Schyler Cole Within 15 minutes of waking up, 4 out of 5 smart phone users reach for their phone. During their waking day, 79% of smart phone users are without their phone for a mere 2 hours or less. Additionally, the average person user at his or her phone 150 times a day, once every 9.6 minutes.1 With these mobile devices an individual can check … Continue reading Mobile Health – Power in Your Palm

Jason Li In bustling South African streets, glimmering chunks of greasy sausage and beef line the marketplaces. McDonalds, Burger King, and other fast food chains—nonexistent there just a few years ago—have broken expansion records and operate hundreds of outlets across the region, each store welcomed with unprecedented enthusiasm (nearly 5,000 showed up at Burger King’s Cape Town launch)1. High-fat, low-cost foods have led South Africa … Continue reading Obesity in Developing Countries