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UNITED STATESThe number of over-65-years-old people will continue to grow in the coming years. And as baby boomers age, more seniors choose to live in senior living communities. Its no wonder why. These communities offer many benefits, like affordable rent, housekeeping services, and catering with monthly membership fees.

But what if you could take it a step further? What if your senior living facility offered even more health and wellness programs than you could get at home? What if your senior community has nutritionists on staff, spa treatments, and even massage therapy rooms aside from the exercise classes? Fortunately for you, that is precisely what is happening with a rise in senior living facilities that go above and beyond the basic apartment complex for retirees.

Theres an emerging trend of lifestyle communities that cater specifically to the needs of older adults. They offer not only housing but also services that help elderly individuals live healthier lives with ease. As quoted by Nexus CEO, a senior living facility is a community of people who care about each other and want to be healthy and happy.

Lets look at some of the benefits having a healthy lifestyle has on senior living facilities:

Exercise And Activities For A Healthy Lifestyle

When youre living in a senior housing community, you dont have to drive to the gym. Instead, you can walk out the door to squeeze in a great workout while socializing with others. Many lifestyle communities have exercise rooms with equipment like treadmills, ellipticals, and several weight machines.

Some also have yoga rooms, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, and indoor and outdoor tennis courts. And thats not all. Many lifestyle communities have specialty exercise classes like Zumba, Tai Chi, and meditation to offer many options. And the best part is that theyre easy to start, even as a newbie, and you can make friends along the way.

Fresh And Healthy Food Options

Not only do lifestyle communities offer a variety of fresh and nutritious foods, but they also have dietitians and nutritionists on staff to help residents create a balanced meal. Many communities even have chefs who prepare healthy and delicious meals for residents who dont feel like cooking or dont have the necessary skills to prepare meals on their own. Many of these communities have meal plans for which residents pay a monthly fee to cover all the food and drinks they consume.

Plus, most lifestyle communities have a variety of dining spaces, like cafes and social lounges, so you dont have to eat alone. Some even have restaurants within their community that offer meals for all dietary preferences and budgets.

Health Screenings And Education

A healthy lifestyle includes knowing your body and your health risks. Fortunately, lifestyle senior living communities offer a variety of health screenings, like blood tests and bone density tests, to get you on the right track toward better health and a better quality of life.

Plus, many lifestyle communities offer physical and mental health and wellness education and classes to help seniors stay informed on the latest medical information and research. Some communities even have doctors on staff who are ready to diagnose and treat illnesses and injuries.

Seniors Maintain Their Independence

Everyone would love to maintain their independence for as long as possible. But as you age, you start to lose some of your independence. The good news is that these lifestyle communities offer a wide range of services to help seniors maintain their independence. It doesnt matter if you need help with shopping and errands, transportation to and from appointments, or even home healthcare services. Many of these lifestyle senior living communities have concierge services that, like hotel concierges, are ready to help you with whatever you need.

Quality Of Life Boosters

As mentioned earlier, lifestyle communities help seniors live independently. However, they dont just do that by taking care of the little things. Most of these senior living lifestyle communities also offer activities and events that boost your quality of life, whether you stay in your apartment or head out and explore the surrounding area.

Some of these communities have art rooms with painting supplies and music rooms with instruments. Some even have language rooms with books in different languages, while other communities have libraries stocked with books on various topics. Other quality-of-life boosters include game rooms with pool tables, card tables, video games, fitness rooms with exercise equipment, and theater rooms with movie and stage production equipment.

Final Thoughts

So, what does it all mean? When youre looking for a senior living facility, dont just think about the cost of the rent and the housekeeping services. Think about the amenities and services you might need, like health screenings or transportation to appointments. And dont forget about the lifestyle. Make sure you choose a senior living facility with a culture and atmosphere you want to be a part of. Always remember that the healthiest and happiest seniors have a balanced life with plenty of exercise, a healthy diet, and social life.

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Performing high-intensity interval training (HIIT) has previously been shown to improve physical health and is now demonstrating improvement in psychological health for patients with prostate cancer who are under active surveillance, according to recent study results.

For some patients with low-risk prostate cancer, active surveillance may be their treatment direction, meaning the care team is monitoring the cancer closely, allowing a patient to avoid immediate treatment and side effects.

However, study author Kerry S. Courneya explained this period may cause some men to experience psychological distress, affecting their quality of life.

