New wellness tourism research report: "Within wellness tourism are many cultural and geographic differences both of the people and destination countries. Traditions such as yoga and the availability of natural assets such as thermal water help determine who goes where. Services offered vary greatly from region to region. Natural healing is to the fore in Central and Eastern Europe, and the Middle East. In the USA and Canada the emphasis is on medical travel for treatment. Traditional and complementary treatment is the most important in the Far East while spiritual tourism dominates in Asia. There is a section of the report that offers pie charts for 12 regions. For each what it shows is what resources are available within very broad sections such as spa/ wellness and hospitals/hotels.
Medical and wellness tourism has a tendency to exist in a vacuum, distancing itself from world events and normal tourism. Where the report does hit an important note is in stressing that both are just element of global tourism and that there is no simple division between medical/wellness tourism and other tourism as they are so inter-related that many elements are impossible to untangle."
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Wellness Tip: make Your Home, a Sanctuary of Healthy Eating Habit
Homes nurture healthy eating - Times Of India: "A new study has thrown up interesting insights on why people tend to eat more-nutritious meals at home than away from home.
The study, which collected data from 160 women who reported their emotional states before and after meals, add to mounting evidence that psychological factors may help override humans' wired-in preference for high-fat, sugary foods."
The study, which collected data from 160 women who reported their emotional states before and after meals, add to mounting evidence that psychological factors may help override humans' wired-in preference for high-fat, sugary foods."
Wellness Tip: Behavioral Intervention, Not Self-Control, key to dieting
Living by the Government's Book Doesn't Make Dieting Any Easier - National - The Atlantic Wire: "If eating healthy were an easy task, obesity wouldn't plague our country. But, it's not--so we need a little guidance. And that's where the government steps in, setting guidelines for healthy living--as if writing down some rules would magically solve the obesity issues. But, as The Morning News's Mike Deri Smith discovered after trying to strictly follow the government guidelines for a month, rules can make achieving a healthy lifestyle even harder. After his month of rules, Smith learned one thing: eating well and exercising, not so bad; living by the book, very un-fun.
Sticking to a diet is all about self-control, and as research has shown, limiting your behaviors triggers negative emotions -- your brain doesn't want to follow rules, found a study in the Journal of Consumer Research. 'Exerting self-control makes people more likely to behave aggressively toward others and people on diets are known to be irritable and quick to anger.' Another study found that self-control can only work for so long. 'People have a diminishable supply of energy that the body and mind use to engage in self-control,' explains the study author Kathleen Vohs."
Sticking to a diet is all about self-control, and as research has shown, limiting your behaviors triggers negative emotions -- your brain doesn't want to follow rules, found a study in the Journal of Consumer Research. 'Exerting self-control makes people more likely to behave aggressively toward others and people on diets are known to be irritable and quick to anger.' Another study found that self-control can only work for so long. 'People have a diminishable supply of energy that the body and mind use to engage in self-control,' explains the study author Kathleen Vohs."
Climate Change Update: Heat unlikely to cool climate change debate - Technology & science - Science - LiveScience - msnbc.com
Heat unlikely to cool climate change debate - Technology & science - Science - LiveScience - msnbc.com: "No one weather event, including this heat wave, can be attributed directly to climate change, since climate is the sum of weather over time. Rather, climate change loads the dice, making it more likely that with any roll, you'll come up with extreme weather, including heat waves and heavy precipitation.
This tendency toward weather extremes is why a warming planet can expect more heat waves in summer, and at the same time, heavy snowfalls in winter.
The inability to directly pin a single weather event on climate change makes it tough for scientists to communicate the realities of climate change, Li told LiveScience. Public opinion is split on global warming, a split that tends to fall along party lines.
The Democrat-Republican divide has been growing in recent years. A 2008 Gallup analysis found that in 1998, just under half of both Democrats and Republicans said the effects of global warming had already begun. In 2008, 76 percent of Democrats agreed with that statement, while only 41 percent of Republicans did."
