Select any country in the chart below (click “+add country”). You’ll see rates of overweight and obesity are increasing over time everywhere without exception. Disturbingly, as mentioned in Health in Flames, America has the highest rates of obesity (with the exception of small nations of less than 5million people). Over half the world will have …
Alarming Surge in Obesity Sweeps Across the Globe Read More »
In contrast to our preindustrial ancestors, most of us (with the exception of toddlers or those playing with little children) rarely sit on the ground. In the modern age, we consider it uncivilized to be sitting on the ground. If you were to visit a friend’s home, you would expect to sit in a chair …
When I was a child, I never really thought much about what all the adults around me were doing. But I assumed they were doing important stuff. They all seemed to be busy working. Today, I see things a little differently. I now think that at least half of people are very busy but not …
Breaking the Chains: Rethinking Work and Consumerism Read More »
I am sure to expose myself as a radical with this post (and perhaps a hypocrite since I have air conditioning myself). This is not to convince anyone to throw out their A/C unit but rather to re-think some of our very basic assumptions about what actually impacts happiness and wellbeing and what does not. …
I’m a family doctor. Like my colleagues, I have and do prescribe Ozempic and similar medicines. These are potent drugs that have helped many people to lose weight and control diabetes. For the right patient it is a very effective drug. That said, it’s a drug. That is precisely the problem. True, it does have …
Our species, homo sapiens have roamed the Earth for an estimated 200-300K years. For nearly all of our time on Earth we spent well over 90% of our time outdoors. In fact, there was no such thing as indoors for >95% of our history. The post-industrial era in which we now live accounts for only …
Happier Studies show that those who are financially secure are happier. You don’t need to be a multimillionaire to be financially secure. Financial security has certain benefits. In the first place you sleep better at night knowing your needs are taken care of. Moreover, those who are financial independent have a degree of agency (or …
Happier. Healthier. Wealthier. More Engaged. Simply Better. Read More »
As you might imagine, there’s been lots of research on the factors that determine happiness. If you read Health in Flames, you know that the determinants of happiness seem to coincide with those factors that engage the body, the mind, or the soul of the human person in some way. And in the book, I …
