“A study in the January-February 2009 issue of the journal Health Affairs concluded that 75 percent of the country’s $2.5 trillion in health care spending has to do with four increasingly prevalent chronic diseases: obesity, Type 2 diabetes, heart disease and cancer. Most cases of these diseases, the report stated, are preventable because they are caused by behaviors like poor diets, inadequate exercise and smoking.” — NY Times: Health Care Savings May Start in Employee Diets (via jayparkinsonmd and evangotlib) (via david)
Soft power diplomacy, basketball in India
Meryl Streep - Vanity Fair by Brigitte Lacombe, January 2010
Finally a good Vanity Fair cover, I’m so happy! Maybe this is a good sign of the year to come?
Sports Illustrated: November 30, 2009 Subcontinental Drift The NBA eyes the untapped Indian market
Sports Illustrated: November 30, 2009 Subcontinental Drift The NBA eyes the untapped Indian market -
J.D. Walsh, a former Maryland basketball player turned coach, went to Pune, India, in June 2007 to hold a camp. He found local charm—the court was blessed with a coconut—and a willing group of 225 participants, including children who had ridden buses for 20 hours to attend. Since then Walsh has run camps in 14 cities for nearly 9,000 Indian kids. He has observed “small, fervent pockets” of interest.
The NBA has noticed.
jdbasketball india in SPORTSKEEDA!
http://www.sportskeeda.com/2009/11/29/a-conversation-with-jd-world-renowned-basketball-coach/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgmtrPty_HA
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JDBASKETBALL in Sports Illustrated
article on basketball in India
November 30, 2009
Joe Lemire
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1163276/index.htm