Sentences with phrase «of action for health»

Develop a comprehensive, long - term plan of action for health, that is targeted to need, evidence - based to achieve equality of health status and life expectancy between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non - Indigenous Australians by 2030;

The best course of action for health, then, is to opt out of the green smoothie diet fad.

Our Physician, Dr David Epstein DO is available to discuss the test and process for determining what is the best course of action for your health issue.

White and his colleagues conducted a secondary analysis of the Action for Health in Diabetes (Look AHEAD) study, a randomized intervention of trial adults ages 45 to 76 years who were obese and had Type 2 diabetes mellitus that started in 2001.

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Democrats have three additional goals: the codification of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals immigration program, extension of funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program, and more funding for areas affected by natural disasters.

Moreover, if their constituents are largely indifferent to the brewing public health crisis, there is little incentive for members of Congress to cut short their vacations and return to Washington to take long - overdue action.

Seattle's City Council voted on Monday to levy a special tax on sodas and other sugary beverages sold to consumers, becoming the latest of several local government bodies across the country to take such action for the sake of public health.

Bridgepoint's MCM is seemingly derivative of one plank in an existing plan from the Ontario government for health - care overhaul called the Action Plan for Health Care, which was introduced inhealth - care overhaul called the Action Plan for Health Care, which was introduced inHealth Care, which was introduced in 2012.

Under the model of such a «patient - centered medical home,» for instance, health care providers could give people practical (and personally tailored) advice on the «next best action» they may be able to take in order to improve their health, perhaps by improving their diet or boosting how much exercise they get.

The number one industry set be transformed by A.I. appears to be healthcare, with $ 400 million invested by health care companies in the technology as of last year, a figure that's projected to grow to $ 3 billion or more by 2020, according to data from the Beacon Center for the Study of Evolution in Action.

In their deliberations, they agreed to 20 specific actions to address global economic and social problems, ranging from building a corps of community health workers in poor regions of the world, to creating digital identities for the 2 billion people who lack access to financial services, to educating and training displaced, unemployed and underemployed workers.

Kenidra Woods, a 17 - year - old junior from St. Louis, was already advocating for more discussion of self - harm and mental health among teens before Parkland, after which she sprang into action to help conduct a walkout at her school in February in solidarity.

Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.

BE STRONG offers employees the opportunity to earn rewards for taking healthy actions, ranging from activity tracking, to participating in health coaching or joining one of the bi-annual company - wide challenges.

«While the government does need to look at expanding the number of beds available for people with dementia, they should start with taking action and improving the beds our health care system actually does have.

In fall 2013, the City of Vancouver faced a mental health crisis and called for intervention from the provincial government — the result was a mental health action plan for Vancouver.

For that reason, FDA is taking a fresh look at the potential impact that the totality of new and easy sources of caffeine may have on the health of children and adolescents, and if necessary, will take appropriate action.»

For the first half of 2013, health information technology saw more action in mergers and acquisitions than segments like healthcare business services, consumer health and pharma IT, according to a new report from New York - based investment bank Berkery Noyes.

They are right to demand action: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention public health database, when it comes to causes of deaths in US adolescents ages 15 to 19, firearms are an alarmingly common contributor.

Beginning in April 2018, Americares emergency planning specialists will be working with health care providers in Texas serving vulnerable populations to complete detailed after - action reports on the impact of Hurricane Harvey on their clinical operations and make recommendations for future performance.

Action for Mental Health reports: «The helping process seems to stop with the clergyman and physician in the majority of cases, and far more so with the clergyman than with the physician.»

Mental health professionals in the church or temple and community can be recruited as leaders or co-leaders (with the clergyman) of groups, and to help train lay leaders for all kinds of groups — e.g., supportive, growth, inspirational, study, and action groups.

M. Scott Peck has written that for psychological and spiritual health, we must be dedicated to reality, and he offers a helpful image: «The less clearly we see the reality of the world — the more our minds are befuddled by falsehood, misperceptions, and illusions — the less able we will be to determine correct courses of action and make wise decisions.

Based on McCann's research concerning what the churches are doing in the field of mental illness and mental health, the authors of Action for Mental Health wrote this indictment of our lethargy and unconcern: «The prevalence of religion in modern American society, as measured by church membership... does not seem to have had any measurable positive or negative effect on mental healhealth, the authors of Action for Mental Health wrote this indictment of our lethargy and unconcern: «The prevalence of religion in modern American society, as measured by church membership... does not seem to have had any measurable positive or negative effect on mental healHealth wrote this indictment of our lethargy and unconcern: «The prevalence of religion in modern American society, as measured by church membership... does not seem to have had any measurable positive or negative effect on mental healthhealth....

abortion as a standard part of health - care provision, insisting on programmes of sex education that promoted a range of sexual activities and downgraded marriage... all this and more gave great cause for concern and brought together a group of doctors, teachers, social workers and others anxious to take some action.

