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FAU’s Unique Program Puts Treatment Right On Campus


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Welcome to College Health Professional Addiction Recovery Solutions abuse and 6% for a diagnoses of counselor and mental health professional. College Health alcohol dependence. Professional: Addiction Recovery • Six percent of the 17 million Solutions will be a quarterly college students means that well magazine providing information over one million college students and resources to this group of would benefit from specialized professionals.

College is a time when young people begin to experience some of the freedom and responsibility associated with adulthood. It is also one of the few times in a person’s life when binge drinking is considered socially acceptable behavior. The sheer amount of alcohol and drugs available on Consider these facts: college campuses can be staggering and indeed for many “social • Approximately 1,800 college drinkers and users” the students die from alcohol related environment is little more than a injuries. distraction or an occasional weekend fling. • About% of college students drop out due to alcohol related issues.

For a small but significant amount of young people however, what • 696,000 college students are starts out as innocence ends up assaulted by another student who becoming a full-blown addiction. has been drinking. On campus alcoholism and drug addiction are on the rise and the • 3,360,000 students between the risks are great for those young ages of 18 and 24 drive under the people who suffer from addiction. influence of alcohol. Over a million college students fit • 5 9 9 , 0 0 0 s t u d e n t s a r e the criteria for a diagnoses of unintentionally injured under the alcohol dependence. There are over influence of alcohol and drugs 570 colleges in New England alone • 97,000 students are victims of and most provide counseling alcohol and drug related sexual through Student Health assault and date rape. Departments. There are currently f e w a d d i c t i o n r e s o u r c e s o r • 31% of college students meet the criteria for alcohol and substance information for the college 3

substance abuse treatme Until now resources for counselors and mental health professionals on college campuses have been limited. To fill that gap College Health Professional, Addiction Recovery Solutions will become the hub of information for the treatment of this very specialized demographic.

College Health Professional will be published quarterly with an initial mailing to five hundred colleges and universities in New England. The magazine will be not-for-profit supported by the generosity and advertising of the treatment industry. This will allow advertisers to become part of the solution for college students and a resource for college professionals when their students need help. It will also give professionals in the field the opportunity to address this college professional community with articles and papers 180 Woodbury Street Suite 716 Manchester, NH 03102 603-657-5580 solutionpublishingcompany@gmail.com


On Campus FAU Treatment Center Aims To Get Students Back On Track In his 12th year of recovery from substance abuse, Andrew Burki drew upon his own young adult experience in developing Life of Purpose, a treatment center for young adults that opens on Tuesday. The center will be located at The Research Park at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, which is adjacent to FAU's college campus. The center will provide treatment and follow-up services to students and other young adults who have had their studies disrupted because of alcohol or drug abuse.

Addition and Substance Abuse at Columbia University.

The new center "is breaking ground in the field, let alone research parks," said Andrew Duffell, president of The Some of the professors who once Research Park, which has tenants taught Burki will participate in Life of including electronic medical app Purpose, either full-time or in company Modernizing Medicine and consulting roles. The center will be an incubator of start-up technology located in renovated space at the park companies. with flooring for yoga classes. Duffell said Life of Purpose was an Wes Hawkins, a professor of Burki's attractive addition to FAU's research in the School of Social Work, has park because it directly involves offered his services as consultant to professors and students, providing opportunities for their involvement and research.

Burki, 32, earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in social work at FAU. He came up with the idea of the on-campus treatment center while in school, writing a business plan as a class assignment. His own disruption came in his early college years. At 21, he came to South Florida for treatment. Then he found new purpose and passion when he studied at FAU and did social work.

the center.

Other FAU connections include Dr. Charles Norris Jr., a professor at the College of Medicine who will provide psychiatric services; and Paula Mendelson, who teaches nutrition on campus as a professor in the College of Nursing.

Life of Purpose also plans Burki's "enthusiasm is contagious," he collaboration with faculty, including said. "He has taken all the pain he's Hawkins' wife, Dr. Michelle Hawkins. had in this life and he wants to help She is the department head of the others." School of Social Work. Peter Holland Hawkins also will oversee Life of of the College of Medicine also will "I was more or less directionless. I Purpose's research, which will focus be involved. Burki additionally has became very good at video games," Burki recalls. His goal is to put young on how treatment can be improved by hired Sarah Lucas, an MBA from talking with clients and following up Harvard Business School, as chief adults coping with substance abuse on them after treatment. Burki is operating officer. back on track, to help them get an allocating 10 percent of profits toward education and into the labor force. But for Life of Purpose to be effective research. for students, it most matters that Burki The number of college students Life of Purpose, named for the goal cares, Wes Hawkins said. dealing with substance abuse can be he sets for those in recovery, is startling. In a thorough 2007 study, "You can get all the great science, but backed by $1 million in undisclosed 22.9 percent of full-time college at the core is finding people who private funds, according to Burki. The students met the medical definition of really care about you," he said. center will bill insurance for treatment substance abuse or dependence, mpounds@tribune.com or accept cash. according to The National Center on 561-243-6650 4


