This week TIME released their “Person of the Year”, and it was a man by the name of Mark Zuckerberg. Odds are, you use Marks creation every single day, some use it every single hour. Mark Zuckerberg invented what we now know as Facebook. Facebook’s growth over the last 3 years has been staggering. From 12 million active users in 2007 to over 500 million today. Its no surprise either. Facebook has given us the ability to erase distance from relationships, to connect with the previously “unconnectable”. It has also given us a new means to collect information, and I along with many other doctors are using facebook to connect with patients and share relevant information. I want to show you how you too can use facebook to find ways to get and stay healthy.
1. The first step is to figure out just what you need help with in your health. Do you need diet advise? Maybe you need some fitness tips to help you stay motivated in your workout. Maybe you are so absolutely confused about health and just need some basic tips to point you in the right direction. Find out where you are at in your journey of health. This is an essential step in your ability to use facebook as a healthy resource. Another piece of advise is not to try to “fix” everything all at once. It can become very overwhelming to try to change your diet, start exercising and take vitamins all at once. The same principle applies to facebook. If you become a fan of too many pages (which I will explain later) it will just overwhelm you. Find one area and start with that.
2. Step number two is to take your topic you found in step one and find find facebook pages to become a fan of that will share tips, and ideas with you to better your health. The way that you do this is to go to Google. In the Google search bar type “site:facebook.com facebook+health” or “site:facebook.com facebook+fitness”. This will bring up a list of facebook pages on the topic you have chosen. If diet is the topic you have chosen substitute the word “diet” for the word “health” or “fitness”. Once you have chosen a few of the sites that jump out at you, click the link to enter that “fan page”. Once you are on the fan page, simply click the “become a fan” button. You should now be a fan of that perticular page and will start to receive their health posts to your facebook “wall”. You can also simply go onto facebook and in their search bar type your topic of interest which will bring up a list of relevant pages.
3. The final step once you have become a fan of the pages you like, is to start to use the tips and information that you start to receive. The first thing you need to know in this step is that it may be slightly overwhelming at first. For the first few days I recommend you read as many of the update posts as possible. This will give you an idea if the pages you selected are applicable and useful for you. If any of the posts are not, simply go to that page and unfriend them. After you do this you should have a clear idea which fan page’s are going to give you greatest bang for your time.
Technology has given us such wonderful tools to help us better our health and well being. Facebook is a free tool that you are probably already using, why not use it in a way to make you more healthy! I hope these tips have helped make facebook a healthier place.
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