“The first generation to grow up exercising.” If you say it over and over again like reps, in three sets of 10, will you build muscle mass? “The first generation to grow up exercising.” Will you burn a calorie or two? “The first generation to grow up exercising.” Will you get rid of flab?…
When Los Angeles celebrated the 30th anniversary of its first farmers’ market in 2009, the city used the occasion to launch a movement. At a party marking the anniversary, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced the creation of the Los Angeles Food Policy Task Force, charged with developing a good food policy agenda for the city. Out…
March 26th 2013 is the 25th American Diabetes Association Alert Day; it is held on the fourth Tuesday in March. The alert is a wake-up call for Americans to assess their type 2 and pre-diabetes risk. According to the American Diabetes Association (ADA), a whopping 26 million Americans have type 2 diabetes and nearly seven…
Including the amount of physical activity needed to burn off the calories from a meal caused people to order on average 200 calories less in an online survey New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s campaign to limit sugary drinks is losing juice, but an idea the city has used to convey caloric information about these beverages…
You’ve probably heard this sobering statistic: Nearly one in three children and adolescents in the U.S. is overweight or obese. And did you know that our nation’s young people are predicted to have a lower life expectancy than most grownups today? One of the problems is that kids are sitting more and moving less. Most…
Overit Media’s employees can tell the time by whether they’re doing leg lifts or tricep dips. And they’re convinced their workout program is good for the company’s bottom line. About a year ago, Jen Graybeal, the managing director at Overit Media, received an email from her friend who was getting married. Her friend had asked…
BY 9:30 a.m., the early crowd at Metro Fitness in Montgomery, Ala., has thinned. Those who must be at work are gone. Those who remain are generally retirees. At that time, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 15 to 20 of them gather in the club’s first-floor studio for a class called Fitness Fusion. “It’s a…
People who walk regularly and briskly after suffering a stroke will not only improve their physical fitness, but also their mobility and quality of life, according to a new study. Researchers at the University of the West Indies in Jamaica had one group of stroke survivors follow a supervised program of brisk outdoor walking for three months….
It’s shocking, how much time and fuel is wasted so that people can sit in their rolling living/dining rooms, just getting to work. Everything else we do just pales in comparison. How bad is your commute? Too many Americans are stuck with long commutes, and there’s a double-whammy effect because the longer a commute is,…
We asked a wide variety of health experts about what they eat, how they exercise and what their guilty pleasures are. Each year, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics sponsors a month-long campaign to improve nutrition education. Everyone has their own health mantra. Some swear by the vegan diet while others think indulging here and there will…