- to re-educate food lovers
- to encourage conversations about healthy eating and living
- to reveal the myths and untruths about eating and living
- to question health and food-related information and policy coming from government and industries
- to demonstrate why as citizens of the world we must Save Our Selves
- Conversations about healthy eating and living
- Ending the obesity crisis with knowledge
- Saving ourselves is a core value
- Moving beyond basic beliefs about food and life
- Living a life with more play
- Innovate and advocate for change
My job as a Health Advocate is to provide strategies and solutions for the citizens of the world. The products and services -- whether free or based on fees, online or offline -- are offered to help us take control of our physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual lives. We can do something about suffering and our relationships with those who make and monitor our food and health care needs. We can do more than react; we can act and advocate individually and in groups. We can call attention to the mental and physical health needs in our societies.
WHAT A SOCIAL SCIENTIST DOES...
As a college professor and Ph.D. researcher in the social sciences field, I continue to be excited about the study of relationships between and within groups, organizations, and institutions. I have taught everything from Social Movements to Social Demography to Social Gerontology. My advanced studies and extensive communications and research experience at Boston University, the University of Michigan, and Johns Hopkins University have prepared me to ask different kinds of questions, seek answers in areas often overlooked by others, and spread some of the results using social media, as well as, traditional publications.
During a three-year investigation via a NIH grant to examine stress and health among older adults, I also learned first-hand about the connections between healthy eating and aging, and healthy living and stress. The findings provided valuable insights for understanding diabetes and obesity. And while few social scientists focus on food, the time is ripe for doing so.
By definition, for example, a sociologist is a social scientist who focuses on relationships, while a psychologist studies the mind or individual behavior. As a teacher and social science researcher, my primary mission is to educate and re-educate our relationship with food in an increasingly fatter society. My specific target is world wide OBESITY. My concern is less with the consequences of this global epidemic, but more with the ongoing causes of it. Since there is now ample evidence that reducing this disease-related condition is not working with methods used in the past, I argue it is time to re-think its cause, not its treatment. Searches for the best diet have yielded few results.
So something different is obviously required. I may not be the first to suggest that a new way of thinking is needed but I am among the first to provide a curriculum for doing so. My immediate goal is to help us develop a whole new mind.
At a time when so many of us can multi-task several technologies at one time (cell phones, microwaves, TVs, driving, computers, etc.), how can we not begin to consider that we may need to know more to do better when it comes to our health, healing, and wellness. My first job is to convince you that the distance between your mouth and your mind can be measured with new knowledge; the less you know, the more unhealthy ways you will eat. My second job is to demonstrate that too much of what we know about food is a LIE!
Welcome to a fascinating and transforming journey. Welcome to my course on healthy eating and living. I call it HEALING2Day.
Dr. Glo
helloglo@yahoo.com
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