McCall's, Family Circle publish AAFP special section in their current issues
The March issues of McCall's and Family Circle feature a "Healthy Living" section developed in cooperation with the Academy.
The combined circulation of the magazines is about 12.3 million -- close to one in three American women. "Healthy Living" appears in two versions, the longer one in Family Circle.
The section explores how women's lifestyle decisions may relate to health problems such as melanoma, osteoporosis and stress. The section also discusses the yo-yo effect of dieting for only a week or stopping smoking for only a month.
In a passage on motivation, Pamela Kushner, M.D., of Long Beach, Calif., chair of the AAFP Communications Committee, mentions a patient who needed to lose 100 pounds. "I tried to find what was important to Mary," says Kushner. "Issues such as heart disease did not move her as much as the fact that she was tired all of the time and that she needed to maintain her health in order to help a divorced daughter with young children."
This year marks the second year the Academy has cooperated with McCall's and Family Circle in developing the section and recommending Academy members to be interviewed.
On a first-come, first-served basis, you may request complimentary copies of each magazine for your office reception area by calling Barbara Decker at AAFP, (800) 274-2237, Ext. 4234.
FP Report is published by the AAFP News Department. Copyright © 1998 by American Academy of Family Physicians.