Inverse effects of midlife occupational, leisure time physical activity on mobility limitation in old age

Strenuous occupational physical activity in midlife increases the risk of mobility limitation in old age, whereas leisure-time physical activity decreases the risk. This is found in a study that followed up 5,200 public sector employees for 28 years. It states that heavy physical labor is often repetitive, wears the body and lasts for several hours a day. On the contrast, leisure-time physical …

IWC students selected as “outstanding majors of the year” for exercise science, physical education

The American Alliance for Health Physical Education Recreation and Dance recognized the outstanding majors for 2014 April 4, in St. Louis, Mo. Iowa Wesleyan College students Amanda Kalina, Justin Lutjen, Kaysee Grogan, Sarah Voss and Michelle Price have been selected as “outstanding majors of the year” for exercise science and physical education by the American Alliance for Health, Physical …

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