Its a bit of a helpless feeling to have cancer, and nothing (is) really being done about it, Courneya, a professor and Canada Research Chair at the University of Alberta in the Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation, said in an interview with CURE.

Some of the anxiety may come from waiting around, feeling nervous that it could get worse, and they might need treatment what Courneya called a fear of cancer progression.

He and colleagues evaluated whether exercise, which has been shown to improve psychological health in patients with cancer, would help men with prostate cancer on active surveillance improve their mental health. They examined the effects HIIT had on a patients phycological state, including cancer-specific anxiety, fear of cancer progression, quality of life and psychological outcomes. The trial included 52 patients with prostate cancer who were randomized to either a 12-week HIIT program (26 patients) or usual care (26 patients) during active surveillance.

Compared with usual care, HIIT significantly improved patients cancer-specific anxiety, fear of cancer progression, hormonal symptoms, perceived stress, fatigue and self-esteem. Courneya noted these improvements enhance a patients quality of life because they dont feel as stressed.

If theres anything we can do from a stress management or anxiety-reduction perspective, that will improve (patients) quality of life. (It) will allow them to just cope with having that disease but still feel psychologically healthy, he said.

Courneya also added that the anxiety and stress can be so overwhelming for these men, some of them will choose to undergo treatment anyway, which could increase their risk of side effects that may be harmful and still affect daily life. However, he hopes these results may deter from that option.

Even though the disease itself doesnt really need treatment and the doctor says its fine, at some point, some of these patients say, Look, I just want it removed. I want the surgery or the radiation therapy. Just because of the psychological impact of the disease, he noted. We think these findings may help men stay on active surveillance longer and hopefully avoid treatments all together.

Additional results from a previous trial Courneya conducted demonstrated that HIIT also improved physical health, including cardiorespiratory fitness, reduced prostate-specific antigen levels and, for some, slowed the biochemical progression of the disease. He added that practicing other physical activities, such as walking, can also be helpful in improving psychological impacts during prostate cancer.

Participation in a walking program was recently shown to benefit patients with blood cancers.

However, the HIIT programs focus on a higher intensity, so a patient may become stronger in a physiological aspect than they would otherwise, improving their stress response.

That underlying physiological capacity can become a buffer against stress and anxiety, he concluded. But its (also) the sense of feeling like youre doing something for yourself. Twiddling your thumbs and waiting for the disease to progress is one thing, but (when youre exercising), you feel like (youre) actually doing something that may slow the progression of the disease, (which) can have a positive psychological impact.

Courneya said starting a HIIT program depends on the patients current physical condition. Whether they are already working out frequently will determine how much HIIT they can do at a time, but it is a working-up process.

Before starting a HIIT program, a patient should be in fairly good physical health. Courneya suggests starting with just walking for a few minutes a few times a week, building up to 30 minutes almost every day, then the intervals can be incorporated. He also added that when starting a HIIT program, it is important to do it at your own pace and build it up slowly.

The length of the HIIT intervals can vary from 20 to 30 seconds to four to five minutes. There is no magic duration or number of intervals. Courneya suggests starting with shorter high intensity intervals

(30 seconds to one minute) and building up to longer high intensity intervals (two to four minutes). He also suggests starting with fewer intervals (two to three) and increasing up to eight intervals. The recovery intervals (usually lighter intensity) can be as long as needed for recovery before the next high-intensity interval.

One specific type of HIIT is sprint interval training. We call it sprint interval training because its all out for a short period of time, he said. You can just play with it in terms of what feels good (and) what is working, but if you can incorporate a little bit of that burst of HIIT, even for 30 seconds, it has a lot of health benefits.

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Total hip arthroplasty (THA) has revolutionized the care of patients with end-stage joint disease, leading to pain relief, functional recovery, and substantial improvement in quality of life. However, long-term studies indicate persistence of impairment and functional limitation after THA, and the optimal rehabilitation protocols are largely unknown. The aim of this paper was to systematically review the controlled trials published on the effectiveness of physical exercise programs after THA. Nine studies were retrieved from MEDLINE and reviewed. Results show that the physical exercise protocols most frequently used after THA in the early postoperative phase are neither supported nor denied by clinical controlled trials. Convincing evidence for the effectiveness of single interventions in addition to usual exercise programs exists for each of the three following options: treadmill training with partial body-weight support, unilateral resistance training of the quadriceps muscle (operated side), and arm-interval exercises with an arm ergometer. In the late postoperative phase (operation interval > 8 weeks) exercise programs consistently improve both impairment and ability to function. Weight-bearing exercises with hip-abductor eccentric strengthening may be the crucial component of the late-phase protocols. Substantial limitations were found in the nine studies, including small sample size, patient selection, heterogeneity of outcome assessments, and potential sources of variability not investigated. Despite limitations, we conclude that three main suggestions emerge from controlled trials on physical exercise after THA: early postoperative protocols should include additive interventions whose effectiveness has been shown. Late postoperative programs are useful and should comprise weight-bearing exercises with hip-abductor eccentric strengthening.

