Despite the overwhelming body of evidence about the life-depleting effects of stress, unhealthy food consumption, and sedentary habits, Americans continue to score low in these areas. It suggests to me that the motivation to change must be internally driven by the person who somehow becomes conscious that there is a part of their life that can no longer be ignored.  Unfortunately, that motivator is often a serious illness.  But it doesn’t have to be that way.

I had to share this article from Yahoo that I read today, especially after reading the last profound paragraph:  “We cannot, with any hope of success, continue to devise a world that fosters ill health, and encourage people to navigate through it as if it weren’t there. Eating well, being active, and in general taking good care of oneself and one’s family must lie along paths of lesser resistance.”  Click here to read the full article.