Is There a Public Health Role for Fitness Professionals?
IDEA Fitness Journal - January 2012
Fitness professionals are increasingly being called upon to help improve public health. To learn how fitness professionals are already helping solve the health and wellness challenges that affect individuals and communities across America, writer Peter Francis, Ph.D., interviewed dozens of personal trainers, coaches, group exercise instructors, and other experts. In his article for the journal of the IDEA Health and Wellness Association, he highlights how fitness specialist Teresa E. Brown is making a positive difference through her work with the CRI Life Enhancement Program in Cleveland, OH. In addition, the article features CRI partner the Strategies to Overcome and Prevent (STOP) Obesity Alliance and its timely recommendation about the importance of including physical activity in programs designed to improve health outcomes. Read the article>>
Prevention in Practice: Canyon Ranch Institute Inspires Future Doctor
Canyon Ranch Connection - Winter 2012
New York University School of Medicine student Greg Katz complemented his medical studies with a CRI Fellowship, working with the CRI team and interacting with health and wellness experts at Canyon Ranch in Tucson. Greg deepened his understanding of health literacy, the doctor-patient relationship, and the integrative health model used in the CRI Life Enhancement Program. Read the article >>
LA YOGA - November 2011
CRI President Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., FACS, played a prominent role in the life of Aria Mayland in 1986 when he performed life-saving surgery on her. At the time, Richard was the CEO of Southern Arizona’s first trauma center, and Aria was a 14-year old student. Twenty-five years later, Aria reached out to Richard to express her gratitude, and they discovered they share much more than memories of a medical emergency. Read the Article>>
CRI Brings Healthy Living Home to Southern Arizona
Canyon Ranch Connection - Fall 2011
Mel Zuckerman, Canyon Ranch Institute Founder, discusses the origins of the Zuckerman H.E.A.L.T.H. Challenge, which he developed to extend the health and wellness programs of Canyon Ranch Institute more deeply into his hometown. Contributions to CRI to support health and wellness programs in Southern Arizona will be matched 100 percent by the Zuckerman family up to $1 million. Read the article>>
Canyon Ranch Connection – Fall 2011
Enid Zuckerman, co-founder of Canyon Ranch Institute and Vice President of the CRI Board of Directors, writes about visiting our partner Urban Health Plan in the South Bronx, NY, with her husband Mel. Enid says that she and Mel learned first-hand how the CRI Life Enhancement Program at Urban Health Plan is thriving within this multi-cultural, low-income community. Read the article>>
Group: Doctors' Input on Weight, Exercise Key to Fighting Obesity
National Journal – June 16, 2011
CRI President Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., FACS, is quoted in this article that discusses the STOP Obesity Alliance’s new policy recommendation that physical fitness is an important aspect of optimal health. Read the article >>
New program makes shopping for healthy foods easier today
The Milan Standard – May 12, 2011
As part of the Canyon Ranch Institute Life Enhancement Program (CRI LEP) in Sullivan County, MO, foods that are healthy selections are identified at Richardson’s Supermarket with shelf labels that read “Thumbs Up!” The program was created to encourage and support CRI LEP participants and other residents in shopping for whole foods, including some packaged and canned foods that do not contain artificial ingredients, high fructose corn syrup, or unhealthy dietary fats. Read the article>>
Looking for a Better Future
Canyon Ranch Connection – Summer 2011
This article explores the innovative Arts for Behavior Change (ABC) Program in Lima, Peru, developed by CRI and our partner The Clorox Company. The ABC Program aims to advance health literacy and improve household hygiene through the arts. Read the article »
The Warning Signs of Heart Disease
KFNX-AM 1100 – April 4, 2011
CRI President Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., FACS, was featured on Hot Health Topics, a radio news program hosted by the Arizona State University College of Nursing & Health Innovation. Richard talked about the importance of prevention and advancing health literacy about heart health. Listen to the Program »
Flu Shots: Public Health Begins with You
Huffington Post – March 7, 2011
In this article, co-authors CRI President Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., FACS, and William Schaffner, M.D., president of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, advocate timely influenza vaccination as a key to flu prevention. Read the article »
A Bronx Success Story
Canyon Ranch Connection – Winter 2011
The experience of Hilda Colón, one of the participants in the first class of the CRI Life Enhancement Program at Urban Health Plan in the South Bronx, New York, is featured in the winter 2011 edition of Canyon Ranch Connection. After learning about the integrative approach to physical activity, healthy eating, and stress management, Hilda lost weight and her doctor told her she could stop using insulin to manage her type 2 diabetes. In her own words, Hilda explains in this article how the CRI Life Enhancement Program changed her life and motivated her to share her enthusiasm with other people in her community. Read the article »
New and Bigger Medical Center on Southside
KOLD News 13 – December 2, 2010
Through our partnership with the Zuckerman Family Foundation, CRI is developing a Canyon Ranch Institute Life Enhancement Program with El Rio Community Health Center. El Rio recently opened a new health center in Tucson's southside. The new center replaces a smaller clinic.
