Below you will find some information about the
project that gave birth to this website, the
physician behind it all, and the clinic where
most didactic portions of the project take
place.
Lifestyle Modification in an Urban Community:
About the Health Not Cosmetics Project
About the project and it's objectives:
download file
Power Point Presentation
describing the Health Not Cosmetics idea and why
it is necessary:
file
Read the
Feb-Mar 2003
article on Dr. Rodriguez that appeared in a
local paper, the Bronx Beat
Stop Obesity Through Prevention, Awareness, and
Treatment: The Health Not Cosmetics Project:
Our very own Dr. Rodriguez delivered this
presentation at an AMA conference November 1,
2004. This
presentation gives a very detailed description
of why the project was developed and what
exactly we
do
with some stats of our current results and
successes. If you want to know more take a
look.
Jose E. Rodriguez, MD:
principal investigator and developer of Health
Not Cosmetics Project
 Dr.
Rodriguez's very own account of what motivated
him to start this project: Read it
here
Why this website?
This
website was developed for two main purposes: to
assist individuals (patients and physicians) in
finding reliable and valuable information on
living more productive and healthier lifestyles
and to empower people to take responsibility for
themselves in finding the right information to
make the changes necessary in their lives to
achieve greater overall health. The
research supports the need for websites like
this: read the
literature review on this topic.
Research in this area will be one area of focus
of this project.
About the Health Center at East
Tremont
View a
brochure about our clinic to learn more
about us.
AETNA Grant
We
received $25,000 from AETNA to fund efforts of
our project, such as this website.
Read the proposal we sent them to learn
more.
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