WE ARE ACCEPTING
NEW PATIENTS
Treating all ages - Pediatrics and adults.
We have two providers licensed to see
pediatrics.Shannon N Hepler, FNP
Shannon is a
native of Battle
Creek. She went
to Battle Creek
Central High
School, obtained
her Bachelor’s
Degree in Nursing
Science from
Western Michigan
University. She
has spent many
years working in
the Emergency
Department
obtaining a wide
variety of experience. After deciding to take her
career in another direction, she earned her Family
Nurse Practitioner degree through Chamberlin
University. She has
joined Battle Creek
Family Care with the
hope she can contribute
more to her Community
by providing great
medical care through a
private practice here in
Battle Creek.Dr. Carl Kinzel, DO
Dr Kinzel served
for 6 ½ years in
the US Navy as a
medical corpsman
after graduating
high school from
Northville, MI.
After the military
he started his
undergraduate
journey at Old
Dominion
University in
Norfolk, VA. He
missed his home
state and family
and transferred to Michigan State University.
After graduation from University of Pikeville
Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine in
2006, he completed residency in family practice,
worked in the emergency room for three years
while teaching part time at the medical school.
He moved to Battle Creek in 2011 and started
practicing in primary care. In October of 2018 he
gathered some of his friends and opened Battle
Creek Family Care. Dr Kinzel treats all ages and
all chronic medical conditions, including pain
management, minor surgical procedures, joint
injections, and some alternative therapies.Find
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As of July 14, the only age
groups to reach that 70-per-
cent vaccination goal are
those who are 75 and older
(70-percent) and those who
are 65-70 (75-percent.)
The percentages of vacci-
nations in the other age
groups are far below the
overall 70 percent goal which
Pessell said would not only
suppress the virus but pro-
vide herd immunity:- 50-64 – 55.6 percent
- 40-49 – 42.9 percent
- 30-39 – 35.6 percent
- 20-29 – 25.5 percent
- 16-19 – 26.2 percent
- 12-15 – 17.3 percent
“You can see the working
age of Calhoun County resi-
dents, 20 to 49 years old is
well below the state which I
think the state’s is 62 percent
now,” said Pessell.
That’s why he is worried
about people going back
indoors, person-to-person.
And, so far, the MI Shot to
Win Sweepstakes announce-
ment has not boosted vacci-
nation uptake locally.
“As of today, things look
good, but they looked very
similar last summer,” he said
of the pandemic’s current
effect on the county resi-
dents. “The question is about
the first week of September.
We started to see numbers go
up significantly (last year)
and by mid-November, we
had the largest spike we’ve
had in Calhoun since this
started.
“And, if we’ve only vacci-
nated less than 50 percent of
our population,” he contin-
ued, “there’s a lot of folks
out there that are not protect-
ed right now.”
Pessell said he understands
that everyone is tired of the
pandemic but as the county’s
public health officer, he, too,
would like to see a communi-
ty effort to get it under con-
trol.
“I get it. Everybody is get-
ting tired of the mandates,
tired of this and that and, I
said, what I’m getting tired
of is getting notifications of
people dying,” he said,
“especially now, when it’s
100 percent preventable. I’m
getting tired of that.”Continued from previous page
The risks of an overly sedentary lifestyle
Health experts call it “sit-
ting disease.” It refers to
when people spend more of
their time behind a desk or
steering wheel of a car or
planted in front of a televi-
sion than they do engaging in
physical activity. According
to the American Heart
Association, sedentary jobs
have increased by 83 percent
since 1950, and technology
has reduced many people’s
need to get up and move.
Inactivity is taking a consid-
erable toll on public health.
A study from the
University of Cambridge
equated inactivity with being
obese. The Mayo Clinic
advises that research has
linked sedentary behavior to
a host of health concerns,
and found those who sat for
more than eight hours a day
with no physical activity had
a risk of dying similar to the
risks of fatality linked to
obesity and smoking.
Increased blood pressure,
high blood sugar, abnormal
cholesterol levels, and excess
body fat all can be attributed
to inactivity.
Mental health can be
adversely affected by a sed-entary lifestyle as well.
Australian researchers sur-
veyed more than 3,300 gov-
ernment employees and
found men who sat for more
than six hours a day at work
were 90 percent more likely
to feel moderate psychologi-
cal distress, such as restless-
ness, nervousness or hope-
lessness, than those who sat
for less than three hours a
day.
In addition, a sedentary
lifestyle can significantly
increase a person’s risk for
various types of cancer. A
German meta-analysis of 43studies involving four mil-
lion people indicated those
who sit the most have higher
propensities to develop colon
cancer, endometrial cancer
and lung cancer.
Johns Hopkins Medical
Center says research shows
that high levels of exercise at
some point in the day can
lessen some risk, but it’s not
entirely effective if most of
the rest of the day a person is
inactive. Risk for cardiovas-
cular disease increases sig-
nificantly for people who
spend 10 hours or more sit-
ting each day.Various medical organiza-
tions recommend individuals
get up and move at any
opportunity to help reduce
risks of inactivity. Erin
Michos, M.D., M.H.S., asso-
ciate director of preventive
cardiology at the Ciccarone
Center for the Prevention of
Heart Disease, advises peo-
ple who are very sedentary to
aim for 4,000 steps per day.
Such individuals can then
build up to a target of 10,
steps daily.
The Mayo Clinic recom-
mends these strategies to
reduce the amount of timeyou spend sitting.- Stand while talking on
the phone or watching televi-
sion - Invest in a standing desk
- Get up from sitting every
30 minutes - Walk at lunch or during
meetings
Sedentary lifestyles can
affect health in many nega-
tive ways. But there are vari-
ous ways to get up and go
over the course of a typical
day.