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Tim Grance (NIST), Tamara Nolan (BAH), Kristin Burke (BAH), Rich Dudley (BAH), Gregory White (UTSA), Travis Good (UTSA)

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) developed this document in furtherance of its statutory responsibilities under the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) of 2002, Public Law 107-347. This publication seeks to assist organizations in designing, developing, conducting, and evaluating test, training, and exercise (TT&E) events in an effort to aid personnel in preparing for adverse situations involving information technology (IT). The events are designed to train personnel, exercise IT plans, and test IT systems, so that an organization can maximize its ability to prepare for, respond to, manage, and recover from disasters that may affect its mission. The guide describes the design, development, conduct, and evaluation of events for single organizations, as opposed to large-scale events that may involve multiple organizations.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) developed this document in furtherance of its statutory responsibilities under the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) of 2002, Public Law 107-347. This publication seeks to assist organizations in designing, developing, conducting, and evaluating test, training, and exercise (TT&E) events in an effort to aid personnel in preparing for adverse situations involving information technology (IT). The events are designed to train personnel, exercise IT plans, and test IT systems, so that an organization can maximize its ability to prepare for, respond to, manage, and recover from disasters that may affect its mission. The guide describes the design, development, conduct, and evaluation of events for single organizations, as opposed to large-scale events that may involve multiple organizations.

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Location, cost, and transportation were cited as important factors regarding adherence and satisfaction with community-based exercise programs among patients with Parkinson disease.

A community-based exercise program was associated with positive responses among patients with Parkinson disease (PD) in regards to symptom management and overall enjoyment, according to study findings published in Complementary Therapies in Medicine.

Exercise has emerged as an important component of disease management in people with PD (PwP) over the past decade, as preliminary studies have shown that high-intensity aerobic exercise provides neuroprotective effects and may cause neuroplastic changes in the central nervous system.

However, researchers note that current evidence indicates that PwP are not meeting weekly benchmarks of aerobic exercise, with only 27% of PwP achieving the 150 minutes of moderate-vigorous physical activity per week recommended by the Parkinsons Foundation and the American College of Sports Medicine.

The low level of physical activity may be in part due to the barriers to exercise in PwP, which include low outcome expectations, lack of time, fear of falling, and lack of motivation, the study authors wrote. Community-based exercise classes may overcome barriers and encourage exercise compliance by fostering meaningful social interactions, providing external motivation via an exercise instructor, and being conveniently located close to ones home.

They conducted a cross-sectional survey analysis of PwP who were part of Pedaling for Parkinsons (PFP), a community-based cycling program, to explore personal beliefs, motivators, and barriers to participation over a 12-month period. Participants were recruited from 5 community-based facilities (2 in northern Washington and 3 in central Colorado) with established PFP programs.

Cycling classes were held 3 times per week over 45 to 60 minutes (including a 5-10 minute warm-up and cool-down), with the target pedaling cadence identified to be between 80 and 90 revolutions per minute, and an aerobic intensity between 60% and 80% of their age-estimated heart rate maximum or a rating of perceived exertion (RPE) between 4 and 7 on a 10-point RPE scale.

The survey administered at the end of the 12-month observational period was designed to capture the attitudes and beliefs of those participating in a PFP program, with survey responses rated on a 5-point Likert scale (1-5; higher number representing a more positive response) assessing the subdomains of Personal Beliefs and Knowledge, Health and Disability, Program, and Fitness Environment. The relationship between demographic variables and survey responses was also explored.

Insight into exercise attitudes and beliefs in successful community programs may assist in tailoring future programs for neurological populations, noted the researchers.

A total of 40 PwP completed the survey. Mean (SD) attendance from the observed cohort was 75.6 (26.4) sessions over the 12-month period.

