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Simple awareness reduces college food waste

01/11/2013 majac Your Health Matters

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – College students threw out 15 percent less food after researchers peppered dining halls with short anti-waste slogans, according to new study. “If you can get it into people’s minds to talk about food waste, that’s when little changes take effect,” said lead author Kelly Whitehair, an instructor of hospitality management and dietetics at Kansas State University. “Change doesn’t have to involve a huge elaborate campaign,” she told Reuters Health. …

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Underdog to Exercise Harder

12/02/2012 majac Exercise

Brandon Irwin, PhD, assistant professor of kinesiology at Kansas State University, led researchers in finding whether women exercise harder with a partner, against a teammate or alone. Women can typically exercise at less intense levels than men, which …
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Study: Exercising With Physically Superior Partners Makes You Better—Even if …

12/01/2012 majac Exercise

METHODOLOGY: Brandon Irwin, an assistant professor of kinesiology at Kansas State University, gathered 58 female college students who rated their own physical fitness as average. In a pre-trial, the women rode exercise bikes on their own for six sessions.
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Working Mothers Find Balance with Exercise, Children; Guilt Verses Gut

08/21/2012 majac Exercise

Guilt is a major obstacle working mothers face for staying active, according to Emily Mailey. She is a Kansas State University assistant professor of kinesiology who researches and develops interventions to promote physical activity among working mothers.
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Exercise endeavor in outer space: Kansas State University research leads to new discoveries for NASA

09/13/2011 majac Exercise

( Kansas State University ) Using an obstacle course of lunar tasks, a Kansas State University research team is trying to develop a way to measure astronauts’ physical capacities and keep them safe in space. They are supported by a three-year, $1.2 million grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

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Exercise Endeavor in Outer Space: One Year Into NASA Project, Kansas State University Research Leads to New Discoveries

09/13/2011 majac Exercise

Using an obstacle course of lunar tasks, a Kansas State University research team is trying to develop a way to measure astronauts’ physical capacities and keep them safe in space. They are supported by a three-year, $1.2 million grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

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Exercise endeavor in outer space: Kansas State University research leads to …

09/12/2011 majac Exercise

It's all part of a Kansas State University exercise physiology research project being supported by a three-year, $1.2 million grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The team has been given a research mission: develop a way to …
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