Archive for January 4th, 2008

Moderate Exercise Yields Big Benefits

Friday, January 4th, 2008

What’s the key to looking and feeling better and enhancing your health? Exercise. Moderately strenuous exercise, about 30 minutes a day, can lead to enormous benefits in terms of your mood, health, weight and the ability to live an independent and fulfilling life. The exercise doesn’t need to be athletic or difficult. Studies have shown that simply walking at a brisk pace for 30 minutes or more on most days can lead to significant health improvements. [click link for full article]

Stop All Obesity Studies And Act Now

Friday, January 4th, 2008

All obesity research, advice on diets, and food labeling should stop and the money saved should be used to create a reliable, integrated public transport network, says a letter in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), this week’s issue. How many more studies do we need to tell us that as a nation we are too fat? Nicole Lavery, a community adviser in Northern Ireland, wonders. Lavery believes we have now reached saturation point as far as studies on this subject go. [click link for full article]

Link Between Obesity And Decreased Seatbelt Use

Friday, January 4th, 2008

Obese people are less likely to use their seatbelts than the rest of the population, adding to the public health risks associated with this rapidly growing problem.The connection was made by Vanderbilt University psychologist David Schlundt and his colleagues at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn.”We found that when weight goes up, seatbelt use goes down,” Schlundt, associate professor of psychology and assistant professor of medicine, said. [click link for full article]

Over 40’s: No Weightloss Without Drugs or Surgery

Friday, January 4th, 2008

North Americans over 40 are angered at the TV, Video and Movie media’s obsession with young hard bodies.

Alabama-wide weight-loss project returns with new rules, rewards

Friday, January 4th, 2008

Scale Back Alabama, the state’s comprehensive weight loss campaign, is returning for a second year with new rewards, rules and — organizers hope — results.