If a given insurance provider allows for cafeteria - style health care coverage, in violation of current federal law, then they too will have to suffer whatever consequences these actions incur.

It is contained in Action for Mental Health, the final report of the Joint Commission on Mental Illness and Health.

In a recent interview with the Washington Post (part of their ominously titled «Voices of Power» series), Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius discussed Archbishop Joseph Naumann's request that she not present herself for communion because of her public support for legalised abortion: «Well, it was one of the most painful things I have ever experienced in my life, and I am a firm believer in the separation of church and state, and I feel that my actions as a parishioner are different than my actions as a public official and that the people who elected me in Kansas had a right to expect me to uphold their rights and their beliefs even if they did not have the same religious beliefs that I had.

Another resource for the action group is a report entitled Alcohol and Alcoholism (Public Health Service Publication No. 1640), produced by the National Center for Prevention and Control of Alcoholism, Chevy Chase, Maryland 20203, in 1967.

John Dickie, the director of Child Poverty Action Group in Scotland, and Sir Harry Burns, the former chief medical officer for Scotland who is now Professor of Global Public Health at the University of Strathclyde, will also be at the campaign launch.

She serves the Jewish and broader religious communities in a number of capacities including as a member of the Global Initiative for Faith, Health and Development of the Center for Interfaith Action on Global Poverty, as a member of the Summit on Religious Leadership in Response to HIV and as a board member of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies.

Action for Mental Health (by the Joint Commission on Mental Illness and Health) gives the background for the development of mental health programs and suggests the importance of clergymen in the mental health Health (by the Joint Commission on Mental Illness and Health) gives the background for the development of mental health programs and suggests the importance of clergymen in the mental health Health) gives the background for the development of mental health programs and suggests the importance of clergymen in the mental health health programs and suggests the importance of clergymen in the mental health health field.

For example, such things as life adjustment counseling; community social action; marriage and family life education and counseling; social, religious, and therapeutic group experiences; and the after - care of patients by means of a supporting, redemptive fellowship contribute to positive mental health.

There he says, one, that the shift from the concept of «the State's role as providers of equal opportunities to every citizen» to that of providing education, health and other social services «to those who can afford to pay» is a U-turn in public policy which «has been made surreptitiously by administrative action without public discussion and legislative sanction»; two, that the total commercialization of social sectors is «alien even to free market societies»; and three, that «the ready acceptance of self - financing concept in social sectors alien even to free - market societies is the end result of gradual disenchantment with the Kerala Model of Development», which has been emphasizing the social dimension rather than the economic, but that it is quite false to present the situation as calling for a choice between social development and economic growth.

HHS positioned the shift as part of its «major actions to protect conscience rights and life,» including a new proposed rule to better enforce 25 federal protections for health care providers who decline to perform abortions and other services, as well as yesterday's announcement of a new division dedicated to fielding such complaints.

A spokeswoman for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, which is representing three religious schools that are challenging the health care law, said that she was also unaware of another college that had taken such action.

Fox tells the story from beginning to end: childhood in the German - American parsonage; nine grades of school followed by three years in a denominational «college» that was not yet a college and three year's in Eden Seminary, with graduation at 21; a five - month pastorate due to his father's death; Yale Divinity School, where despite academic probation because he had no accredited degree, he earned the B.D. and M.A.; the Detroit pastorate (1915 - 1918) in which he encountered industrial America and the race problem; his growing reputation as lecturer and writer (especially for The Christian Century); the teaching career at Union Theological Seminary (1928 - 1960); marriage and family; the landmark books Moral Man and Immoral Society and The Nature and Destiny of Man; the founding of the Fellowship of Socialist Christians and its journal Radical Religion; the gradual move from Socialist to liberal Democratic politics, and from leader of the Fellowship of Reconciliation to critic of pacifism; the break with Charles Clayton Morrison's Christian Century and the inauguration of Christianity and Crisis; the founding of the Union for Democratic Action, then later of Americans for Democratic Action; participation in the ecumenical movement, especially the Oxford Conference and the Amsterdam Assembly; increasing friendship with government officials and service with George Kennan's policy - planning group in the State Department; the first stroke in 1952 and the subsequent struggles with ill health; retirement from Union in 1960, followed by short appointments at Harvard, at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, and at Columbia's Institute of War and Peace Studies; intense suffering from ill health; and death in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, in 1971.

