The following guest post is excerpted from the new booklet Walking As a Way of Life: Movement for Health & Happiness. Researchers have discovered a “wonder drug” for many of today’s most common medical problems, says Dr. Bob Sallis, a family practitioner at a Kaiser Permanente clinic in Fontana, California. It’s been proven to help…
Walking, fast or slow, is wonderful exercise. But now a first-of-its-kind study shows that to get the most health benefits from walking, many of us need to pick up the pace. The findings stem from a new analysis of the National Walkers’ Health Study, a large database of information maintained at the Lawrence Berkeley National…
For years it has been suggested that going for a walk or exercising can help with writers’ block and get the creative juices flowing. Now researchers have shown that regular exercise really does improve creativity The philosopher and author Henry Thoreau claimed that his thoughts began to flow ‘the moment my legs began to move.’…
You can run for an hour to work off two slices of pumpkin pie We know it’s hard to push back from the holiday table and think about exercise. But we’ve done the work for you and figured out how much running, walking or football with the family it will take to shed the calories…
This week marks the start of the annual eat-too-much and move-too-little holiday season, with its attendant declining health and surging regrets. But a well-timed new study suggests that a daily bout of exercise should erase or lessen many of the injurious effects, even if you otherwise lounge all day on the couch and load up…
If you don’t think auto racing is a physically demanding sport, just ask a member of a team’s pit crew. This high-stakes job requires strength, speed and precision, as workers change 90-pound tires in a matter of seconds. We asked Christmas Abbott, 32 and one of the first women to become a full-time member of…
Today is the start of a brand new focus for Transportation for America. Since 2008, T4America has been a leading advocate in Washington for a national investment plan for transportation that matches today’s challenges and opportunities. Smart Growth America is proud to call T4America one of our programs. Today, T4America is launching the next phase:…
It can be frustrating to see planning and transportation reforms debated not on their merits, but through the lens of one group that feels its interests are threatened. Discussion of policies ranging from regional land use planning to local zoning laws often devolves into an “us” vs. “them” debate. Alex Cecchini at Streets.mn makes a…
On Thursday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released the traffic fatality numbers for 2012, and it confirmed that bicycle and pedestrian fatalities continue to increase. For 2012, a total of 5,469 people died while walking or bicycling, up from the 2011 toll of 5,139 deaths. Bicycle and pedestrian traffic deaths now represent 16.3…
Road traffic crashes kill nearly 3,500 persons each day and injure or disable 50 million each year around the world (1). Road traffic crashes are the leading cause of death among persons aged 10–24 years worldwide and the leading cause of death among those in the first 3 decades of life in the United States. CDC…