Subdomain scores showed that PwP who attended a PFP program enjoyed the class, felt that their PD symptoms benefited from exercise, and were motivated to exercise by their PD diagnosis. The mean (SD) scores for the 4 subdomains were as follows:

No significant correlations were observed between survey subdomains and demographic variables (age, years of education, years since diagnosis, years attending the PFP program, and disease severity; P > .05) or subdomains and exercise behavior (cadence, attendance, and heart rate).

The Fitness Environment subdomain revealed that cost, parking and transportation, proximity to residence, and ease of gym navigation were important factors for participants regarding adherence to community-based programs.

With the growing body of PD literature supporting the role of exercise in potentially altering the disease trajectory, it is critical that communities adopt and implement exercise programs that meet the needs of PwP and facilitate compliance, the study authors concluded.

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Rosenfeldt AB, Koop MM, Penko AL, Zimmerman E, Miller DM, Alberts JL. Components of a successful community-based exercise program for individuals with Parkinsons disease: Results from a participant survey. Complement Ther Med. Published online August 5, 2022. doi:10.1016/j.ctim.2022.102867

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When Fee Saghafis inbox was flooded with messages from Iranians in the middle of September, she felt immediately compelled to help be their voice, said the 2019 CrossFit Games athlete, who grew up in the United States but whose father is Iranian.

The messages were, of course, about Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old woman who was arrested by Irans Law Enforcement Command for not wearing her hijab in accordance with government standards, and later died on September 16 after she was allegedly beaten by police. Her death has sparked ongoing worldwide protests that inspired Saghafi to speak up.

When you have a full inbox of messages asking for helpI needed to try to help the best way I can, Saghafi explained to the Morning Chalk Up.

On Instagram, she wrote: Even though my feet have never walked the life of oppressed Iranian women, my blood and my roots will always be like theirsEven though most of us cant understand and feel the oppression theyve experienced doesnt mean we cant stand with them and help be their voice.

Taking action: To show her support for Iranian women, and to honor Amini, Saghafi did what CrossFit athletes often do. She created a workout called MAHSA, a 22-minute AMRAP of 9 thrusters (135/95), 13 bar-facing burpees and a 200-meter run and posted the video of her tackling it.

The workout: Each component of MAHSA has a symbolic component to it, Saghafi explained, even the 22-minute time domain, which represents the age Amini was when she was killed.

The big picture: Even though a workout wont stop human rights abuses from happening, in Iran or elsewhere in the world, its representative of the freedom Saghafi has to pursue the life she wants to live, freedom Saghafi hopes all Iranian women will one day experience. But this wont happen in silence. Thats why Saghafi is using her social media platform to take a stand against something much bigger than fitness.

She added: I am an Iranian woman. I stand with Iranian women. I will be a voice for them, and I will keep honoring all of them.

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October 3, 2022

Sites With Expanded Hours Will Offer Additional Programming, Including City's Signature Saturday Night Lights Program

New York New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Parks and Recreation (NYC Parks) Commissioner Sue Donoghue today announced that starting today, nine recreation centers across the five boroughs will have expanded operating hours giving New Yorkers greater access to sports and fitness programming, indoor courts, exercise equipment, and more. The increase was made possible with $7.1 million in funding by Mayor Adams in the Fiscal Year 2023 budget. Sites with expanded hours will offer additional programming, including New York City's signature Saturday Night Lights program, for city youth.

"Recreation centers and the programming they offer change lives and ensure our young people are not left behind," said Mayor Adams. "Through our $7.1 million investment in expanded hours for recreation center, we are providing New Yorkers in all five boroughs positive programming and a safe space to grow, learn, and build community. Saturday Night Lights is a hallmark of this administration's investments and our commitment to free, high-quality activities for our youth, and I'm proud that these expanded hours will connect even more young people to this program."

"Our recreation centers serve all New Yorkers, young and old, all over the city. We need to be as flexible and adaptable as the city's residents. It only makes sense that we expand the hours of operation so that we can serve as many people as we can," said Deputy Mayor for Operations Meera Joshi. "This is a great step forward, and I thank NYC Parks for their dedication to make this happen."

"These nine recreation centers are anchors for the neighborhoods they serve and now New Yorkers of all ages will have expanded access to them on evenings and weekends," said NYC Parks Commissioner Sue Donoghue. "Thanks to $7.1 million in new funding from Mayor Adams, people who live in the areas most impacted by COVID-19 will benefit from safe, welcoming spaces and positive programming. And we're proud to partner with sister agencies to expand the Saturday Night Lights program, which has proved to have positive and lasting impacts on our youth."