What I propose to do here is to set down the working faith which the Christian tradition has about health and community; to list some of the pioneer areas where church - related community mental health programs are operating; to outline one such project in order to illustrate the design and plan of such training; and finally to suggest action steps and resources for those interested in going further.

CHAMPIONS INCLUDE: Dave Lewis, Group Chief Executive, Tesco (Chair) Erik Solheim, Executive Director, United Nations Environment (Co-Chair) Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Peter Bakker, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development John Bryant, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Kellogg Company Paul Bulcke, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nestlé Nguyen Xuan Cuong, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam Michael La Cour, Managing Director, IKEA Food Services AB Wiebe Draijer, Chairman of the Executive Board, Rabobank Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute Peter Freedman, Managing Director, The Consumer Goods Forum Louise Fresco, President of the Executive Board, Wageningen University & Research Liz Goodwin, Senior Fellow and Director, Food Loss and Waste, World Resources Institute Marcus Gover, Chief Executive Officer, Waste and Resources Action Programme Hans Hoogeveen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the UN Organizations for Food and Agriculture Gilbert Houngbo, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Selina Juul, Chairman of the Board and Founder, Stop Wasting Food Movement in Denmark Yolanda Kakabadse, President, WWF International Sam Kass, Former White House Chef, Founder of TROVE and Venture Partner, Acre Venture Partners Michel Landel, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Sodexo Esben Lunde Larsen, Minister of Environment and Food, Denmark José Antonio Meade, Minister of Finance, Mexico Gina McCarthy, Former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Denise Morrison, President and Chief Executive Officer, Campbell Soup Company Kanayo Nwanze, Former President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Rafael Pacchiano, Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza, Chairman, Global Forum on Agricultural Research Judith Rodin, Former President, The Rockefeller Foundation Oyun Sanjaasuren, Chair, Global Water Partnership Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Vice President for Country Support, Policy and Delivery, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Feike Sijbesma, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board, Royal DSM Rajiv Shah, President, The Rockefeller Foundation Andrew Steer, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Resources Institute Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme Tristram Stuart, Founder, Feedback Rhea Suh, President, Natural Resources Defense Council Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Former Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, The African Union Sunny Verghese, Co-Founder, Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Olam International Tom Vilsack, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Senzeni Zokwana, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of South Africa

The growing evidence of the negative health effects of sugar sweetened drinks has led to calls for action to limit consumption.1 2 Several options exist, including controls on the marketing of sugar sweetened drinks, limits on portion sizes, and taxation.3 In the United Kingdom, the sale of sugar sweetened drinks in schools and their advertisement during children's television is banned.

From its headquarters in Washington, D.C. and Western Regional office in Salinas, Calif., United Fresh and its members work year - round to make a difference for the produce industry by driving policies that increase consumption of fresh produce, shaping critical legislative and regulatory action, providing scientific and technical leadership in food safety, quality assurance, nutrition and health, and developing educational programs and business opportunities to assist member companies in growing successful businesses.

We call on governments at all levels to come together as a matter of urgency to develop in collaboration with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations and communities, health and community sector peak bodies and other key stakeholders, a policy framework, funding commitments and national action plan for food sovereignty and food security.

Such action would also have broader implications for infrastructure in rural and remote areas of Australia particularly regarding critical issues such as road maintenance and health services which are shared by all.

