1 in 2 Americans visits so-called quick service restaurants (QSR) twice a month, 29% visit 3-5 times a month, and 16% visit 6 or more times a month. Taco Bell sponsored the America’s Drive-Thru Survey and found that 7 in 10 Americans think having better choices in drive-thru’s would encourage them to eat better. Only [...]
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Embarrassing bodies – preventing people from dying of embarassment in the UK
“Don’t be embarrassed by your body. Learn to love it,” the voice on the video positively commands. Comcast, are you listening? Channel 4 in the United Kingdom hosts the television show, Embarrassing Bodies. There’s also a website providing health information that is detailed, audacious, graphic, and absolutely engaging. On it, you’ll see close-ups [...]
Health workers are most trusted profession – except for HMO managers
Who do you trust the most in America? Nurses, pharmacists, doctors, and police officers. Who’s least trusted? Elected officials in Congress, car salesmen, stockbrockers, and…HMO managers. Gallup‘s annual Honesty and Ethics of Professions poll is out and finds that health providers and front-line health workers rank highest in the nation. Nearly 9 in 10 Americans [...]
Functional foods play a role in consumer-driven health care
Americans spend nearly $30 billion on functional foods, according to Leveraging growth in the emerging functional foods industry, from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). Functional foods are those that contain supplements beyond food that’s consumed for basic nutrition. They incorporate additional ingredients that target specific health benefits. PwC believes that the U.S. represents the largest functional foods market [...]
Don’t cross Baby Mama — McNeil Will Need More Than Motrin For This New Headache
It all started with a baby, a baby carrier, and Motrin. Oh, and an advertising agency who probably got their Mommy-messaging more than a little bit wrong. Twitter, the social networking software, helped fuel this uproar in a matter of hours. In what is to-date among the fastest viral campaigns in consumer health — [...]
About Jane & Health Populi
Jane Sarasohn-Kahn is a health economist and management consultant that serves clients at the intersection of health and technology.
Her clients include all stakeholders in health, including providers, payors and plans; companies in biopharma, medical devices, financial services, technology and consumer goods; non-profits and NGOs. Jane's lens on health is best-defined by the World Health Organization: health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
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