The following recreation centers will now offer expanded evening and weekend hours:

Bronx

Brooklyn

Manhattan

Queens

Staten Island

Recreation centers with expanded operating hours will also offer additional programming, including Saturday Night Lights, organized in conjunction with the New York City Police Department, New York City Department of Youth and Community Development, New York City Department of Education, and the city's five District Attorney's Offices. Saturday Night Lights provides young people in underserved neighborhoods with safe and engaging activities and a productive place to gather during evening hours. Participating youth get free membership and access to the many programs and activities available at all recreation centers citywide.

Extended hours will also support other programs, including but not limited to volleyball, board game tournaments, high-intensity interval training, painting, double dutch, basketball, and strength training.

Since 1910, NYC Parks has provided the most affordable and extensive network of recreational services throughout New York City. NYC Parks' 36 recreation centers offer indoor pools, weight rooms, basketball courts, media labs, dance studios, art studios, game rooms, libraries, and more. All recreation centers also offer a range of programs for people of all ages.

Citywide memberships for adults ages 25-61 are $150 annually. Memberships are $25 per year for veterans, seniors, and those living with disabilities and free for youth and young adults 24 and under.

Hours of operation for recreation centers across the city vary by location. Please visit NYC Parks' Recreation Centers page for more information.

"Recreation centers are critical to a young New Yorker's life because of the programs and space they offer," said U.S Representative Carolyn Maloney. "This $7.1 million investment will be a direct infusion into our communities and the future of our city. Expanded recreation center hours provide New Yorkers an array of programming, as well as organized environments to engage and be a part of their community. I applaud Mayor Adams and Commissioner Donoghue for spearheading this initiative that will change lives and provide opportunity."

"Providing our teens and young adults with safe spaces to recreate is so critical to their early development into adulthood," said Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson. "In expanding the evening and weekend hours of the Hunts Point and Kwame Ture Recreational Facilities, children in neighborhoods with limited access to after school and weekend activities will now have access to fitness programming, exercise equipment, and so much more that will keep them engaged and out of harm's way. I want to thank Mayor Eric Adams and NYC Parks Commissioner Sue Donoghue for their commitment to ensuring our youth have the resources they need to live healthy and productive lives and investment in our recreational facilities."

"Parks are a vital part of solutions to public health concerns and serve as centers for community development. During the pandemic, we saw this vitality and desperate need for outdoor spaces and recreational centers as third places for the community to engage in safe conditions," said New York City Councilmember Carmen De La Rosa. "Expanded hours to parks and recreational centers continue to be a frequent request for constituents. Highbridge Recreation Center's new operating hours are an exciting and welcomed expansion of services in our district."

"Recreational centers provide communities access to safe and engaging activities, allowing people to learn a new skill or hone in on an existing one, make new friends, or just stay active for their health and wellbeing especially during the colder months, saidBrooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso. Thank you to Mayor Adams, NYC Parks Commissioner Donoghue,and other partners for helping extend hours in some of our citys recreational centers, including St. Johns Recreation Center in Crown Heights.

Recreational Centers provide safety, refuge, and a place to grow for the youth of our city," said New York State Assemblymember Jenifer Rajkumar. "Youth in extracurricular activities are 57% less likely to drop out of school and 49% less likely to use drugs. Today, Mayor Adams expands recreation center hours, makes membership free up to age 24, and adds sports and arts programming, creating a nurturing environment for our children to flourish during the after-school hours. This is a game-changing opportunity for at-risk youth to become healthy in mind and body, succeed in school, and foster lifelong friendships, setting them on a path to success.

An investment in our recreation centers is an investment in public safety, an investment in public health, and an investment in youth development," said New York City Councilmember Kamillah Hanks. "I am glad to see that funds are being prioritized for expanded hours and engaging programming that all members of our communities can benefit from, particularly in underserved neighborhoods like Tompkinsville in my home district.

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Silk scarf as a yoga strap? Leather bracelets as weights? French luxury house Herms finds fitness inspiration from its iconic range of accessories with Herms Fit, a series of classes set to take place in Hong Kong between October 2 and 9. Transforming Tai Kwun, the former police quarters-turned cultural hub, into a fitness studio, into the Herms Gym, the brand is putting a playful and fashionable spin on everything from yoga to kickboxing.

During these free fitness classes, participants will get a chance to exercise using silk squares, leather bracelets, belts, and the houses range of custom fitness gear, including barbells and kettlebells.