Agri - TNCs Network - Philippines, MASIPAG (Magsasaka at Siyentipiko para sa Pag - unlad ng Agrikultura), KMP (Kilusang Mangbubukid ng Pilipinas), PNSFP (Philippine Network for Food Security Programs), SIBAT (Sibol ng Agham at Teknolohiya), HEAD (Health action for Democracy), PAN Phils (Pesticide Action Network - Phils, TFIP (Philippine Task Force for Indigenous Peoples Rights), CENDI (Community Entrepreneur Development Institute), SRD (Center for Sustainable Rural Development), Vietnam, SPFT (Southern Peasants Federation of Thailand), AGRA (Alliance of Agrarian Reform Movement), SERUNI National Women's Alliance, Indonesia, NWFA (National Women Farmers and Workers Association), BAFLF (Bangladesh Agricultural Farm Labour Federation), SHISUK (Shikha Shastha Unnayan Karzakram), Bangladesh, APVUU (Andhra Pradesh Vyavasaya Vruthidarula Union), ORRISSA (Organization for Rural Reconstruction and Integrated Social Services Activities), CREATE, India THANAL, India, Save Our Rice Network, India, PAN-INDIA (Pesticide Action Network - India), India, GRAIN, PAN-AP (Pesticide Action Network - Asia Pacific), APC (Asian Peasants Coalition), Consumers Union of Japan, Women's Development Federation WELIGEPOLA, MONLAR, Sriaction for Democracy), PAN Phils (Pesticide Action Network - Phils, TFIP (Philippine Task Force for Indigenous Peoples Rights), CENDI (Community Entrepreneur Development Institute), SRD (Center for Sustainable Rural Development), Vietnam, SPFT (Southern Peasants Federation of Thailand), AGRA (Alliance of Agrarian Reform Movement), SERUNI National Women's Alliance, Indonesia, NWFA (National Women Farmers and Workers Association), BAFLF (Bangladesh Agricultural Farm Labour Federation), SHISUK (Shikha Shastha Unnayan Karzakram), Bangladesh, APVUU (Andhra Pradesh Vyavasaya Vruthidarula Union), ORRISSA (Organization for Rural Reconstruction and Integrated Social Services Activities), CREATE, India THANAL, India, Save Our Rice Network, India, PAN-INDIA (Pesticide Action Network - India), India, GRAIN, PAN-AP (Pesticide Action Network - Asia Pacific), APC (Asian Peasants Coalition), Consumers Union of Japan, Women's Development Federation WELIGEPOLA, MONLAR, SriAction Network - Phils, TFIP (Philippine Task Force for Indigenous Peoples Rights), CENDI (Community Entrepreneur Development Institute), SRD (Center for Sustainable Rural Development), Vietnam, SPFT (Southern Peasants Federation of Thailand), AGRA (Alliance of Agrarian Reform Movement), SERUNI National Women's Alliance, Indonesia, NWFA (National Women Farmers and Workers Association), BAFLF (Bangladesh Agricultural Farm Labour Federation), SHISUK (Shikha Shastha Unnayan Karzakram), Bangladesh, APVUU (Andhra Pradesh Vyavasaya Vruthidarula Union), ORRISSA (Organization for Rural Reconstruction and Integrated Social Services Activities), CREATE, India THANAL, India, Save Our Rice Network, India, PAN-INDIA (Pesticide Action Network - India), India, GRAIN, PAN-AP (Pesticide Action Network - Asia Pacific), APC (Asian Peasants Coalition), Consumers Union of Japan, Women's Development Federation WELIGEPOLA, MONLAR, SriAction Network - India), India, GRAIN, PAN-AP (Pesticide Action Network - Asia Pacific), APC (Asian Peasants Coalition), Consumers Union of Japan, Women's Development Federation WELIGEPOLA, MONLAR, SriAction Network - Asia Pacific), APC (Asian Peasants Coalition), Consumers Union of Japan, Women's Development Federation WELIGEPOLA, MONLAR, Sri Lanka

On another health front, recommendations to tighten the regulation of «alternative», often ineffective, medicines have been either put on hold or delayed, despite a decade of expert calls for action.

Information and advice is not to be substituted for proper professional guidance of any kind, and are only meant to be jumping off points for your own research and actions in your health.

Leading sugar and health expert group Action on Sugar, based at Queen Mary University of London, is calling for colour - coded «traffic light» front of pack (FOP) 1 nutrition labelling to be introduced across all food and drink products after exposing many perceived «healthy» cereal brands who have failed to include the Department of Health endorsed colour - coded labelling -LShealth expert group Action on Sugar, based at Queen Mary University of London, is calling for colour - coded «traffic light» front of pack (FOP) 1 nutrition labelling to be introduced across all food and drink products after exposing many perceived «healthy» cereal brands who have failed to include the Department of Health endorsed colour - coded labelling -LSHealth endorsed colour - coded labelling -LSB-...]

The report from the WBTi UK Core Group — the 20 members of which include breastfeeding NGO Baby Milk Action as well as the UK's Department of Health — concluded more should be done to improve breastfeeding rates including tightening regulation of the infant formula market and paid breastfeeding breaks for women in the workplace.

Professor Bruce Neal is Senior Director of the Food Policy Division at the George Institute for Global Health, Chair of the Australian Division of World Action on Salt and Health, and Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, Imperial College London.

A major milestone demonstrating commitment to the EU Platform for Action on Diet, Physical Activity and Health was achieved in 2005 when FoodDrinkEurope and several of its members pioneered the concept of front of pack nutrition labelling through the then - called «Guideline Daily Amounts» (GDA).