'Exercise and Fitness' Category
Big Benefits of a Little Exercise.
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1. You’re Never Too Old. In a recent study of 213 people, aged from 70 to 89, the better the participants’ adherence to a physical activity program, the greater their improvements in physical functioning.
At the beginning of the study, all of the male and female volunteers were sedentary and had […]Mind and Body in Fatigue and Cancer
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A Little Exercise can Decrease Fatigue
Sedentary people who regularly complain of fatigue can increase their energy and decrease their fatigue engaging in regular, low intensity exercise, according to a new University of Georgia study published in the February issue of the journal Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics.
Tim Puetz the lead author of […]Three Pieces of Health News: put down the phone, exercise at the desk and go for a walk
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1. Mobile Phones
For years there has been debate about the effects of radiation from mobile phones. The debate is still not settled. The newest evidence is that the radiation from the phones does affect your skin.
A new study completed by the Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) on […]Four Simple, Little Things to do for Big Health Benefits
It’s been a while since I did a post about physical health. Lately I’ve been mostly dealing with psychology. So here is a longer post to make up for this a bit.
To have good health doesn’t require adopting unusual or bizarre behaviours. Doing little things can make a big difference. (This is for those in […]Fitness not Fatness
These excerpts from Australia’s Radio National’s Health Report interviewing Steve Blair (Professor of Exercise Science at the University of South Carolina).
They are extraordinary findings.
Yes, this comes from a large epidemiological study (following about 80,000 people), we call it the aerobic centre longitudinal study and we’ve been following these people for now over 25 years and […]Anorexia and Schooling.
Schooling can be bad for your health.
Especially if you are an adolescent woman. Christine Halse at the University of Western Sydney has been conducting research on the impact of schooling on young women, especially concerning anorexia. The paper is in the journal Gender and Education, 19(2), 219-235. The whole story is told in her book […]Obesity is a Social Problem
A study from America has shown that where you live affects how heavy you are.
Put starkly: the wealthier your neighbourhood the less likely you are to be overweight. (The figures from the study are that: for each additional $100,000 in the median price of homes, obesity rates in a given post code drop 2 […]
