In early 2013, the Rev. Theresa S. Thames stumbled upon a Facebook page titled “GirlTrek: Healthy Black Women and Girls.” “It saved my life,” she said. Thames, then 33, was dangerously overweight and fighting depression. She sent the site her contact information and received an email from Vanessa Garrison, co-founder of GirlTrek, an organization that…
April is National Minority Health Month 2016! The theme for 2016 is “Accelerating Health Equity for the Nation.” We invite all across the nation to join with the HHS Office of Minority Health to raise awareness of the health disparities that continue to affect racial and ethnic minorities and how we are working together to…
National Walking Day is April 6, and to prepare for it, the American Heart Association has released a toolkit that will help with implementation and promotion materials. These materials are available in English and Spanish. Sign up to participate in National Walking Day, and help spread the word. Source: Prevent Obesity March 16, 2016 http://preventobesity.net/Inside-Track-March-17-16-f
If there is a holy grail of weight loss, it would be a program that allows someone to shed fat rapidly while hanging on to or even augmenting muscle. Ideally, it would also be easy. A new study describes a workout and diet regimen that accomplishes two of those goals remarkably well. But it may…
Aidan Wood, 11, his parents, David Wood and Heather Moore Wood, and his brother Ellis, 7, walki in Portland on Wednesday. When the Woods bought their house, they specifically sought a walkable neighborhood. Whitney Hayward/Staff Photographer Families are seeking walkable neighborhoods when they scout out where to live. Heather Moore Wood and David Wood set…
American Diabetes Association Alert Day® is a one-day “wake-up call” asking the American public to take the Type 2 Diabetes Risk Test to find out if they are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes. On this Mission Engagement Day, employees will be encouraged to take the Type 2 Diabetes Risk Test, share it with…
Some forms of exercise may be much more effective than others at bulking up the brain, according to a remarkable new study in rats. For the first time, scientists compared head-to-head the neurological impacts of different types of exercise: running, weight training and high-intensity interval training. The surprising results suggest that going hard may not…
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State Extension is encouraging Pennsylvanians to improve their health and fitness by taking a virtual — or actual — walk on one of the state’s many Rails- to-Trails recreational paths. It’s part of the organization’s Everybody Walk Across PA program, in which registered teams take a virtual walk along a…
Yet another reason to exercise: the bigger the workout, the bigger the brain Here’s good motivation to get up and move more, even in the dead of winter: a new study published in the journal Neurology found that people who weren’t as physically active in midlife had smaller brains than their peers 20 years later….
Star fitness instructor Stacey Griffith breaks it down for you Finding the formula to create motivation is the age-old question that every fitness professional and boutique-fitness hub has been trying to master. As a group-fitness pioneer, my finger has been on the pulse of motivation for two decades. The key is to discover how your…