Good Health is Your Greatest Wealth……Virgil
Konami Digital Entertainment announced today that it is developing Walk It Out, a rhythm-based physical fitness title for the Nintendo Wii. In Walk It Out, players stroll through a virtual world that evolves in sync with an on-screen avatar’s footsteps. Skyscrapers, windmills, and lighthouses will spring up as players successfully step to the beat of a background music track. Walk It Out uses …
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I received an interesting question from a musician who wanted to know if playing a musical instrument was exercise. She said playing some wind instruments “takes a great amount of stamina” and that playing the bagpipes feels like a workout. So is she really getting a workout?
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A new UQ Sport program which aims to help elderly people exercise in their own homes has been launched by Queensland’s Minister for Disability Services and Multicultural Affairs, the Honourable Annastacia Palaszczuk MP.
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Dozens of the nation’s leading organizations in health care, science, medicine and public health are meeting in Washington, D.C., this week with one goal in mind: to develop a national physical activity plan that will make America healthier.
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Parents who value strenuous team sports are more likely to influence their children to join a team or at least participate in some kind of exercise, and spend less time in front of the TV or computer, a new study says. Researchers from Baylor College of Medicine and Duke University studied a sample of 681 parents of 433 fourth- and fifth-graders from 12 schools in Houston.
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Title: Kids of Parents Who Value Exercise Are More Active Category: Health News Created: 7/7/2009 7:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 7/7/2009
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Counseling patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease on how to increase physical activity leads to health benefits that are independent of changes in weight.
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Title: Exercise Tips to Keep Boomers on Their Feet Category: Health News Created: 7/6/2009 7:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 7/6/2009
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But parents push girls less toward sports and vigorous chores, according to new study Parents who value strenuous team sports are more likely to influence their children to join a team or at least participate in some kind of exercise, and spend less time in front of the TV or computer, a new study says.Researchers from Baylor College of Medicine and Duke University studied a sample of 681 …
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Parents who value strenuous team sports are more likely to influence their children to join a team or at least participate in some kind of exercise, and spend less time in front of the TV or computer, a new study says.
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