YOUR GUIDE TO LOOKING, FEELING AND STAYING HEALTHY
July 2012
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07/18/12Delaware Health: Healthy Campers, the Olympics, Health Care ReformKeep Your Camper Healthy There are so many more day camp options now compared to when I was a kid. In the 1970s, camp offerings were mostly traditional with archery at 9:30, and then arts and crafts followed by volleyball. Now there are camps that offer TV production training, science experiments and pioneer living, to name a few. Frankly, I am a little jealous. As a kid, I was not interested in sports so I could not have cared less if the flag was captured or if there was actually a difference between Newcomb and volleyball. Raise your hand if you think I was the first picked for any teams ever. I remember spending my camp days with pretty bad allergies. As I was exploring camp options for my son, I began to wonder if today’s nontraditional camp programs offered... |
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07/05/12Delaware Health: Bicycle Trails, Tackling Obesity, Smoothie UpdateHappy Trails Maybe it’s because I spent years working in public health, but I am a geek when it comes to rankings. When I learned that Delaware climbed from 18th into the top 10 best states for cyclists, as ranked by the League of American Bicyclists, I actually fist-pumped and yelled “yes!” like my 8-year-old son when I tell him we can go to Sweet Lucy’s Ice Cream Parlor. So Delaware is becoming a better and easier place in which to get around by bike and the positive implications of this statement are vast—and not just for cyclists. It took a village (citizens, state agencies, university researchers, advocates, etc.) but Delaware has established an effort to develop trails that enable cyclists, hikers and walkers to safely get out and get... Posted at 07:12 AM | Permalink | Comments: 2 |
