re:TH!NK's New Youth

Oshkosh North Leadership Class doing Above the Influence



F.A.C.T. Training with Alex Hip the Field Expert



                              Maplewood Middle Schools F.A.C.T. group with their Call out Candies

Time has come for re:TH!NK to get some new energetic and motivated youth involved in the coalitions mission! Since I (Laura Wilner) have come on board there has be a spike in youth engagement and involvement. There are re:TH!NK groups across the county! Maplewood Middle School, YouthGo in Menasha, The Boys and Girls Club in Oshkosh, I am working with Oshkosh North and West for a large safe prom campaign, along with Winneconne High School and Omro! I also started  a  F.A.C.T. ( Fighting Against Cooperate Tobacco) group at Oshkosh North which involves anywhere from 20-40 kids each meeting. We are currently trying to start a F.A.C.T. group at Oshkosh West along with a re:TH!NK group as well!   The youth in Winnebago County have started to make a difference in our community! They have been educating their peers and will soon be reaching out to the rest of the community!

F.A.C.T. at Maplewood with their Call Out Candies

re:TH!NK on TV?

New and exciting news everyone! We have started a TV show on CATV 2. The show will begin airing this week and we invite all of you to watch this informative and interesting . The first show focused on how re:TH!NK works and where re:TH!NK can be seen in the community!

Get involved and take 30 minutes this Friday from 12:00-12:300 pm to watch the show with us at the new Health Department at 112 Otter Ave Oshkosh, WI 54903. Bring your lunch, enjoy our wonderful break room, and help improve next months show by giving your feedback! Hope to see you there

The show times on CATV2 are 

Monday at      8:00 pm 
Tuesday at     9:30 pm 
Friday at         5:30 pm
Saturday at    2:00 pm   

Americans living shorter lives because of smoking and obesity report says

Report: U.S. life expectancy lagging because of smoking: Obesity also cited as contributing factor
by Charlotte Tucker

Life expectancies in the United States lag behind some other high-income countries less because of things Americans are doing now than because of behaviors they have engaged in the past.
Specifically, U.S life expectancies are lagging because of smoking. According to a report released by the National Research Council in January, heavy smoking in the past five decades is shortening American life spans today...

...Over the past 25 years, life expectancy at age 50 in the United States has been increasing, but at a much slower rate than in some other high-income countries. According to National Center for Health Statistics 2007 data, the average life expectancy at birth today is 75.3 years for men and 80.4 years for women. To contrast, in Japan men live to an average age of 79.2 years and women to 86 years, as of 2006.

A group of seniors dances at a wellness center in Washington, D.C., in July 2010. While the average life expectancy for Americans is 77.9 years, the nation lags behind some other high-income countries because of factors such as past smoking...

... If U.S. obesity trends continue, they may offset life expectancy gains that are predicted to occur in coming decades, a report found.

The relationship between obesity levels and obesity risks "bears watching as an important factor in future longevity trends in the United States," the authors wrote.

Read the full article:
http://thenationshealth.aphapublications.org/content/41/2/1.2.full

View the report:
"Explaining Divergent Levels of Longevity in High-Income Countries," is available at www.nap.edu.