The Hidden Health Crisis On Campus:

Eating Disorders

Fewer than 50,000 cases of H1N1 were reported last year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, yet this potentially deadly strain of flu was treated as a national emergency. In contrast, millions of college students have eating disorders, yet most of them receive little or no medical attention or psychological intervention. When left untreated, eating disorders can lead to permanent physical damage ranging from hair loss to damage to the heart, osteoporosis and the inability to conceive. They can even result in death. In fact, eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric disorder, and a suicide rate that is 50 times higher than that of the general population.

- Unwilling to seek treatment (82 percent) - Do not know that they have an eating disorder (48 percent) - Lack of awareness of treatment resources (34 percent) - Embarrassed to seek treatment (28 percent) - Lack of treatment resources (28 percent)

thin, but still talk about feeling fat. They have a distorted image of their body and continue to diet, even when they are severely underweight. Other signs of anorexia include rituals around preparing food and eating, social withdrawal and pronounced - Perceived lack of anonymity in emotional changes, such as irritability, treatment (23 percent) depression and anxiety. College - Lack of knowledge by staff about students with bulimia typically “binge where to refer students (18 percent) and purge.” A binge is the consump- No need for treatment (8 percent) tion of a large amount of food in a short time. Purging is forced Because so few students seek treatment, it’s difficult to say just how vomiting, but students with bulimia may compensate for binging in other serious the problem is on campus. ways, such as excessive exercise, or Studies in the 1980s indicated that 4 Many people recover from eating use of laxatives or diet pills. Bingepercent to 5 percent of college disorders when they are treated at an eating disorder is characterized by early stage. Unfortunately, the longer students have eating disorders, but a uncontrollable, excessive eating, eating disorders are left untreated, the 2006 survey by the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) found followed by feelings of shame and more likely they are to cause serious guilt. Unlike those with bulimia, that nearly 20 percent of the more medical and psychiatric damage than 1,000 college students surveyed – college students with binge-eating symptoms. both male and female – said they had disorder typically do not purge their College students – mostly women, but or previously had eating disorders. food. College students with bingealso a growing number of men – do eating disorder typically are What to Look For not seek treatment for many reasons. overweight or obese. They may be trying to hide their Eating disorders affect both women Those with eating disorders are more disorder due to shame. They may cope and men, young and old, rich and apt to have other psychiatric disorders with the disorder by avoiding poor, yet they are especially common and they have a higher incidence of treatment. They may not even realize among women on campus. Major life substance abuse than the general that they have a serious health transitions, such as the onset of population. A growing trend on problem or may mistakenly regard puberty and going away to college are campus, for example, is “drunktheir disorder as something they will believed to be among the most orexia,” in which coeds starve grow out of. Many individuals may vulnerable times for the onset of themselves during the day so they can believe that treatment is not covered eating disorders. To recognize consume large amounts of alcohol at by their insurance, or they may not whether you or a friend have an eating night without gaining weight. seek treatment because there are no disorder, you’ll need to know enough treatment facilities on or near campus. to identify the most common disorders yH1N1 is no longer a problem because it was treated as a crisis and – anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa A 2010 survey of college counselors action was taken. Given the impact and binge-eating disorder. and other professionals by the Eating they have on millions of college Disorders Recovery Center found that College students with anorexia take students, its time to treat eating did not seek treatment for the extreme measures to avoid eating. disorders as a crisis, too. following reasons: They typically become abnormally 5 5


Amphetamines Increasingly Abused on College Campuses Prescription drug abuse, especially of amphetamines, is very common among college students. Whether looking for some help with schoolwork or looking to party hard, the problem is certainly there.

Reasons for Use

Accessibility

Amphetamines are used often among college students, particularly for their ability to help people focus. Commonly prescribed to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), prescription amphetamines also produce feelings of euphoria when taken in large doses. The need to “blow off steam” from writing papers, doing research and planning projects opens students up to amphetamine abuse behaviors. Not unlike high school, college students also experience peer pressures while at the same time taking on some of the financial pressures adult shoulder. Amphetamine effects allow a means for escaping the daily pressures of college life.

