Punitive Fees for "Unhealthy Behaviors" (Like Diabetes)

Punishing people for being unhealthy is certainly not a new concept. Everything from societal peer pressure and restrictions on things like where you can smoke, to calorie counts at fast food restaurants and financial hits through insurance have t…

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The Modern American Kitchen Makes Us Fat (CC BY-ND 2.0) Nancy Hugo, CKD/Flickr The American kitchen is a key contributor to America’s lofty obesity rate according to many dietitians and other healthy eating experts. You may very well respond, “Well, duh! Of course. The kitchen is where the food is! You want to lose weight, stay the heck out of your kitchen.” But it’s not that simple. For one thing, meals produced in your kitchen tend to be healthier, more nutritious, and lower in calories than meals produced commercially, especially those from establishments with drive-thru service. You have far more control over what goes into meals that...
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What I’ve Learned From ‘Log for Life’ Alan Johnson was part of the team at start-up company Gnoso Inc. that won the DiabetesMine Design Challenge in 2008, with an online tool called LogforLife. We've stayed in touch, and I've asked Alan, who is not diabetic, to share his journey with ......
Medtronic MiniMed Paradigm Insulin Pump – Review 11- year-old Amelia McIver reviews the Medtronic MiniMed Paradigm insulin pump, which she uses without the Medtronic CGM. The pump has given her a lot of freedom!REVIEWER'S BREAKDOWN -PROs: choice of colors handy light makes it easy to bolus in th......
Gina Capone: How Pregnancy with Diabetes Saved My Life We were over the moon when we heard that D-blogger Gina Capone, founder of Diabetes Talkfest and The Diabetes Resource, was expecting a little one. We knew that Gina's road to parenthood was not an easy one. Before conception, pregnancy and childb......