Luke Bayler walks more than 50 miles every week. It’s 3 miles every day to work at Amazon.com in South Lake Union where he works as a technical writer and another 3 miles back home to Fremont, where he lives with his cousin and his cousin’s wife. A visit to his sister’s house on the…
There is a definitive answer to the question, is it ever too late to start exercising? New Haven was one of eight sites of nationwide study. Researchers at Southern Connecticut State University and Yale School of Medicine worked together, targeting seniors between the ages of 70 to 89 years old, who were sedentary and not…
Perhaps you have seen him, the Zen master of Zen Palate, doing his daily exercise routine in the middle of Midtown Manhattan’s morning rush. He is Sam Wong, 60, and he has the robust physique of an old-time strongman. Just before 9 a.m. every workday — he has Friday and Saturday off — Mr. Wong…
Once again, the wonks over at fivethirtyeight have stumbled across a dull data set on public transportation ridership and turned it into an something more accessible to the average metro rider. Every year, cities of all sizes submit monthly ridership data to the Federal Transit Administration in order to qualify for grants. Fivethirtyeight added these up and ranked cities…
Millions of Americans spend 8 hours a day sitting at their desks – and then go home and spend hours more sitting in front of the TV or computer. Recent studies show all that sitting could be putting them at risk for serious health problems, including heart disease, obesity and premature death. Now some companies are trying to…
I cleared Canadian customs after the flight from New York, stashed my passport in my backpack and strode down the wide, brightly lighted corridor of Toronto Pearson International Airport’s Terminal 1. My fellow passengers on the 8:45 Air Canada flight from La Guardia to Toronto were what you’d expect for a Wednesday morning. There were…
PreventObesity.net Leaders and Supporters alike know that the most effective grassroots campaign is one to which its audience can relate. For one organization in New York City, the birthplace of rap and hip-hop music, that means using local beats to spread the word about good nutrition and exercise. The Hip Hop Public Health organization has been…
Comments on a blog post about a revitalizing neighborhood in Washington, D.C., claimed that older people often don’t care about having amenities such as shopping and health care within walking distance. They can live in the suburbs and have everything they need. Affordable housing in urban areas, one person argued, better serves younger people who work. But,…
By Jay Walljasper More than 4500 pedestrians are killed by motor vehicles every year on the streets of America–more than those who died in the horror of 9/11. A recent report from the National Complete Streets Coalition studying ten years of data found that 16 times more people were killed crossing the street than in…
Statistics show that as many as 1 million Americans suffer from Parkinson’s disease: a progressive neurodegenerative disease that may be linked to both genetic and environmental factors. For those suffering from the problem, a recent study shows that a little regular walking could help to greatly alleviate symptoms. Furthermore, findings from the journal Neurology show that it…