Month: October 2008

Exercise therapy after surgery for a slipped disc may help people get over their pain and disability more quickly, a research review suggests.
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The National Football League is stepping up efforts to get children to exercise more.
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Guidelines for physical activity released today by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) were met with support from the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and the American Heart Association (AHA).
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Is oversleeping getting in the way of your day? WebMD explains what can happen — the physical side effects — of getting too much sleep.
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The American Council on Exercise , America’s leading authority on fitness and one of the largest fitness certification, education and training organizations in the world, today announced key findings from an exclusive study conducted at the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse through its exercise and health program on the benefits of boot camp workouts.
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Fourth-grade teacher Pat Rerucha and her Shoemaker Elementary students have put a whole new spin on being “on the ball.” For the past four and a half years, Rerucha’s students have used balls designed to exercise the body’s “core” or trunk muscles as classroom chairs.
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Washington – Get moving: New exercise guidelines set a minimum sweat allotment for good health. For most adults,…
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“Chronic diseases afflict 100 million Americans, cause seven out of 10 deaths and consume $2 out of every $3 spent on health care,” but “much of the burden … can be prevented with simple lifestyle choices” because a “major contributing factor is physical inactivity,” HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt writes in a Lexington Herald-Leader opinion piece.
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Researchers from the Peninsula Medical School in Plymouth, UK, have carried out research that suggests the one hour of moderate exercise a day recommended to children from health experts may not be enough to tackle the rising problem of childhood obesity. Their research has been published in the most recent issue of the journal Archives of Diseases in Childhood.
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With experts saying the life expectancy of Australian children will be shortened by two years if something is not done about the country’s obesity epidemic, researchers in Britain are saying the one hour of moderate exercise a day recommended to children from health experts may not be enough to tackle the problem of childhood obesity.
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