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Global Health Forum at UA
Fox11 (KMSB-TV), Tucson - December 1, 2010
CRI President Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., FACS, hosted a global health forum at the University of Arizona's Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. The forum focused on critical health issues such as millennium development goals, globesity, terrorism, and preparedness. Richard introduced presentations and a spirited audience engagement by Kavita Patel, M.D., M.S.H.S., Director of Health Policy for the New American Foundation and former Director of Policy for the White House Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs under President Barack Obama, and Rear Admiral David Rutstein, M.D., M.P.H., the former Acting Deputy Surgeon General of the United States. Read the article »
The Flu Season Is Upon Us
Arizona Daily Star - November 16, 2010
On November 15, CRI President Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., FACS, led the fourth annual pandemic-flu exercise at the University of Arizona to prepare students for emergency health scenarios they would face working as health professionals. With dozens of confirmed flu cases in Arizona, state and county health officials are recommending flu shots for everyone over 6 months of age to prevent further outbreak. Read the article »
Canyon Ranch Above and Beyond: Reaching Diverse Communities to Inspire Hope and Health
Canyon Ranch Connection - Fall 2010
The Canyon Ranch Institute Life Enhancement Program (CRI LEP) is highlighted in the fall issue of the Canyon Ranch Connection newsletter as a program that inspires hope, health, and inspiration to a wide variety of communities. "We are helping people in the toughest of circumstances connect to deeply personal reasons to follow their unique journeys toward optimal health and joyful living," said CRI President and Board Member Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., FACS. The CRI LEP transfers the best practices of Canyon Ranch to underserved communities through an integrative health model. Read the article »
Disability and Health Journal Critically Examines Americans With Disabilities Act 20 Years After Enactment
Medical News Today - October 7, 2010
This article outlines the content and key points of the October Disability and Health Journal, which commemorates the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990. The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Improve the Health and Wellness of Persons with Disabilities: Historical Review, Rationale, and Implications 5 Years after Publication, co-authored by CRI President and Board Member Richard H. Carmona, M.D., Margaret Giannini, M.D., F.A.A.P., Brian Bergmark, and CRI Executive Director Jennifer Cabe, M.A., is among the featured articles in the journal and highlights progress and challenges since the enactment of the ADA. Read the article »
Childhood Obesity: Fighting for the Future Health of America's Youth
Huffington Post – September 25, 2010
In support of National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, CRI President Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., FACS, 17th Surgeon General of the United States (2002-2006), urged Americans to make a commitment to ensure the health of the nation's children. With nearly 17 percent of American children and adolescents obese, leaders in the public and private sectors have introduced several new initiatives to combat the childhood obesity epidemic. Through year-round coordinated, multifaceted, and collaborative efforts, childhood obesity can end with this generation, securing the future health of the nation. Read article »
Obesity's Yearly Costs: $4,879 for a Woman, $2,646 for a Man
USA Today – September 21, 2010
CRI partner organization The George Washington University released a research report on the annual cost of being obese in the United States. The report goes beyond current research on the topic and takes into account everything from employee sick days and disability claims to the additional gallons of gasoline used to accommodate extra weight in automobiles. Christine C. Ferguson, J.D., director of the STOP Obesity Alliance and co-author of the report, comments about the discovery that while overweight women earn less than skinnier women, overweight men make the same amount as their healthy-weight counterparts. Read the article »
Experts Say Patients Are Focus in Future Health Care System
The Denver Post – July 30, 2010
Hundreds of health policy and health reform leaders convened at the Colorado Health Foundation symposium in Keystone, CO, to share their ideas on the future of the health care system. Experts agreed that a patient-centered system and payment reform are necessary to improve the quality and costs of health care. To accomplish this, CRI President Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., FACS, who gave a keynote at the conference, said that the U.S. health care system must be transformed from a system focused on treating disease to one focused on prevention. Read the article »
