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Skinny People Die Too
High Blood Pressure Doesn’t Check Your Dress Size or How Much You Can Bench Press Before It Moves In Let me tell you about a lie we’ve all been sold. For decades, the world has told us that heart disease belongs to other people. The ones who don’t move enough. The ones who eat…
We Are Losing Our Country in Whispers (a.k.a. Silent Thunder)
We live in a country where our silent voices roll like thunder and our public voices whisper while the hurricane winds blow. In the kitchen, we rage. In the car, we vent. At the dinner table, in the barber’s chair, in the group chat that never sleeps, we are eloquent,…
The Cost of Living Is Costing Us Our Health
We have been talking about the cost of living in Bermuda as though it is purely a financial matter — a problem for economists, for policymakers, for budget committees. But I need to say this plainly, and I need you to really hear it: what we are describing is a…
Building Breakers: How to Stop Bermuda’s Healthcare Tsunami
In 2010, while most healthcare systems around the world were still fixated on treating illness after it struck, something remarkable happened in Bermuda. Bermuda’s insurance companies made a decision that would change the trajectory of prevention on this island. They chose to invest in keeping people heart healthy instead of…
Why the Lie The BMI Is Not Your Ally
For decades, we’ve been told that a single number—the Body Mass Index, or BMI—defines our health. Doctors have charted it, employers have judged it, and insurance companies have used it as a measuring stick for everything from risk to reward. But here’s the truth most people won’t say out loud: the BMI is not science—it’s a shortcut. And it’s one that has done…
Preventing and Managing Chronic Diseases in Bermuda: A Data-Driven Strategic Approach
Bermuda faces a mounting chronic disease crisis that demands immediate, evidence-based intervention. With diabetes affecting approximately 13% of adults—twice the OECD average—and chronic diseases driving up to 70% of healthcare spending, the island’s health system requires a comprehensive prevention strategy to avoid catastrophic health and economic outcomes. The Magnitude of…
WHAT THE FAT!
Weight Gain Isn’t Always About The Food You Eat Let’s have a real conversation. One of those raw, honest, no-hiding kind of talks. Because if you’ve been quietly wrestling with weight gain, trying to eat better, move more, and do all the “right” things, only to feel like your body…