| Pushing the Limits | A 40 - minute presentation on aging and fitness. | |
| Staying
Healthy in College |
A 45 - minute presentation on the BIG issues - Sex, Food, Alcohol, Drugs and Mental Health. |
Is a 40-minute PowerPoint slide / lecture on fitness and aging.
Using photos, scientific studies by exercise physiologists and compelling case examples of older star athletes, Ms. Foreman shows that extraordinary fitness IS possible even in one’s 80s and 90s. There’s Johnny Kelley, who ran his last marathon at 84. There’s Ruth Anne Bortz, who’s 70 and still does ultramarathons (100 miles). "Banana George" who didn’t even take up waterskiing until he was 75, and many others.
The take-home message is not that you have to be a superstar like these folks – but that anything you do to increase the four main components of fitness (aerobics, strength, power and flexibility) can have a tremendous payoff in both length and quality of life.
Is a 45-minute PowerPoint slide / lecture on the big health issues facing college students:
- Sex (emergency contraception, as well as tips on getting out of potentially abusive relationships)
- Eating (too much and too little)
- Alcohol (how to spot alcohol poisoning, which can be fatal, and how to drink safely when others are binge drinking)
- Drugs (where the real dangers lie)
- How to cope with depression, anxiety, stress, sleep deprivation – and how to taper off antidepressant medications like Paxil and Zoloft without withdrawal symptoms.
Using large doses of humor, photographs, graphics and other medical information drawn from the American College Health Association, the Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University Health Services, the Alan Guttmacher Institute, Princeton University, World Health Organization and interviews with academic physicians and researchers, Ms. Foreman explores with a light touch some of the most pressing medical problems facing students today.
With her decades of experience in medical journalism, Ms. Foreman has transformed a mass of scientific information into a lively presentation whose take home message is clear: With a little knowledge, you can make your college years as happy and healthy as they are intellectually stimulating.
