Good Health is Your Greatest Wealth……Virgil
Researchers from Boston University’s Slone Epidemiology Center have found that reducing time spent watching television and increasing time spent walking briskly or engaged in vigorous physical activity may reduce the incidence of type 2 diabetes in African-American women.
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In addition to its other well-known benefits, exercise during pregnancy may help women reduce the need for anesthesia when they give birth, a small study has found.
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Two cases illustrate the difference in outcomes and the importance of exercise and physical therapy in the rehabilitation of chronic pain cases.
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VINELAND — Local parents with overweight children who want to improve their family’s health and well-being are invited to sign up for the STEPS (Success Through Exercise, Physical Fitness and Sharing information) for Kids program.
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Lt. Col. Bob Weinstein takes his successful fitness beach boot camp programs on Fort Lauderdale Beach, Florida and shares them in his new book, Change Made Easy – Your Basic Training Orders to Excellent Physical and Mental Health, published by Advantage Books in Orlando, Florida. His book is a guide to values-based group exercise and healthy living without all the hype and product promotions. …
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This is just what you need, in the aftermath of pumpkin pie and the advent of holiday parties: gross-out science about deep belly fat.
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Title: Who Gets Enough Exercise, Who Doesn’t? Category: Health News Created: 12/5/2008 Last Editorial Review: 12/5/2008
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Exercise has long been viewed as one of the primary solutions to our growing obesity problem. And while there’s no doubt that physical activity boosts calorie burn, you need to do more than work out a couple times a week to keep the weight off.
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Many Americans are failing to meet the minimum recommendations for exercise, although confusing guidelines are making it difficult to assess, researchers reported on Thursday.
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THURSDAY, Dec. 4 (HealthDay News) — An estimated 65 percent of people in the United States last year met the 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans. And 49 percent of those people met the Healthy People 2010 physical activity objectives, according to a federal report released Thursday.
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CDC: Under new, less strict exercise guidelines, 2/3 of Americans are “physically active” — but only half of Americans would have met the older exercise guideline.
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