Good Health is Your Greatest Wealth……Virgil
Injuries to American children during physical education classes increased by 150 percent from 1997-2007, a new study finds, a possible drawback to a movement encouraging more vigorous exercise in schools.
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Researchers from the University of Finland and their colleagues studied 2650 men, aged 42 to 60 years, who were cancer-free at baseline and assessed their levels of exercise and physical activity over a period of 12 months.
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CHICAGO (AP) — A movement encouraging more vigorous exercise in schools could be tempered by a new study that says injuries to American children during physical education classes have jumped.
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Injuries to American children during physical education classes increased by 150 percent from 1997-2007, a new study finds, a possible drawback to a movement encouraging more vigorous exercise in schools.
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People who are more active and exercise harder are less likely to develop cancer and die, suggests research published ahead of print in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. A higher use of oxygen consumption during physical activity is linked to a reduction in the level of illness in a person and their likelihood of dying from cancer.
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Doctors and physical therapists have long known the benefits of warm-water exercise in treating arthritis patients. But for the women enrolled in the Arthritis Foundation Aqua Program at the Riverside YWCA, the camaraderie they enjoy with their classmates is every bit as important as the physical benefits.
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Many experimental studies have found that physical exercise can improve cholesterol levels and subsequently decrease the risks of cardiovascular disease; however, few of these studies have included enough participant diversity to provide ethnic breakdowns.
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A long-term study of over 8,700 middle-aged men and women provides some of the first race- and gender- specific data on the cholesterol effects of physical activity, with the interesting result that women, particularly African-American women, experience greater benefits in their cholesterol levels as a result of exercise than men.
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( American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology ) A long-term study of over 8,700 middle-aged men and women provides some of the first race- and gender- specific data on the cholesterol effects of physical activity, with the interesting result that women, particularly African-American women, experience greater benefits in their cholesterol levels as a result of exercise than men.
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“Physical fitness programs in schools should be mandatory and taken very, very seriously,” says one Crikey reader today. In other topics Crikey readers are feisty about: health reform, Gen Y and philanthropy.
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