Building Health, Building Wellness
A Commonsense Approach to Health Enhancement
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We hear the news every day. We Americans are overweight. Obesity is an epidemic. Chronic diseases are killing us at escalating rates. The main reason (we are told) that we are so unhealthy is that we are lazy (we don’t exercise enough) and gluttonous (we eat too much). All we need do is exercise more and eat less and we will be successful in achieving perfect health.
Despite this simple prescription, we are not perfectly healthy. This is despite living in a country in which we spend billions of dollars each year on “solutions”. These solutions include diet and exercise books, diet and exercise clinics, diet and exercise videos, diet and exercise web sites, diet and exercise supplements, diet and exercise equipment, diet and exercise programs and diet and exercise professionals. Heavily advertised and endorsed by well-qualified, well-meaning experts and users, each program proudly shows its successful customers, often followed by the disclaimer: “Results may not be typical.”
Why is it that we have not been able to buy our way into better health? Why is it that we seem to be failing as a nation? Why is it that so many of us seem to fail more often than we succeed?
If there were one approach or program that worked for everyone, then we would only need that one program. The reason that there are so many programs is not because they all succeed; it is because they all fail. They fail to consistently provide the same results for everyone all of the time. Should this surprise us?
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About the Book
Building Health, Building Wellness offers a commonsense guide to achieving your personal best in health and wellness. Relying on over twenty years of experience as a family physician and public speaker on health and wellness topics, author Gregory W. Pierce, MD, has compiled information on a range of topics, both common and uncommon, that have the potential to directly and even indirectly affect your personal health and wellness.
From how you approach your weight loss goals to how your family, friends, and environment affect your routine, Dr. Pierce has brought to light a number of potential stumbling blocks to better health and wellness. He then shares ways to turn those barriers into stepping stones. He even describes how you can turn your previous failures into success!
Built upon easy-to-understand principles, Building Health, Building Wellness can help you to learn how to assess your own typical health profile and transform it into your ideal health profile.
About the Author
Gregory W. Pierce, MD, earned his medical degree from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. Pierce is certified by the American Board of Family Medicine, and is a fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians. In addition to publishing, Dr. Pierce presents his ideas to audiences around the country. He lives with his wife, Eurica Hill-Pierce, in Virginia.