College students gain access to drugs through several different routes. Friends, doctors and internet pharmacies all offer possible ways to obtain prescription amphetamines. According to USA Today, the practice of diverting amphetamines to interested drug users starts as early as the middle school years with 23.3 percent of middle and high school students reporting having been solicited for prescribed amphetamine medications. This diversion rate increases accordingly once students enter college life with 29 percent of college students reporting having sold or given their medications to friends and acquaintances. Faking ADHD symptoms has also proven a fairly successful means for obtaining prescriptions from the college health center.

Drugs, such as Adderall, Strattera and Ritalin all require a doctor’s prescription.

Known risk factors for amphetamine abuse on college campuses vary based on student motivations, circumstances as well as any possible underlying issues at work. Overall, men are more likely to misuse amphetamines than women, though risk factors for both sexes remain relatively the same.

For many students, the stressors and pressures that come with college life create the perfect hotbed environment for drug abuse habits to develop. The pressures to succeed academically push many students to enhance their abilities through amphetamine drug use. According to the American College Health Association, 5.7 percent of college students abuse amphetamines compared to 2.5 percent of their non-college peers. As with any form of addiction, accessibility to amphetamine drugs makes it that much easier to engage in drug abuse. Considering not all college students engage in amphetamine abuse behaviors, certain risk factors do play a part in determining who will use and who won’t 6

Risk Factors

This requirement can give the impression of safety, not factoring in the addictive potential these drugs carry. Without a clear understanding of how amphetamines work in the brain, college students unknowingly leave themselves open to physical dependency and addiction. With continued use, students come to rely on amphetamines as a way to cope with daily stressors. In the process, brain functions gradually deteriorate leaving students hopelessly incapable of keeping up with daily demands.

According to the U. S. National Library of Medicine, college students who abuse amphetamines have a higher likelihood of abusing alcohol as well as other illicit drugs. In effect, amphetamine abuse in college is often indicative of a larger substance abuse problem. Students with low gradepoint averages or students performing below their own personal standards may also be at risk of amphetamine abuse. As amphetamine effects include increases in energy levels, concentration and focus, athletes may turn to amphetamines to enhance their athletic abilities.


Drunkorexia is a colloquialism selfimposed starvation or the practice of skipping food in favor of alcohol Research on the combination of an eating disorder and binge drinking has primarily focused on the patterns of college-aged women, but the phenomenon has also been noted among young men. Studies show that college students engage in this combination of self-imposed malnutrition and binge drinking to avoid weight gain from alcohol. A study by the University of Missouri found that 30% of female college students admitted that within the last year they had restricted food in order to consume greater quantities of alcohol. The same study found that men are more likely engage in similar behavior in order to save money for purchasing alcohol. According to the study, 67% of students who restrict calories prior to alcoholic beverage consumption do so to prevent weight gain, while 21% did so to facilitate alcohol intoxication.

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disorders as an attempt to avoid the fabled "Freshman 15," weight gain that results from adjusting to a college lifestyle.

Translational Neuroscience of Dual Diagnosis Disorders notes that many celebrity blog sites report similar patterns of behavior among young actresses such as Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton, and that the condition could be mimicked within the entertainment industry and contemporary youth culture at large. A 2002 study from O'Malley and Johnston reviewed data from the national College Alcohol Study, the Core Institute, Monitoring the Future, and the National College Health Risk Behavior Survey affirming that 70% of participating college students reported consuming alcohol within the prior month and 40% had engaged in binge drinking. First-year college students have been identified as uniquely predisposed to binge drinking.

A 2001 CASA report estimated that 30-50% of individuals with bulimia and 12-18% of individuals with anorexia had previously abused or were currently dependent on alcohol. 35% of those with alcohol or drug dependency reported a concurrent eating disorder. Results demonstrated a clear correlation between individual histories of eating disorders and binge drinking and/or alcohol dependence. The National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders reports that 72% of women who admit to alcohol abuse also classify as suffering from an eating disorder.

