Items tagged health

• Global trade and fair trade

  What makes global trade a moral issue and what can we do to ensure the welfare of workers worldwide? It's not as hard as you might think.

• Making time

  A classic case of, "I know what I should do, but I don't do it."

• The bodies of believers

  How do we perceive ourselves when it comes to being physically healthy? Several community members evaluate their health and health concerns.

• The toughest years

  Girls on the Run has a unique program for addressing the issues of teen and pre-teen girls.

• Sport as it should be

  JustPlay uses statistics as a tool for making youth sports fun again.

• An expanding trend

  Supersize Me documents our infatuation with junk food

• Trace elements in the environment

  Lead, mercury and arsenic, oh my!  An explanation of trace elements, with effects and suggestions for action.

• Grant’s recommendations 11.30.07

  Two documentaries, with Sicko telling the sad story of U.S. healthcare and Let the Church Say Amen telling the story of a small congregation in Washington, D.C.

• Eating violence

  Exploring the troubling origins of our identities as creatures who are what we eat.

• The cultural cook

  On exploring culture through cookbooks.

• Surviving your baby’s first year

  A book list by the mother of a toddler explores experiences from birthing to sleeping.

• Considering contraception

  A response to catapult’s “Family Planning” issue.

• Conversion as process

  Looking back reveals a series of small, significant revelations.