America is not a healthy nation. According to The World Health Organization,
Americans spend more money on health care than any other country. The average
person spends $4,887 a year on health care (compared to the No. 2 nation on the
list, Canada, at $2,792/person annually), yet the media is full of stories about
obesity, diabetes, and the impact stress, poor diet, and lack of sleep and
exercise have on our health.
Wouldn’t it be easier and cheaper to practice self-care, instead of getting
practiced on by health care? To manage your own health, instead of allowing
medicine to manage it for you and move you through the health care maze - like a
magnet? With the costs of health care and health insurance rising, it’s a maze
that few of us can afford to navigate.
Who Moved My Magnet? addresses these issues and encourages its readers to stay
out of the maze. “My goal is to help today’s kids become tomorrow’s healthy
adults and see health as fun. The Wellness Wombats™ I created in my book help do
that,” said author Peter Gibson. In an engaging and entertaining way, with
characters like Rita Linn, Di Beatties, and Dr. M. “Ed” Esin, the book dissects
medicine’s history and explains how medicine came to be the force it is today
and how it conditioned people into believing it can manage their health better
than they can. The message is simple. Everyone, no matter what their age, needs
to take control of their own health - to move their own magnet - and not rely
solely on the health care system. “We often take our health for granted,”
Peter Gibson explained, “until we end up in the medical maze and no longer have
it.”
At a time when wellness and preventive medicine is gaining popularity, Who Moved
My
Magnet? takes a fresh approach toward helping readers of all ages take charge of
their health, adopt healthier ways, and stay out of the medical maze.