{"id":630,"date":"2012-06-25T11:34:52","date_gmt":"2012-06-25T15:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hnetalk.com\/Member\/?p=630"},"modified":"2012-06-25T11:34:52","modified_gmt":"2012-06-25T15:34:52","slug":"my-mothers-health-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/my-mothers-health-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"My Mother\u2019s Health Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is the first in a series of excerpts from an HNE white paper titled: My Mother\u2019s Health Plan: Everything I Need to Know About Good Health I Learned From My Mother, by Peter F. Straley, HNE President and CEO. We\u2019ll run additional excerpts in future issues of Living Well for HNE members.\"\"<\/p>\n

Introduction<\/strong>
\nHealth care is extremely complex, and therefore you may believe that the solutions to decreasing health care costs are also complex.<\/p>\n

However, My Mother\u2019s Health Plan offers a simple solution to bending the cost curve in a positive direction. It is not unlike the concepts offered in Robert Fulghum\u2019s book All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten<\/em>.<\/p>\n

When you take a moment to think about it, you can summarize the important components of good health into three categories:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Physical activity\/exercise<\/li>\n
  2. Good nutrition<\/li>\n
  3. Prevention<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    These are all things your mother told you to do.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Go Out and Play<\/strong>
    \nWhen your mother told you to go out and play, she was encouraging you to get some physical activity and exercise. Physical activity is anything that gets your body moving. Examples include: walking, jogging, running, cycling, swimming, skating, tennis, basketball, soccer, aerobic classes, etc. Strengthening activities include weight training (free weights or equipment), resistance band training, and various calisthenics where you use your body weight
    \nfor resistance.<\/p>\n

    Exercise has been reported to help people:<\/p>\n

      \n
    • Achieve and maintain a healthy weight<\/li>\n
    • Reduce high blood pressure<\/li>\n
    • Reduce risk for type 2 diabetes, heart attack, stroke, and several forms of cancer<\/li>\n
    • Reduce arthritis pain and associated disability<\/li>\n
    • Reduce risk for osteoporosis and falls<\/li>\n
    • Reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      It sounds like a wonder drug! In fact, if you took a brisk 10-minute walk 3 times a day, 5 days a week, you would meet the requirement for moderate-intensity aerobic activity.<\/p>\n

      So why don\u2019t more people do it?<\/strong>
      \nUnfortunately, it takes commitment and the development of new habits. For anyone who has tried to develop a new habit, you know how difficult it is to maintain.<\/p>\n

      And that\u2019s not to mention the allure of the \u201cmagic pill\u201d \u2013 you\u2019ve seen those infomercials that promise results with little to no effort (read that as no responsibility or accountability). I wonder what would have happened when my mother told me to go outside and play if I had responded that I was going to take a diet pill instead?<\/p>\n

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