The combination of self-starvation and alcohol abuse can lead to an array of physical and psychological consequences. For example, drinking in a state of malnutrition can predispose individuals to a higher rate of blackouts, alcohol poisoning, According to the Eating Disorder alcohol-related injury, violence, or Center of Denver, of the participating illness. Drinking on an empty college-aged females in an adjunct stomach allows ethanol to reach the research study, about 75% met the blood system at a swifter pace and criteria for alcohol abuse. raises one's blood alcohol content According to disclosure from the 'Showbuzz', a CBS news site, has with an often dangerous speed. This National Eating Disorder Association broadcast that, "Drunkorexia is a can render the drinker more in 2006, approximately 20% of media coined term reflecting an vulnerable to alcohol-related brain college students, both male and alarmingly real trend among young damage. In addition, alcohol abuse female, admitted to suffering from an women. The non-medical slang term can have a detrimental impact on eating disorder at some point in their refers to women who choose to eat hydration and the body's retention of less so they can party without gaining life. Clinical eating disorders minerals and nutrients, further encompass binge eating, chronic weight.� exacerbating the consequences of dieting, fasting or purging and the use malnutrition and denigrating an Andrew Chambers, MD, Assistant of laxatives to control weight. individual's cognitive faculties. This Professor, Institute of Psychiatric Furthermore, first-year college can ultimately have a negative impact Research and Director, Laboratory for students are predisposed to eating on academic performance. 7

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Binge Drinking Binge drinking or heavy episodic

drinking is a modern epithet for drinking alcoholic beverages with the primary intention of becoming intoxicated by heavy consumption of alcohol over a short period of time.It is a kind of purposeful drinking style that is popular in several countries worldwide, and overlaps somewhat with social drinking since it is often done in groups. The degree of intoxication, however, varies between and within various cultures that engage in this practice. A binge on alcohol can occur over hours, last up to several days, or in the event of extended abuse, even weeks. Due to the long-term effects of alcohol misuse, 8

binge drinking is considered to be a major public health issue.

consume other psychotropic substances

Binge drinking is associated with a profound social harm, economic costs as well as increased disease burden. Binge drinking is more common in males, during adolescence and young adulthood. Most binge drinkers are not familiar with the risks associated with binge drinking. Heavy regular binge drinking is associated with adverse effects on neurologic, cardiac, gastrointestinal, hematologic, immune, musculoskeletal organ systems as well as increasing the risk of alcohol induced psychiatric disorders. A US-based review of the literature found that up to one-third of adolescents bingedrink, with six percent reaching the threshold of having an alcohol-related Approximately one in 25 women binge-drinks during pregnancy, which can lead to fetal alcohol syndrome and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. Binge drinking during adolescence is associated with traffic accidents and other types of accidents, violent behavior as well as suicide. The more often a child or adolescent binge drinks and the younger they are the more likely that they will develop an alcohol use disorder including alcoholism. A large number of adolescents who binge-drink also

Binge drinking has the propensity to result in brain damage faster as well as more severely than chronic 'non stop' drinking (alcoholism), due to the neurotoxic effects of the repeated rebound withdrawal effects. The tolerance that occurs during chronic ('non-stop') drinking delays alcohol-related brain damage compared to binge drinking, which induces immediate and repeated insults to the brain. The neurotoxic insults to the brain are due to very large amounts of glutamate being released on a repeated basis, which overstimulates the brain after each binge finishes, resulting in excitotoxicity. The developing adolescent brain is thought to be particularly susceptible to the neurotoxic effects of binge drinking, with some evidence of brain damage occurring from drinking more than 10 or 11 drinks once or twice per month.


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Miscellany What Is College Health?

nutritionists, and pharmacists. Some college health services extend to include massage therapists and other holistic health professionals. College health professionals are often members of a national body, such as the American College Health Association. Another national body College Health is a field of medicine among college health is the National that exclusively deals with the Collegiate EMS Foundation medical care of college age students (from age 18 through 28 years). Many (NCEMSF), which is dedicated to the promotion and support of emergency colleges and universities campuses medical services on college and offer some sort of student health service, but there is wide variability in university campuses. the healthcare resources available from campus to campus, with models of student health ranging from first aid stations employing a single nurse to large multi-specialty clinics with hundreds of employees. The vast majority of college health services are set up as service units rather than academic departments. The educational aspect of college health is While the health risks that can come sometimes referred to Health with college may Promotion in Higher Education. seem

Long-term Health Effects of a College Degree

In 1988, it was estimated that there were approximately 27.3 college health staff per 10,000 students,[1] which if amortized to the 20.7 million students attending the more than 3,400 colleges and universities in the United States (in 2003) ),[2] suggests that there are approximately 56,500 college health professionals in the United States. College health professionals include physicians, physician assistants, administrators, nurses, nurse practitioners, mental health professionals, health educators, athletic trainers, dietitians and 13

intimidating, overall, college tends to be good for a person's body and mind.