This tendency toward weather extremes is why a warming planet can expect more heat waves in summer, and at the same time, heavy snowfalls in winter.
The inability to directly pin a single weather event on climate change makes it tough for scientists to communicate the realities of climate change, Li told LiveScience. Public opinion is split on global warming, a split that tends to fall along party lines.
The Democrat-Republican divide has been growing in recent years. A 2008 Gallup analysis found that in 1998, just under half of both Democrats and Republicans said the effects of global warming had already begun. In 2008, 76 percent of Democrats agreed with that statement, while only 41 percent of Republicans did."
Climate Change Update: Climate change as a business problem – Global Public Square - CNN.com Blogs
Climate change as a business problem – Global Public Square - CNN.com Blogs: "Governments must continue pushing for a multilateral emissions-reduction deal. But in its absence, we can nonetheless aim to promote Britain as a champion of green technology and a hub for green enterprise. After all, while climate change is a market failure, it is also a disruption that provides many opportunities: new ways of doing business, new technologies for maintaining our lifestyles, and new attitudes toward consumption and production. Now is the time for Britain to cement itself as a leader in this field.
To be sure, the UK is still recovering from a deep recession; living standards have been dented by the financial crisis; and the eurozone’s troubles remind us that there is still turbulence out there. Even so, we have an opportunity to make a real difference. The UK’s coalition government speaks with one voice about the risks of climate change. The British public recognizes that inaction is no longer acceptable. And the country’s business community is determined to play its part in addressing the problem.
Climate change threatens our way of life, and we will have to face some uncomfortable adjustments over the coming years and decades. The road ahead will be long, hard, and, most likely, expensive."
To be sure, the UK is still recovering from a deep recession; living standards have been dented by the financial crisis; and the eurozone’s troubles remind us that there is still turbulence out there. Even so, we have an opportunity to make a real difference. The UK’s coalition government speaks with one voice about the risks of climate change. The British public recognizes that inaction is no longer acceptable. And the country’s business community is determined to play its part in addressing the problem.
Climate change threatens our way of life, and we will have to face some uncomfortable adjustments over the coming years and decades. The road ahead will be long, hard, and, most likely, expensive."
Climate Change Update: Climate change affects each U.S. state, Web tool shows - Green House - USATODAY.com
Climate change affects each U.S. state, Web tool shows - Green House - USATODAY.com: "20 states that have experienced the worst extreme heat are: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Massachusetts, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming, as well as the District of Columbia. This means residents in the majority of these states and in D.C. experienced more than two weeks per summer of extreme heat that was worse than in past decades.
* All but two states had at least one county that experienced more than two weeks of summer days of extreme heat.
* About 81% of those states most vulnerable to extreme heat do not have heat-health adaptation plans (AL, AK, AZ, CO, CT, DE, DC, HI, ID, KS, MA, MT, NV, NM, TX, UT, WY). This highlights the lack of climate-health preparedness in many locations.
* On the positive side, 19% (4 of 21) of states in the highest heat-vulnerability group (CA, NH, OR, WA) also have heat preparedness plans. Seven 'vulnerable' states have extreme heat climate preparedness plans already in place to help protect their residents' health (FL, ME, MD, NY, PA, VA, WI)."
* All but two states had at least one county that experienced more than two weeks of summer days of extreme heat.
* About 81% of those states most vulnerable to extreme heat do not have heat-health adaptation plans (AL, AK, AZ, CO, CT, DE, DC, HI, ID, KS, MA, MT, NV, NM, TX, UT, WY). This highlights the lack of climate-health preparedness in many locations.
* On the positive side, 19% (4 of 21) of states in the highest heat-vulnerability group (CA, NH, OR, WA) also have heat preparedness plans. Seven 'vulnerable' states have extreme heat climate preparedness plans already in place to help protect their residents' health (FL, ME, MD, NY, PA, VA, WI)."
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