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In this episode of public health is weird..
By the late 1990s, leaders at the CDC were warning that obesity had become an epidemic.
At the time:
• About 30% of U.S. adults had obesity
• About 14% of children and teens had obesity
Today, those numbers are even higher.
We all want to live longer. Are we talking about air purifiers enough?
We are, after all, performing the relatively old-fashioned activity of breathing.
I spoke with Professor Doug Brugge on Causes or Cures about the evidence on air filtration and brain and cardiovascular health.
We talk about what to look for in an air purifier, how to know whether its appropriately sized for your room, and how to build an effective lower-cost, DIY version since they can be pricey $$$.
He says they're easy to build. I'll try it, Youtube it, and see...and if I can do it, anyone can.
Tune in:
buzzsprout.com/265442/episod…
Why Smart Underwear?
I assumed it was because dumb underwear gets a lot of people in trouble. ;)
I was wrong though.
Full episode: causesorcures.buzzsprout.com…
In this episode of Public Health is Weird…
In 1904, Germany opened a “forest school” for children considered sickly or at risk of illnesses like tuberculosis.
The idea spread. Children learned outdoors, classrooms kept windows open year-round, and fresh air and sunlight became part of the public health strategy.
More than 120 years later, we’re still talking about ventilation, indoor air quality, and how to make schools healthier.
Personally, I’d bring back forest schools. 🌲🌲🌲🌲
But to be fair, I also wouldn’t mind going into a forest and never coming out 😂🤷♀️😉
Elevator is broken again, so I'm carrying my senior dog up the stairs. Hard work. He loves it. Great for my ass, I suppose.
Derek Hales has tested hundreds of mattresses. That’s his actual day job.
He’s the founder of NapLab, so I asked him about his weirdest testing experience, bed bugs, what actually matters when buying a mattress, and whether he can tell anything about a person by the mattress they choose.
New Eeks Briefs:
Eeks retweeted
THIS is how monkeys end up in U.S. labs, and it’s terrifying 💔
Watch closely. Then demand to end it 👉 peta.vg/4915
The more I read about the Russia “plague” story, the more I realize how little we actually know.
(And I’m like, oh shit. Not this shit again.)
There's now a big gap between what we know and what we don't know. And humans love to fill gaps.
We're gap fillers.
Personally, and perhaps unfortunately, I've grown quite comfortable living in the land of not knowing shit. But I understand the frustration.
It would be nice if someone could just tell us the real story. You'd think that wouldn't be so hard.
Oh well, human nature.
I guess speculation is good for the algorithms.