Higher levels of education generally correlate to better health, as well economic success and family stability, which can indirectly lead to better health outcomes. People with higher levels of education tend to have improved brain development, less biological aging and better understanding and compliance with healthy behaviors, studies show.

Furthermore, research shows that education is associated with a longer life. According to the National Longitudinal Mortality Study, men who finished college lived 2.5 years longer than college dropouts, while women with a college degree lived 1.1 years longer than their dropout counterparts. The difference was even greater when comparing college graduates to high school dropouts -college graduates live at least five years longer on average than people who did not finish high school.

The study also showed the positive health outcomes extend into the next generation: the mortality rate of children born to college graduates was 4.2 percent, while the mortality rate of those born to women who did not finish college was 6 percent. Thus, while college life canThus, while college life can present some challenges, the research still supports sticking it out at school. Follow us @livescience, Facebook or Google+. Article originally on LiveScience.

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The International Conference of Young People in Alcoholics Anonymous

ICYPAA International Conference of Young People in Alcoholics Anonymous (ICYPAA) was founded for the purpose of providing a setting for an annual celebration of sobriety among young people in AA. Since its inception, a growing group of people, who at first would not consider themselves as “young people,” has become regular attendees. The number of young people suffering from alcoholism who turn to AA for help is growing, and ICYPAA helps to

1945 in Los Angeles, Cleveland, and Philadelphia, and now they can be found all across North America. In 1958, a meeting of young AA’s from across the U.S. and Canada started what is now the International Conference of Young People in Alcoholics Anonymous (ICYPAA), and it has met on an annual basis ever since. At the 1960 AA Convention, Bill W. noted that the age of new mem The bers was much lower than when he and Dr. Bob founded AA 25

AA — Recovery, Unity, and Service — are the backbone of ICYPAA, just as they are throughout AA. ICYPAA has a long history as an established AA conference. It regularly contributes to the AA General Service Office, as well as to the Area Service Structure in the local areas where it is held. ICYPAA and its attendees are also committed to reaching out to the newcomer, and to involvement in every other facet of AA service. ICYPAA participants can often be

carry AA’s message of recovery to alcoholics of all ages. This meeting provides an opportunity for young AA’s from all over the world to come together and share their experience, strength, and hope as members of Alcoholics Anonymous. AA members who attend an ICYPAA return home better prepared to receive young people who come to AA looking for a better way of life.

years earlier. In a letter to ICYPAA dated June 15, 1969, Bill wrote “… in recent years I have found nothing for greater inspiration than the knowledge that A.A. of tomorrow will be safe, and certainly magnificent, in the keeping of you who are the younger generation of A.A. today.”

found serving at the national, state, area, and group levels. Newcomers are shown, by people their own age, that using AA principles in their daily lives and getting involved in AA service can have a significant impact on a lasting and comfortable sobriety.

ICYPAA provides visible evidence that large numbers of young people are achieving a lasting and Young People’s Groups in Alcoholics comfortable sobriety in Alcoholics Anonymous began appearing around Anonymous. The three legacies of 16

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5 Biggest Health Dangers Facing College Freshmen It's a stark reality about the first year

“Nutrition is very, very important. We of college: while freshmen account for know in adults in the late 20s or early 30s, they develop their eating habits in a quarter of college students, they make up a third of all campus deaths. their early young adult life,” According to a study by the American Sizemore-Ruiz said. “One you gain that freshman 15, it’s going to follow Public Health Association, suicide is you as a senior and into adulthood.” the leading cause of death among college students—a danger that can be 4. Alcohol-Related Injuries the result of many factors, including While binge drinking certainly isn’t the ones outlined here. However, alcohol-related death rates are lower good for you, the alcohol itself creates than what most people believe. In fact, fewer problems than the actions it can college students are much less likely to fuel. die than people of the same age who Joshua M. Lawrence, Ph.D., director are not seeking higher education. of the Counseling Services Center at “While they’re still adults, research Husson University in Bangor, Maine, said binge drinking leaves college has shown that the brain is still freshman vulnerable to being developing, specifically the parts related to decision-making,” Dr. victimized. Tiffany Sizemore-Ruiz, a physician “A big piece we always worry about and owner of Choice Physicians of nationally is the influence of alcohol South Florida who specializes in and assaultive behavior. Binge internal and preventative medicine, drinking, especially with first-year told Healthline. students, is associated with serious There are many other adverse health critical events, such as overdose and effects college students face in their assault,” he said. first year away at school. Half of all accidental college deaths 5. Poor Nutrition and Lack of have been linked to drug or alcohol Exercise abuse, whether from falling off a According to a study in the Journal of balcony at a party or driving drunk. Nutritional Behavior, about 80 percent While no one is expecting college kids to be teetotalers, Sizemore-Ruiz says of freshman don’t fit regular exercise having a good group of friends can into their schedules. Combine that prevent many problems. with the fact that many college students subsist on instant ramen “That’s the problem with college kids. noodles, there’s a reason that many pack on the “freshman 15” (or more). They’re making bad decisions in social circles,” she said. “If someone doesn’t have your best interests at There have even been some cases of college students developing scurvy— heart, you need to dump them.” the pirate disease caused by a lack of 3. STDs vitamin C—but it is much less common than the lore suggests. Still, a The U.S. Centers for Disease Control reports that half of the 20 million new 1998 a study at Arizona State sexually transmitted disease cases each University found that 10 percent of year occur in people ages 15 to 24. students had serious vitamin C Many of the more common STDs are deficiencies, showing that college treatable, but some can have life-long diets aren’t ideal. effects. 17