To Combat Obesity, Start with the Moms
The Washington Post – July 20, 2010
Writer Jennifer LaRue Huget describes the July discussion of the new STOP Obesity Alliance Task Force on Women by explaining, "If we're really serious about tackling obesity, it's high time we focused on helping women — particularly mothers — manage their weight." The Washington Post Checkup blog entry includes excerpts from the Statement of Agreement issued by the Task Force on Women and the Task Force's members — 20 leading health and wellness organizations including Canyon Ranch Institute, American Diabetes Association, American Heart Association, National Black Nurses Association, National Association of Social Workers, and the National Council of La Raza. Read the article »
CRI Helping Local Residents on the Road to Future Better Health
The Milan Standard – June 24, 2010
The Canyon Ranch Institute Life Enhancement Program (CRI LEP) offers residents of Sullivan County, MO, a unique opportunity to improve their health. Funded by a grant from the Missouri Foundation for Health and supported by Health Literacy Missouri, the CRI LEP in Sullivan County aims to transfer the best practices of Canyon Ranch to Sullivan County to increase health literacy and to prevent, diagnose, and address chronic diseases through an integrative health model. The CRI LEP in Sullivan County is the first CRI LEP to focus on a rural population. The Milan Standard quotes Martha Gragg, a lifelong Milan resident and vice president for program at the Missouri Foundation For Health, as saying, "This is a tremendous opportunity for the Sullivan County community, the local trainers, and the 100 participants that will benefit from the project by making long lasting changes to improve their health."
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Doctor's Dream Realized in S. Bronx
CrainsNewYork.com – May 23, 2010
Richard Izquierdo, M.D., founder of CRI partner organization Urban Health Plan, has started the Dr. Richard Izquierdo Health and Science Charter School in the South Bronx, New York. The school is the first career and technical education charter school in New York geared specifically toward preparing students for jobs in health care. CRI began a partnership with Urban Health Plan in 2007 as part of the CRI Life Enhancement Program at Urban Health Plan in the South Bronx, NY. Read the article »
Federal Government Takes Bigger Role in Combating Obesity
AAFP News Now – May 17, 2010
This article highlights that the federal government has developed several initiatives to curb the obesity epidemic in the United States. For example, The Surgeon General's Vision for a Healthy and Fit Nation 2010, issued by U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin, M.D., M.B.A., identifies trends, causes, and possible solutions for obesity prevention and treatment. CRI President Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., FACS, Health and Wellness Chair of the STOP Obesity Alliance, was interviewed for this article, and predicts The Surgeon General's Vision for a Health and Fit Nation will have incremental value over time. Read the article »
Why the Biggest Loser Won't Help Solve the Obesity Problem
The Huffington Post – April 23, 2010
STOP Obesity Alliance Director Christine Ferguson, J.D., discusses how weight-loss reality TV shows may sustain myths that detract from people's efforts to lose weight. Rather than emphasizing the role of willpower or the speed at which weight loss occurs, successful weight loss strategies should lead to health improvements and be sustainable in the long-term. CRI formed a partnership with the STOP Obesity Alliance in 2007. CRI President Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., FACS, is the Health and Wellness Chair of the Alliance, which is a collaboration of consumer, provider, government, labor, business, health insurers and quality-of-care organizations united to drive innovative and practical strategies that combat obesity. Read the article »
Science Must Guide Public Health, Former Surgeons General Say
ArkansasNews.com – April 15, 2010
In a roundtable discussion with Arkansas public health leaders, former U.S. Surgeons General Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., FACS, president of Canyon Ranch Institute and 17th Surgeon General of the United States (2002-2006), Joycelyn Elders, M.D., M.S., 15th Surgeon General of the United States (1993-1994), and Antonia C. Novello, M.D., M.P.H., Dr.Ph., 14th Surgeon General of the United States (1990-1993) stated that the U.S. Surgeon General must be allowed to be an independent advocate for scientific truth and give non-partisan unbiased advice to Americans. The former Surgeons General came together to speak at the Arkansas Minority Health Commission's summit, "Healthy People 2020: Health Equity for All Arkansans," which aims to continually improve access to health care through 2020. Read the article »
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