students who want to further develop their approach to medicine and public health and want to have an impact at the community or population-level, whether that is local, national or international,” said Cynthia Chappell, Ph.D., professor and senior associate dean for academic affairs at the UT School of Public Health. “This joint degree program will allow interested students to further their career path in both medicine and public health. BCM is enthusiastic about this new educational opportunity for its medical students.” said Dr. Stephen Greenberg, senior vice president and dean of medical education at BCM. During the five-year program, participants will work toward their medical degree at Baylor while integrating public health training into their coursework. That training will include at least 33 credit hours from courses at the UT School of Public Health, plus an internship at a public health organization and a master’s thesis. The MPH degree program will require that students acquire skills and knowledge in five core public health disciplines, including social and behavioral sciences, biostatistics, environmental health sciences, epidemiology, and health services administration. “Public health training can better prepare these students for many of the issues they will be facing in medicine,” Chappell said. “For example, with elderly patients, it isn’t enough just to treat their bodies. You need to know where they live, their family situation and so many other pieces of information that impact their health well beyond the aspects of medicine.” Chappell said the dual degree program would be ideal for medical students who are interested in pursuing careers in international health, aging and/or multicultural health. “We plan to identify outlets for the students to experience the practice of medicine and public health in a community setting,” Chappell said. “That may be in Africa or here in our own backyard.” Already, a half-dozen students who began classes in August at Baylor College of Medicine have expressed interest in the dual degree program with the UT School of Public Health. Chappell said they hope to enroll between 12 and 15 students per year. The UT School of Public Health offers a similar dual degree program with The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and it is currently in the process of revamping its MD/MPH program with The University of Texas Medical School at Houston.
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