Obesity rates in the United States continue to skyrocket from decade to decade. And while awareness for this issue has been growing in recent years, so have the waistlines of many Americans. As part of the effort to combat this health epidemic, ASU has created a Master of Science in Obesity Prevention and Management program that aims to equip health...

Mayo Clinic-ASU Obesity Solutions has announced the 2016 winners of its seed funding competition. The seed funding program supports obesity-related pilot studies that will develop new collaborative teams or push forward highly innovative ideas with potential to receive significant external funding in the future. “The array of innovative proposals we received speaks to the breadth and depth of obesity research...

Talk to 10 doctors or academics and you’ll get 10 different definitions of what the word “resilience” means. One might say it is the ability to bounce back from adversity. Another might argue it has to do with self-discovery. What they all can agree on is that resilience is a key ingredient to health and wellness, and that the concept...

Mayo Clinic in Arizona and ASU's Institute for Humanities Research are teaming up once again to tackle issues within the burgeoning field of medical/critical health humanities. As part of their Imagining Health Project, scholars from ASU and medical professionals from Mayo Clinic are holding a panel discussion on "The Art and Science of Resilience" on Nov. 17 with a reception...

Some of us are Type A people; we plan our days down to the minute and make decisions based on a practical system of weighing pros and cons. And some of us are daydreamers. Alberto Rios falls into the latter category. “I got busted for daydreaming in elementary school. The egregious second-grader crime,” he said of the moment he knew...

There’s a scene in the current movie, “The Intern” where Rene Russo tells Robert DeNiro that “sitting is the new smoking.” That’s not just clever dialogue. It’s a mantra adopted by fitness researchers who believe that sedentary lifestyles can lead to a plethora of health issues. And thanks to a grant from a National Football League charity, three Phoenix libraries...