| Fit Fact: Interval training can slow the aging process |
| If I had to choose one way to exercise, it would be interval training. I added it to my routine several years ago with Cardio Coach and my exercise... |
| Exercise on a Budget |
| A few years ago, I had a client, let's call her Amy, who really struggled with cardio workouts. She decided at some point that if she could just buy... |
| Exercises of the Week - Relax and Stretch Your Shoulders |
| If you had to choose one area of your body that held the most tension, what would it be? For most of us, it would be the shoulders. ... |
| Vote in This Week's Poll: How do you lift weights? |
| One of my grandmother's favorite sayings is: ''There's more than one way to skin a cat.'' While the fact that there's apparently even one way to do this is... |
| Kentucky Public Health To Launch Strength Training Program For Women |
| Six organizations in Kentucky will be trained to offer the StrongWomen Program, which promotes strength training and nutrition as part of a long-term health plan for women 50 and older, the Kentucky Department for Public Health announced today. DPH and the Barren River District Health Department have partnered to launch the initiative, which will be offered at sites throughout Kentucky. |
| DOH Sponsors A Statewide Physical Activity And Nutrition Forum, Hawaii |
| The Hawai'i State Department of Health (DOH) Healthy Hawai'i Initiative (HHI) hosted a Physical Activity and Nutrition (PAN) Forum, ''Good Health: Creating Active Living Communities.'' The forum was a follow-up to last year's Physical Activity and Nutrition (PAN) Summit, where professionals and community members gathered to learn about programs that promote physical activity and healthy nutrition in Hawai'i and throughout the nation. |
| Body Contouring: Selecting Appropriate Massive Weight Loss Patients Critical |
| The importance of pre-operative screening for patients seeking body contouring after massive weight loss will be assessed in three studies presented at the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) Plastic Surgery 2008 conference, Oct. 31 - Nov. 5, in Chicago. These studies examine demographic factors that could affect complication rates; specifically, those who have not yet attained their goal body mass index (BMI); those who lost weight through diet and exercise and those who are male. |
| Vitamins Are Necessary After Gastric Bypass Surgery |
| In a Case Report published in this week's edition of The Lancet, researchers study a woman who failed to take multivitamins after weight-loss surgery and subsequently developed a vitamin deficiency. |
| Woman Suffers Serious Vitamin Deficiency After Gastric Bypass Surgery |
| A woman developed disease because, after her weight-loss surgery, she did not take her multivitamin, as reported in a Case Report released on October 10, 2008 in The Lancet. The obesity epidemic is well documented around the world, and has affected developed countries in great magnitude. One treatment for obesity is gastric bypass surgery, which actually limits the size of the stomach cavity to help curb the patient's appetite. |
| 10 ways to pick up your pace |
| You can blame your energy crisis on a lack of shut-eye, but there may be other reasons you're slogging along like a turtle. Find out what's fueling your fatigue. |
