Erin Thompson, Content & Social Media Marketing Manager:
If you're anything like me, by the time 10am rolls around your inbox is overrun with Google Alerts on topics like nutrition, obesity, physical activity, and health. The morning talk show on your television explains new health trends on a daily basis, and your social media feeds never stop filling the screens of your laptop and smartphone with attention-grabbing information. Sifting through sensationalist headlines can be a daunting task. We allow ourselves to be bombarded because we care - if you're an employer, you care about national health, workplace health, and individual health for very specific reasons. You want to know how to improve the health of your employee base, and in order to do that, you need to know which stories matter most, which methods work best, and which trends are worth following.
More than two thirds of adults and one third of children in the US are overweight or obese, many of whom suffer from chronic illnesses due to their extra weight. Response to the problem has been varied and highly publicized, ranging from published reports of discrimination in the workplace, to Op-Eds on personal responsibility, to calls for nation-wide preventative change: we've seen a historic health care reform, a proposed "soda tax" on sugary beverages, and a first lady's challenge to put an end to childhood obesity within a generation. It can be difficult to identify the stories that really matter, and the trends that are pointing to greater change.
That's why we put together our latest complimentary Clear Insights webinar, "Top 10 in Obesity: Social and Political Milestones of 2010," brought to you by Free & Clear and presented to you by the esteemed obesity expert, Ted Kyle, chair of the Advocacy Task Force of The Obesity Society and director of the Obesity Action Coalition. In the webinar, Ted will present this year's most important news stories on obesity, identifying the social and political trends that are instigating change on a public health and individual level, and offer suggestions for employers who want to know how to prepare for such changes.
Visit Clear Insights to Register
Thursday, October 28, 11:00am PDT or Wednesday, November 17, 11:00am PST
More About Ted Kyle:
Ted Kyle is a healthcare professional uniquely experienced in collaborating with leading obesity experts for sound policy and innovation to address the obesity epidemic in North America. Ted completed a 26-year career with GSK Consumer Healthcare in 2008, where he helped lead the introduction of alli®, the first FDA-approved weight management drug available without a prescription. Ted now devotes his time to helping obesity experts and organizations work for evidence-based approaches to obesity, which is the number one public health issue in America. Ted chairs the Advocacy Task Force of the Obesity Society, serves as a director of the Obesity Action Coalition, and serves on the Steering Committee of the Stop Obesity Alliance.