by Ed Hinerman | Nov 8, 2007 | Depression, diabetes, high blood pressure, hypertension, insurance, life insurance, obesity, Type 2 diabetes
It seems sometimes that the world is kind of teetering on the edge, kind of an unnerving feeling. I thinks for kids this is especially problematic since they have yet to develop coping mechanisms and probably don’t really have a grasp on just how crazy our world...
by Ed Hinerman | Nov 7, 2007 | heart attack, insurance, life insurance, obesity, stroke
I have focused so much attention on the impact that obesity can have on a person’s overall health that, honestly, it never occurred to me to look at a far more common occurrence. What kind of impact does a person sustain if they gain10 or 15 pounds? If I were...
by Ed Hinerman | Nov 2, 2007 | insurance, life insurance, obesity
I saw a news program not too long ago about a teacher who had started an informal exercise program before normal classes started. She made it loose and fun and a chance for the kids to walk and talk and walk and walk, and talk and walk. This was done at 7 in the...
by Ed Hinerman | Nov 1, 2007 | insurance, life insurance, obesity, term insurance
For those that do read my blog, you might be thinking that I’ve made it my mission in life to point out everything wrong with obesity. And to some extent I have. But I hope the reason isn’t lost in all of the information I provide. I care deeply about...
by Ed Hinerman | Nov 1, 2007 | insurance, life insurance, obesity
I’m bad when I go on vacation. Depending on where I go and what they have to eat and drink, I can gain 8-10 pounds pretty handily while I am relaxing. Hand in hand with the food and drink is that, in spite of my best intentions, I rarely exercise regularly while...
by Ed Hinerman | Oct 31, 2007 | cancer, heart disease, high blood pressure, insurance, life insurance, obesity, prostate cancer
Well, let’s just roll two of my top topics into one blog and see if we can bring a little common sense to bear on the causes of cancer. If a poll was taken and people were asked to name the leading causes of heart disease and cancer, I suspect (because it would...
by Ed Hinerman | Oct 29, 2007 | Anxiety, insurance, life insurance, obesity
We talk all the time about how losing control of one part of your health inevitably has a compounding effect on other areas of your health. Stress, or anxiety, is certainly not an exception to that rule. In a recent post we talked about how some amount of stress,...
by Ed Hinerman | Oct 28, 2007 | diabetes, high blood pressure, hypertension, insurance, life insurance, obesity, stroke
Well, shake up a bottle of soda, unscrew the lid, and when you get through cleaning up the mess, let’s discuss the problem with high blood pressure. While you probably aren’t going to explode all over the kitchen if your blood pressure is high, it is no...
by Ed Hinerman | Oct 25, 2007 | Biggest Loser, insurance, life insurance, obesity
NBC’s weight loss “reality” show Biggest Loser crossed the line this week. I have steadfastly supported the show and the weight loss and have stayed the course in using this as a forum to discuss obesity and the collateral health issues it causes....
by Ed Hinerman | Oct 25, 2007 | breast cancer, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, obesity, private pilots
In an effort to serve more completely the needs of those whose health can make getting affordable life insurance a challenge, Hinerman Group is moving ahead with new “health challenge specific” websites. My passion has always been to foster discussion and...
by Ed Hinerman | Oct 24, 2007 | breast cancer, cancer, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, obesity
Obesity, which often leads to heart disease, the number one killer of women, has now been linked to the number two cancer in women, breast cancer. Let’s be frank about this. I am constantly reading studies and articles and I have yet to find anything that would...
by Ed Hinerman | Oct 18, 2007 | gastric bypass, insurance, life insurance, obesity, term insurance
Obesity is at epidemic levels in the US. In the past 20 years the trend toward obesity has been dramatic to the point where there are now only 4 states, Hawaii, Colorado, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, where less than 20% of the population has a body mass index of...
by Ed Hinerman | Oct 17, 2007 | Biggest Loser, Fat March, insurance, life insurance, obesity, term insurance
In previous blogs I covered the ABC weight loss reality show Fat March. The mode of operation was to walk 580 miles from Boston to DC. The weight loss was dramatic, but I mentioned in more than one post that it seemed that the single focus exercise and the brutal...
by Ed Hinerman | Oct 16, 2007 | arrythmia, high blood pressure, insurance, life insurance, obesity
I’m not going to hang myself out there by saying that only overweight people have sleep apnea, but there is plenty of evidence to uphold the idea that most cases of obstructive sleep apnea are caused by excess weight or obesity. While central sleep apnea is...
by Ed Hinerman | Oct 11, 2007 | diabetes, high blood pressure, hypertension, insurance, life insurance, obesity, Type 2 diabetes
I have often discussed type 2 diabetes and the complication of developing high blood pressure along with it. The two, from a life insurance underwriting standpoint, are not a good mix. Now comes a very extensive study that shows a distinct link between women who have...
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