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Get ready for a “physical” like you have never had before. The one-hour session spent with an Ontario Health Study nurse involves a lengthy series of questions and features some very interesting tests.[…]
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In January, four of Langley’s most motivated Airmen stepped up to the challenge of changing their lives for the better by adopting healthier lifestyles through diet and exercise.
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FRIDAY, Feb. 19 (HealthDay News) — The best way to get teens to exercise is to focus on the fun of physical activity, a new British study suggests.
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Emphasising the emotional benefits of exercise is more effective at increasing levels of physical activity than highlighting traditional health benefits. This is the finding of research published online today, 17th February 2010, in the British Journal of Health Psychology.
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Emphasising the emotional benefits of exercise is more effective at increasing levels of physical activity than highlighting traditional health benefits. This is the finding of research published online today, 17th February 2010, in the British Journal of Health Psychology.
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ANDY JACOBSOHN/DMN Dr. David Balis works out. Everyone has heard a doctor explain how daily exercise and healthy eating make a difference in your overall physical well-being. Here’s how local physicians fit healthy eating and fitness into their lives.
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Exercise during pregnancy, while healthy for both mother and baby, has only a minor impact on an infant’s birth weight, suggest findings from a large study from Norway.
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When it comes to meeting national health goals for physical activity, Mexican-Americans are the most active group in America and may benefit from exercise that researchers typically have not measured, according to a new study. The research, which used electronic devices to measure people’s movement, challenges other studies based on self-reports that claimed non-Hispanic whites are most likely …
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