Finding a Way to Make Exercise Fun for Kids
The wildly popular Suquamish Elementary School exercise club was started by NKHS student Allison Boltwood, who is pursuing a Girl Scout Gold Award.
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Month: April 2010
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Exercise protocols offered for those with mobility issues
I have always tried to take care of myself and my health, especially with my being required to use a wheelchair for basic mobility needs for the past 28 years. Besides watching my diet, drinking lots of water, etc., I’ve also tried to maintain a fairly routine, but basic, exercise schedule, as well.
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Exercise negates gene-related obesity
Being involved in regular exercise can tackle an individual’s genetic vulnerability to becoming obese in the long run, a new study has suggested.
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Walking: the zero-cost exercise
New Delhi, Apr 11: With ”Urbanism and Healthy Living” forming the theme of World Health Week 2010, doctors reiterate their advise to make walking, ‘the zero-cost exercise‘, as the fitness mantra.
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Exercise May Help Critical Care Patients
A new study finds that patients in intensive care units can benefit from mild forms of exercise.
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Guidelines, Guidelines: The Most Important Take-Away Messages On Physical Activity
Two experts presenting today at the American College of Sports Medicine’s 14th-annual Health & Fitness Summit gave insight on how the public can best put physical activity guidelines to good use. ACSM President James Pivarnik, Ph.D., FACSM, and Edward Howley, Ph.D., FACSM, gave separate talks on the benefits and most important messages of exercise recommendations – namely, the U.S. Physical …
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More Benefits Found from Mild Exercise in Critically Ill Patients
A new report from critical care experts at Johns Hopkins shows that use of prescription sedatives goes down by half so that mild exercise programs can be introduced to the care of critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). Curtailing use of the drowsiness-inducing medications not only allows patients to exercise, which is known to reduce muscle weakness linked to long periods of …
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Exercise may help prevent the baby blues
MELBOURNE, April 7 (UPI) — Australian researchers suggest an exercise program may help new moms avoid postnatal depression.
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Sleep’s role in weight loss remains a mystery
Study: Riskier surgeries for back pain raise costs
Around world, sharing secrets for exercise in cities
In Copenhagen, Denmark, which has a reputation for accommodating cyclists, Jessica Eisenbraun gets her exercise riding around the city on her steel bike, which is older than she is but easy to maintain. Biking is the fastest way around the city, she says, when you consider how long it would take to park a car or take a bus.
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