Judy Foreman

Nationally Sindicated Fitness, Health, and Medicine Columnist

ABOUT JUDY FOREMAN

Judy Foreman, the author of “A Nation in Pain” (2014), “The Global Pain Crisis” (2017), and “Exercise is Medicine” (2020), all published by Oxford University Press, was a staff writer at the Boston Globe for 23 years and a health columnist for many of those years. Her column was syndicated in national and international outlets including the Los Angeles Times, Dallas Morning News, Baltimore Sun and others. READ FULL BIO

 

“Get this book, as it brings the latest science to life in a readable and exciting way. It will add to your motivation to get and stay moving and leave the reader wanting more.”

John Ratey, clinical professor of psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

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Sitting Kills

It’s not just that physical activity is good for you. It’s that a sedentary lifestyle, as a totally separate variable, is seriously bad. [i] [ii] [iii] [iv] [v] [vi]  Sitting too much - all by itself – can raise the risk of disease and premature mortality, even if you dutifully exercise.[vii]In … READ FULL ENTRY

JUDY’S COLUMNS

Aging is one of the deepest mysteries of the universe

After all, what’s the point? Once you’ve passed your genes on to the next generation, why stick around? Why take up space and use food and other scarce resources? It’s the young who need those things to live to reproductive age. So why do old animals even exist? Or old people? … READ FULL COLUMN
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Other Books by Judy Foreman

Out of 238 million American adults, 100 million live in chronic pain. And yet the press has paid more attention to the abuses of pain medications than the astoundingly widespread condition they are intended to treat. Ethically, the failure to manage pain better is tantamount to torture. When chronic pain is inadequately treated, it undermines the body and mind. Indeed, the risk of suicide for people in chronic pain is twice that of other people.

Foreman presents a far-reaching but sensible plan of action, ranging from enhancing pain education in medical schools to reforms of federal policies across the board. For doctors, scientists, policy makers, and especially patients, A Nation in Pain is essential reading. LEARN MORE

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