Guest Posting by Mary Ward
It takes a lot of work to stay health conscious when life is so busy. Yet, for many people the need to evaluate their physical health can become a necessity. In some cases, a sudden illness may have prompted you to think more about your health. You might wonder what resources are out there to make it easier to evaluate you physical health. A great way to do this is to take an online quiz. Take a look at 7 free web quizzes to grade your physical health.
They are available on the following websites. Some offer multiple quiz options while other use a single quiz as a guide to help you get a handle on you current health status. Take some time to read through and take each one to see what they offer.
Quick Nutrition and Physical Activity Quiz – Established by the California Health Department, this website is a community outreach that offers a great quiz that not only tests your knowledge of proper foods and exercise, but also how these things impact your physical health. The network toolbox provides other sources as well, but its Quick Nutrition and Physical Activity Quiz is a main feature.
Better Health Channel – This Australian government website doesn't just offer one quiz it hosts nearly 50 distinct quizzes in six health and fitness categories. Whether you want to take a quick on digestive health or evaluate your personal exercise habits, you should be able to find a quiz that fits your situation.
Alive.com – Targeting the vegan, the holistic health, and other progressive communities, this page have a selection of quizzes that can be used to grade your physical health, among other things. Take a quiz to see if you're getting enough sleep. Rate your physical activity. Maybe you would like to evaluate how your physical health is affected by your workplace environment.
The American Heart Association – This interactive web quiz is used to evaluate how physical activity directly influences heart health. If you have questions about your own heart, you may want to take this quiz to find out how much you know—and what you can learn that could help you.
Free Health Test – If you haven't make physical health a priority, you should think about starting now. There is no reason to avoid this any longer. Start by taking this free health test offered by Sixwise.com. While it is a short quiz, it can help you re-prioritize physical health in your life.
Free Health Quizzes – Similar to what the Better Health channel offers, FunQuizCards.com offer a whole list of physical health quizzes that can help your rate your personal health levels. You can also investigate certain health issues by taking an informational quiz to help fill in the blanks.
OrganizedWisdom.com free health quizzes – Again, a great collection of diagnostic quizzes to help you shed some light on physical health. If you want to grade the quality of your current health, then one of these quizzes could be just what you need.
All of these free web quizzes exist to inform and challenge you to care more about your health and maybe take steps to make things better. Only you can improve your physical health. Often it takes a little information—or lack of it—to get you focused on what matters.
Mary E. Ward writes about how to apply to phlebotomy technician schools.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
As a Country Have We Lost Compassion for Others?
It’s strange that elected officials in a nation founded on Christian principles are focused on insuring that our citizens with limited financial resources do not enjoy the same access to health care as they do. After all health care from their perspective is NOT a right, it is a privilege for those with resources. The Senate minority while striving to be an inclusive party is clearly opposed to any health insurance program that provides a public option. After all Medicare, Medicaid, Tri Care, military health care system and the Veteran’s Administration have demonstrated they are unable to provide quality care that is cost effective. The private insurance companies certainly have demonstrated they are very able to provide quality and cost effective care for those with the resources to pay for such. The conservative opposition means that for the vast majority of the uninsured and/or underinsured they are just out of luck. They had better get a job that provides health insurance, never get sick or maybe simply move to a more welcoming country. What a sad commentary on our nation and its values. We claim to be a Christian nation that welcomes all people and yet the very essence of Christ’s teaching are only used when it seems useful to further one’s personal agenda.
Is the United States becoming a country that is so individually focused that the need of our neighbor is simply not our concern? Are we becoming a country of self righteous individuals who only wants laws and policies passed that benefit themselves and to the “heck” with the “love thy neighbor” concept? Are we moving to country like ancient Rome when just before its fall the wealthy and politicians were only concerned about what was best for themselves. The needs of the people did not matter.
Would our economic problems been different if financial institutes were governed by a strict code of ethics? Should former Wall Street financial managers become regulators in the US Treasury Department with the sole intent of changing the regulators and rules that would allow their counterparts to profit through taking advantage of those with the most to lose?
Are we a country that is rapidly becoming one without morals? Why do we tolerate the killing of African Americans school children in one of our largest cities? What would be the Senate minority (largely white men) response if it was their children and grandchildren being killed? Why do we tolerate a 10 year child dying within sight of US capital from a tooth abscess?
Now why in the world would this group not figure out a way that health insurance can be provided for those who cannot afford such? Could it be that we are rapidly moving to a country which only cares about special interest groups, profits for themselves and their supporters, and those who look like themselves? The objection logically cannot be costs given this same group of legislators approved huge deficits during the George Bush regime. Our elected officials have an opportunity to start putting ethics and caring for each other back into government and and our society. Our churches of all dominations need to start acting upon the teaching in their Holy books be it the Bible, Koran, or Tara.
Maybe, just maybe if we can as a country muster enough courage to start demanding our elected official do what is right for our country; to live up to the constitution and declaration of independence, and our religious teaching maybe there will be hope for a new beginning. President Obama cannot do this alone. We must each awaken and take responsibility to again insure our country is a model that the citizens of the world want to look up to. Let’s start with insuring health care for our citizens.
Is the United States becoming a country that is so individually focused that the need of our neighbor is simply not our concern? Are we becoming a country of self righteous individuals who only wants laws and policies passed that benefit themselves and to the “heck” with the “love thy neighbor” concept? Are we moving to country like ancient Rome when just before its fall the wealthy and politicians were only concerned about what was best for themselves. The needs of the people did not matter.
Would our economic problems been different if financial institutes were governed by a strict code of ethics? Should former Wall Street financial managers become regulators in the US Treasury Department with the sole intent of changing the regulators and rules that would allow their counterparts to profit through taking advantage of those with the most to lose?
Are we a country that is rapidly becoming one without morals? Why do we tolerate the killing of African Americans school children in one of our largest cities? What would be the Senate minority (largely white men) response if it was their children and grandchildren being killed? Why do we tolerate a 10 year child dying within sight of US capital from a tooth abscess?
Now why in the world would this group not figure out a way that health insurance can be provided for those who cannot afford such? Could it be that we are rapidly moving to a country which only cares about special interest groups, profits for themselves and their supporters, and those who look like themselves? The objection logically cannot be costs given this same group of legislators approved huge deficits during the George Bush regime. Our elected officials have an opportunity to start putting ethics and caring for each other back into government and and our society. Our churches of all dominations need to start acting upon the teaching in their Holy books be it the Bible, Koran, or Tara.
Maybe, just maybe if we can as a country muster enough courage to start demanding our elected official do what is right for our country; to live up to the constitution and declaration of independence, and our religious teaching maybe there will be hope for a new beginning. President Obama cannot do this alone. We must each awaken and take responsibility to again insure our country is a model that the citizens of the world want to look up to. Let’s start with insuring health care for our citizens.
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