Is Running Bad for Your Knees? Maybe Not. (Time Magazine)
New research over the past several years suggests that running and other vigorous physical activity are not bad for your joints after all
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New video games offer exercise (The Pitt News)
Video games are no longer the domain of couch potatoes alone. Innovative new video games are getting kids off the couch and giving them the chance to exercise when they pick up — or step onto — the controller.
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Physical deficit (Hindustan Times)
Anshuman Singh (14), football fan and sports enthusiast, can’t get enough of sports, the outdoors and his Physical Education (PE) classes at school.
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Eat right and exercise, Conservative rabbis told (The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles)
Conservative rabbis are being asked to adopt healthy eating, exercise and lifestyle habits.
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Eat right and exercise, Conservative rabbis told (JTA)
(JTA) — Conservative rabbis are being asked to adopt healthy eating, exercise and lifestyle habits. Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, the executive vice president of the Rabbinical Assembly is asking her colleagues to join the U.S. president’s fitness challenge as part of a new initiative called The Shalem Campaign, which will launch on Jan. 1, 2010. The initiative was announced last week.
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Holiday exercise tips (Abilene Reflector-Chronicle)
Exercise is very important in maintaining a fit and healthy body and the holiday season is the most challenging time of the year for most people. From Thanksgiving dinner in November through Christmas and New Year celebrations, late fall and early winter are the hardest times to keep slim and in shape. Many people put on weight during the holiday season and then struggle to lose it again.
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A Doctors Word–Prevent Diabetes with Diet and Exercise (New America Media)
By all accounts, Frances Vasquez ought to be a diabetic. At age 47, she was overweight and had high blood sugar. But she radically changed her lifestyle through nutrition and exercise and prevented the disease.
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Kids in Home-Based Day Care Lack Exercise (MedicineNet.com)
Title: Kids in Home-Based Day Care Lack Exercise Category: Health News Created: 12/18/2009 4:10:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 12/21/2009
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Xbox Avatars to ‘encourage exercise’? (GameSpot)
Microsoft patent details technology to make 360’s avatars have same physical appearance as their real-world counterparts–and thereby promote physical fitness.
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Xbox Avatars to ‘ecourage exercise’? (GameSpot)
Microsoft patent details technology to make 360’s avatars have same physical appearance as their real-world counterparts–and thereby promote physical fitness.
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State Health, Education Leaders Recognize Berks County Middle School for Boosting Physical Activity Among Students (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
ROBESONIA, Pa., Dec. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — During a visit today to Conrad Weiser Middle School, Department of Health Secretary Everette James and Secretary of Education Gerald Zahorchak commended the school for its efforts to increase physical activity among students.
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News: MS wants Avatars to reflect your shape (Eurogamer)
Patents “Physical Characteristics” system. Microsoft wants your Avatar to actually look like you, judging by a patent application for “Avatar Individualised by Physical Characteristics”. The aim is to eliminate the “artificiality” of Avatars in order to encourage you to do some exercise and also make it easier to tell whether the person you’re speaking to looks the way they portray themselves …
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