Ernest D. Schreiber, M.P.H. the founder of Speedropes has a Master of Public Health degree in environmental health. This is in conjunction with over forty years of experience exercising with the jump rope. Speedropes looks at all ways to mitigate adverse health outcomes by proactively engaging in a healthy lifestyle. This includes exercise and diet.
Additionally, through public speaking and presentation skills honed through Toastmasters, peedropes is ready and available to motivate and educate other individuals and groups regarding global health, environmental health and public health issues, especially to help fight the obesity epidemic.
Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
There are many issues relevant to increased levels of obesity, such as diabetes (type ll), increased cancer risk, heart disease and other morbidities.
Obesity is a pressing health concern because it often triggers the development of other serious medical conditions. According to the Mayo Clinic, these include:
Cancer especially in the breast, colon, ovaries and prostatebreast, colon, endometrium, sophagus, kidney, pancreas, gall bladder, thyroid, ovary, cervix, and prostate, as well as multiple myeloma and Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Heart disease or stroke Sleep apnea Type 2 diabetes High blood pressure Osteoarthritis Depression Infertility or irregular periods
Extreme obesity, defined as having a BMI of 40 or above, is referred to as morbid obesity ecause it often leads to death.
Between 16 and 33 percent of children and adolescents are obese. Obesity is among the easiest edical conditions to recognize but most difficult to treat. Unhealthy weight gain due to poor diet and lack of exercise is responsible for over 300,000 deaths each year. The annual cost to society for obesity is estimated at nearly $100 billion.
Overweight children are much more likely to become overweight adults unless they adopt and maintain healthier patterns of eating and exercise
Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes.
In type 2 diabetes, either the body does not produce enough insulin or the cells ignore the insulin. Insulin is necessary for the body to be able to use glucose for energy. When you eat food, the body breaks down all of the sugars and starches into glucose, which is the basic fuel for the cells in the body. Insulin takes the sugar from the blood into the cells.
When glucose builds up in the blood instead of going into cells, it can cause two problems:
Right away, your cells may be starved for energy.
Over time, high blood glucose levels may hurt your eyes, kidneys, nerves or heart.
Some groups have a higher risk for developing type 2 diabetes than others. Type 2 diabetes is more common in African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, and Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders, as well as the aged population.
Speedropes will focus on and provide information relevant to these topics:
– losing weight
– obesity
– fitness
– exercise
– type ll diabetes
– diet
– smoking and exercise
– stress and violence reduction
Speedropes topics will also include environmental health and global health issues that encompass all aspects of health that affect our total well-being.