Exercise after back surgery may speed recovery (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Exercise therapy after surgery for a slipped disc may help people get over their pain and disability more quickly, a research review suggests.
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NFL, Bengals Kick Off Program To Encourage Children’s Exercise (WLWT-TV Cincinnati)
The National Football League is stepping up efforts to get children to exercise more.
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U.S. Physical Activity Guidelines Reflect Those Previously Published By ACSM And AHA (Medical News Today)
Guidelines for physical activity released today by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) were met with support from the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and the American Heart Association (AHA).
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Physical Side Effects of Oversleeping (CBS News)
Is oversleeping getting in the way of your day? WebMD explains what can happen — the physical side effects — of getting too much sleep.
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American Council on Exercise (ACE) Studies Impact of Boot Camp-Style Workouts (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
The American Council on Exercise , America’s leading authority on fitness and one of the largest fitness certification, education and training organizations in the world, today announced key findings from an exclusive study conducted at the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse through its exercise and health program on the benefits of boot camp workouts.
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Teacher has students using exercise balls as chairs to reduce fidgeting (Grand Island Independent)
Fourth-grade teacher Pat Rerucha and her Shoemaker Elementary students have put a whole new spin on being “on the ball.” For the past four and a half years, Rerucha’s students have used balls designed to exercise the body’s “core” or trunk muscles as classroom chairs.
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Guidelines urge adults to exercise 2.5 hours per week (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Washington – Get moving: New exercise guidelines set a minimum sweat allotment for good health. For most adults,…
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Regular Exercise Can Help Prevent Chronic Illness, Reduce Health Care Costs, HHS Secretary Leavitt Writes (Medical News Today)
“Chronic diseases afflict 100 million Americans, cause seven out of 10 deaths and consume $2 out of every $3 spent on health care,” but “much of the burden … can be prevented with simple lifestyle choices” because a “major contributing factor is physical inactivity,” HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt writes in a Lexington Herald-Leader opinion piece.
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Experts Say Insufficient Exercise Recommended For Children (Medical News Today)
Researchers from the Peninsula Medical School in Plymouth, UK, have carried out research that suggests the one hour of moderate exercise a day recommended to children from health experts may not be enough to tackle the rising problem of childhood obesity. Their research has been published in the most recent issue of the journal Archives of Diseases in Childhood.
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Experts say more exercise and better diet the key to childhood obesity (News-Medical-Net)
With experts saying the life expectancy of Australian children will be shortened by two years if something is not done about the country’s obesity epidemic, researchers in Britain are saying the one hour of moderate exercise a day recommended to children from health experts may not be enough to tackle the problem of childhood obesity.
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The hottest new piece of exercise equipment? A stroller (Daily Herald)
Peek-a-Boo Lunges, Choo-Choo Sprints and Ring-Around-the-Rosie Squats aren’t part of most women’s exercise routines.
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