Sizemore-Ruiz says STDs are a major concern because many can affect a woman’s fertility later in life.

2. Prescription Drug Abuse Prescription drugs are becoming more and more popular, and college campuses are seeing an upswing in the use of prescription “performanceenhancing” drugs like Ritalin and Adderall to fuel late-night cram sessions. “Some students may be using it as a great way to improve grades, while others may be using this to get high,” Lawrence said.Besides the health effects, there are also legal consequences to possessing these drugs. “Depending on the university environment, they may not know the legal ramifications of carrying a class-2 controlled substance,” he added.

1. Stress Freshman face an overload of stress, which can create sleep problems, poor grades, and worse, according to Sizemore-Ruiz. And lack of quality nutrition and exercise compound the problem because they can weaken the body and make stress harder to bear. “It kind of snowballs out of control,” she said. “Stress, nutrition, and exercise are all tied together 100 percent.” As incoming freshmen break free from the structure of home, it can lead to anxiety, depression, and isolation. And these feelings can be dangerous “Stress is huge,” Lawrence said. “That lack of structure can be stressful because they don’t know what to do to go through it . 17


16 Healthy Lifestyle Quotes to Inspire You Fitness personality Richard Simmons once said in an interview with Men’s Health Magazine, “You can’t buy it, you can’t rent it. You have to earn it. My formula has always been love yourself, move your body, watch your portions.” Leading a healthy lifestyle sounds easy enough, right? Could be, but there are a lot of obstacles trying to divert our attention from eating healthy, making healthy choices, and exercising. Fortunately, when you’re in the healthcare field, you may see the result of making unhealthy decisions, and it can help you lead a better life that is more fulfilling when you make the right choices. Here are 21 healthy lifestyle quotes to help inspire you to kick-start your healthy lifestyle or make you appreciate your good health: “The greatest wealth is health.” – Virgil “The power of love to change bodies is legendary, built into folklore, common sense, and everyday experience. Love moves the flesh, it pushes matter around. Throughout history, ‘tender loving care’ has uniformly been recognized as a valuable element in healing.” – Larry Dossey 18

“He who takes medicine and neglects “A vigorous five-mile walk will do to diet wastes the skill of his doctors.” more good for an unhappy but – Chinese Proverb otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the “If you have health, you probably will world.” – Paul Dudley White be happy, and if you have health and happiness, you have the wealth you “Health and intellect are the two need, even if it is not all you want.” – blessings of life.” – Menander Elbert Hubbard “A good laugh and a long sleep are the “Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while best cures in the doctor’s book.” – movement and methodical physical Irish Proverb exercise save it and preserve it.” – Plato “The groundwork for all happiness is good health.” – Leigh Hunt “To insure good health: eat lightly, breathe deeply, live moderately, cultivate cheerfulness, and maintain an interest in life.” – William Londen

“Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit. When one is free from physical disabilities and mental distractions, the gates of the soul open.” – B.K.S. Iyengar

“There are lots of people in this world who spend so much time watching their health that they haven’t the time to enjoy it.” – Josh Billings

“The human body has been designed to resist an infinite number of changes and attacks brought about by its environment. The secret of good health lies in successful adjustment to “Happiness lies, first of all, in health.” changing stresses on the body.” – Harry J. Johnson – George William Curtis “To keep the body in good health is a duty, otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.” – Buddha

“The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.” – Siddartha Guatama Buddha


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