With the advent of companies such as Hulu and Boxee connecting broadband users to cable and network television shows, and other content providers like Apple’s i-Tunes and Netflix allowing streaming movies, one might ask why would I ever want to leave the house.
Posts Tagged ‘Behavioral Theory’
The Age of Multimedia and Data Transference
Monday, June 7th, 2010How can communications be used to tackle adolescent obesity?
Wednesday, April 7th, 2010
In less than 30 years, childhood obesity has increased from 6% to almost 20% and will continue to climb in the foreseeable future. Obesity in this age group has reached almost epidemic proportions and will have a deep economic impact in our country. According to the CDC, 70% of all obese children have at least one risk factor for cardiovascular disease while 40% have more than one. That’s a staggering amount and will require us to spend more healthcare dollars on treating preventable disease if we are unable to reverse these trends.