Classes open to the public include silk scarf yoga, boxing, wall climbing, and a callisthenics course that incorporates the houses iconic silk squares. Students get to pick out a leather belt to use during the Belt Stretching class, and bracelets double as weights in Ballet Arms class.

Other classes that playfully incorporate the houses accessories include the Small Leather Goods Workout, where students use wallets and other leather accessories to train their strength and flexibility, and Shoes HIIT, where leather footwear takes the place of weights.

Those who are more curious about the equipment and the workout can sign up for a tour of the Herms Gym for a look at the brands designs as well as its history as a sporting brand.

Visit their website to sign up for a class or a tour.

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One of Minnesotas leading foundations focused on integrative care and healing is helping the University of St. Thomas expand opportunities for students, researchers and professionals to transform their communities through whole-person care.

The foundations largest ever gift to St. Thomas includes a plan to offer underserved Twin Cities populations access to nursing and exercise science services as part of a widely used pro bono program that already offers counseling and legal services. The grant also will allow St. Thomas to develop more educational and research programs focused on whole-person care at the College of Health.

When St. Thomas launched the Morrison Family College of Health in 2019, its stated mission was to produce health care professionals who could provide whole-person care that keeps people well physically, mentally, spiritually and socially. That vision caught the attention of Penny and Bill George (former Medtronic CEO), who as co-chairs and founders of the George Family Foundation are passionate about investing in people, programs and initiatives that foster wholeness in mind, body, spirit and community.

The transformative vision of the Morrison Family College of Health and the mission of our foundation are perfectly aligned, said Penny and Bill George. We are pleased to support MayKao and her colleagues in finding innovative ways to address community health needs while pointing the way toward solutions in health care more broadly.

The new grant will establish the George Family Whole-Person Health Initiative at St. Thomas, which is creating a national model for whole-person, integrative health programming. Dr. MayKao Y. Hang, founding dean of the Morrison Family College of Health, said these initiatives are required to avoid fragmentation in health care and other support systems that currently do not support whole-person, community-engaged approaches.

We need to equip students with the knowledge and skills to do things differently as a sustainable change that can advance healthier outcomes for everyone, Hang said. When it comes to addressing the needs of individuals, families and communities, we need to understand that physical, mental, social and spiritual factors are inseparable.

Through the George Family Whole-Person Health Initiative, St. Thomas will:

The George Family Whole-Person Health Initiative will accelerate our vision of changing how we educate our next generation of leaders, Hang said. Through this partnership, we will also design new pathways for interprofessional teaching and practice in our community to help reduce health disparities.

The initiative is scheduled to officially launch in early 2023. To hear more from Bill George, you can join the University of St. Thomas First Friday event on Oct. 7, during which Hang will sit down with George for a discussion about his new book, True North: Emerging Leader Edition.

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Today, for the first time in more than half a century, President Biden is hosting the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health to catalyze action for the millions of Americans struggling with food insecurity and diet-related diseases like diabetes, obesity, and hypertension. The Conference will lay out a transformational vision for ending hunger and reducing diet-related disease by 2030 all while closing disparities among the communities that are impacted most.

Achieving our goals will require more than just the resources of the federal government. Thats why, this summer, the White House launched a nationwide call to action to meet the ambitious goals laid out by the President. Across the whole of society, Americans responded and advanced more than $8 billion in private- and public-sector commitments. These range from bold philanthropic contributions and in-kind donations to community-based organizations, to catalytic investments in new businesses and new ways of screening for and integrating nutrition into health care delivery. At least $2.5 billion will be invested in start-up companies that are pioneering solutions to hunger and food insecurity. Over $4 billion will be dedicated toward philanthropy that improves access to nutritious food, promotes healthy choices, and increases physical activity.

Today, the White House announces a historic package of new actions that business, civic, academic, and philanthropic leaders will take to end hunger and to reduce diet-related disease.

Pillar 1 Improve Food Access and Affordability

Pillar 2 Integrate Nutrition and Health

Pillar 3 Empower Consumers to Make and Have Access to Healthy Choices

Pillar 4 Support Physical Activity for All

Pillar 5 Enhance Nutrition and Food Security Research

Each of these commitments demonstrates the tremendous impact that is possible when all sectors of society come together in service of a common goal. The Biden-Harris Administration looks forward to working with all of these extraordinary leaders and to the many more that will come forward to end hunger and reduce diet-related disease by 2030.

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