Introduction: Reinventing the Wheel?
1. Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, “Adult Overweight and Obesity,” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, last updated April 27, 2012, www.cdc.gov/obesity/adult/index.html. The study was conducted in 2010.
2. National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, “Chronic Diseases: The Leading Causes of Death and Disability in the United States,” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, last updated May 9, 2014, www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/overview/index.htm.
3. Ibid.
Chapter 2. The Entire Wheel
1. “Pet Benefit Articles and Information,” Pets for the Elderly Foundation, undated, accessed November 4, 2014, www.petsfortheelderly.org/articles.html.
2. “Diana Nyad,” Bio, A&E Television Networks, December 9, 2014, www.biography.com/people/diana-nyad-21329683#synopsis.
Chapter 3. Physical Health
1. “Global Cancer Rates Could Increase by 50% to 15 million by 2020,” World Health Organization, April 3, 2003, www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2003/pr27/en/.
2. “Overweight and Obesity: Data and Statistics,” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, last updated September 9, 2014, www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/index.html.
1. Norwegian University of Science and Technology, “Brain Waves and Meditation,” AlphaGalileo, March 19, 2010, news release, www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=70952&CultureCode=en.
2. Angela Eksteins, “Meditation May Be the Future of Anti-Aging, Part I,” Natural News: Natural Health News and Scientific Discoveries, February 14, 2010, www.naturalnews.com/028157_meditation_longevity.html#ixzz2UtkbiTux.
3. James Gorman, “Scientists Hint at Why Laughter Feels So Good,” New York Times, September 13, 2011, www.nytimes.com/2011/09/14/science/14laughter.html?_r=0.
Chapter 7. Relationship Health
1. Mother Teresa, A Simple Path (New York: Random House, 2007), p. 79.
2. Marshall B. Rosenberg, Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life (Encinitas, CA: Puddledancer Press, 2005).
Chapter 8. Occupational Health
1. Reported in “Workplace Stress,” American Institute of Stress, undated, accessed November 14, 2014, www.stress.org/workplace-stress/.
2. “Work Stress on the Rise: 8 in 10 Americans Are Stressed about Their Jobs, Survey Finds,” Huffington Post, updated April 12, 2013, www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/10/work-stress-jobs-americans_n_3053428.html.
3. “Work Environment May Put Women at Risk of Diabetes,” Journal of Occupational Medicine, Institute for Work and Health, August 21, 2012, www.iwh.on.ca/media/2012-aug-21.
Chapter 9. Financial Health
1. “American Household Credit Card Debt Statistics: 2014,” NerdWallet Finance, November 2014, www.nerdwallet.com/blog/credit-card-data/average-credit-card-debt-household/.
2. “U.S. Consumer Debt Statistics 2012,” Visual.ly, January 8, 2013, http://visual.ly/us-consumer-debt-statistics-and-trends-2012.