Month: December 2008
Only over 20% of Chinese people exercise regularly (People’s Daily)
Number of people who often do physical exercise nationwide accounts for 28.2% (including school students) of the total population, according to a survey released by the State General Administration of Sport on December 17. A lack of time, sports venues and facilities are the two major factors affecting people’s willingness to exercise. The people who regularly engage in physical training refers …
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Physical contest or trivial pursuit? Poker faces poser (Gloucester Advocate)
POKER is not a sport, is it? A dictionary defines sport as: “Activity pursued for exercise or pleasure, usually requiring some form of physical skill, such as golf, fishing, racing, etc.”
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Certain diabetes drugs found to double bone fracture risk in women
(4 stars)Exercise to avoid being laid-off (The Times of India)
People who exercise on work days are more productive, happy, efficient and calm, according to a new study. And if you fall in the same category of efficient and productive workers, you’ll definitely have an edge over others when it comes to thinking ‘lay-off’.
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Exercise fun for all the family (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Exercise that will bring your family closer this holiday season!
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The best exercise programs benefit the elderly (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Older adults who regularly take part in top-rated, low-cost physical activity programs offered by their local senior center or YMCA can see noticeable improvement in physical functioning and lower their risk of becoming disabled, research shows.
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More women shunning physical exercise (New Kerala)
Sydney, Dec 15 : More and more women are avoiding activity, when exercise facilities are virtually available at their very doorstep, according to a study.
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Women shunning physical exercise (The Times of India)
SYDNEY: More and more women are avoiding activity, when exercise facilities are virtually available at their very doorstep, according to a study.
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Physical contest or trivial pursuit? Poker faces poser (Hawkesbury Gazette)
POKER is not a sport, is it? A dictionary defines sport as: “Activity pursued for exercise or pleasure, usually requiring some form of physical skill, such as golf, fishing, racing, etc.”
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Exercise On Prescription Improves Health And Quality Of Life – British Medical Journal (Medical News Today)
Exercise on prescription increases physical activity and quality of life and should become part of wider population strategies to promote exercise, concludes a study published on bmj.comtoday. Regular exercise reduces the risk of heart and lung disease, type 2 diabetes, some cancers and death from all causes by an estimated 20-30%.
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