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- 24 Nov 2020
- News
Evaluating Innovative Health Care Solutions for Obesity
- 05 Jan 2017
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The American Food Paradox: Growing Obese and Going Hungry
- 30 Mar 2018
- News
BlackRock Sticking With Proposed Alaska Copper, Gold Mine
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Joint Venture
patients experience chronic pain post-surgery and one-third of patients who could benefit from the surgery are ineligible due to other health factors such as obesity and chronic illness. “It’s a problem that isn’t going away,” notes... View Details
Keywords: Shoshi Parks
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
will solve real problems, from climate change and hunger to obesity and menstrual pain. They envision a future in which biotechnologists work from a platform that enables them to develop effective drugs within months for any emerging... View Details
- 09 Nov 2016
- News
The Seeds of Learning
“In Chicago, one in four students are obese and we spend as a nation a quarter of trillion dollars on diabetes, and that number is growing. More than 90 percent of that is related to diet and exercise. “School gardens are the most... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
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Fighting the diabetes epidemic using mobile phones
people worldwide who suffer from this often-fatal disease. With a goal of reversing “diabesity”—the twin epidemic of diabetes and obesity that is engulfing the developing world—Jana Care is building biosensors and software apps that can... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
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The True Value of a Tweet
obesity is contagious: If my family and friends are obese, the likelihood of me being obese is much higher. Later studies refuted that claim because of the inherent problem of homophily, which simply means... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Sep 2003
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Richard Edelman
Chicago community, Edelman finds it natural to give back to society. A Civil War buff, he is an active board member of the New-York Historical Society. His interest in fitness and fighting obesity attracted him to the board of the Centers... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Feedback
Hunter (MBA 1981) via LinkedIn IN RESPONSE: David, I would go a step further. Yes, there is a lot that can be done to improve care delivery; your idea is a good one, though even that is just a Band-Aid on the bigger problem. When the larger ecosystem results in... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 16 Oct 2013
- News
Progress Through Preservation
he says. The obesity epidemic? People need places to exercise, especially low-income folks who can't afford a membership to the local fitness club, says Rogers. So the Trust works to create parks and playgrounds in the nation's cities.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
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Who Are We?
in Asia but in the Middle East that really got Kondo excited about social media. After a stint as a World Fellow at Yale (where he developed Table for Two, a nonprofit he cofounded to fight both hunger and obesity internationally), he... View Details
- 13 Dec 2022
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The First Five Years: Christine Keung and Reggie Smith
operations at a venture-backed telemedicine startup that treats chronic conditions like diabetes and obesity and makes care accessible to patients in all 50 states, including West Virginia. What did you enjoy most about your HBS... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
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Making Change
diabetes and obesity that is engulfing the developing world. Jana Care aims to do so by building sensors and apps that can transform a mobile phone into a personal lab and lifestyle coach. The mobile phone as a key to diagnostics and... View Details