Fitness and Health:
Fitness, news articles on health and fitness, muscle fitness, pilates.
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Aug 10th, 2009
Steven Blair, PED, speaking at the 117th meeting of the American Psychological Association (APA), says the biggest health risk to Americans is inactivity, leaving 50 million sedentary people in America at increased health risk and early death. He called inactivity in America, "the biggest public health problem of the 21st century."
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Aug 5th, 2009
More than 11 million people in the US use pilates to build muscle and maintain good health. The focus on balance and core body strength in pilates is also making it the exercise choice for many people with multiple sclerosis who are concerned about losing the ability to walk.
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Jul 14th, 2009
Physically fit students tend to outscore their peers who are less-fit on academic tests.
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Jul 1st, 2009
Adult obesity rates have grown in 23 states. None of the states out of the 50 have shown a drop in obesity rates. Mississippi leads the race as Americans are getting fatter. Childhood obesity rates are flat, but they remain alarmingly high. Fitness and regular exercise are needed daily. Busy individuals can take 10 minutes at a time to do fitness.
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May 26th, 2009
Charlotte, N.C., ranked as the 34th fittest of America’s most populous metropolitan areas according to the American College of Sports Medicine’s (ACSM) American Fitness Index (AFI). ACSM unveiled the 2009 rankings and released the AFI data report, “Health and Community Fitness Status of the 50 Largest Metropolitan Areas,“ during the organization’s Annual Meeting in Seattle
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May 19th, 2009
The Rockland County Department of Health and the Steps to a Healthier Rockland program announce that Wednesday, May 20th is Employee Health & Fitness Day and urge employers to take part in the “Healthier Worksites, Healthier Workers” program to promote a healthy work environment.
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Apr 24th, 2009
Results from a massive survey of Change4Life families show that almost three quarters (72 per cent) of their children are not getting 60 minutes of daily activity outside of school.
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Apr 8th, 2009
Regular exercise is safe for heart failure patients and may slightly lower their risk of death or hospitalization, according to results from the largest and most comprehensive clinical trial to examine the effects of exercise in chronic heart failure patients.
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Apr 8th, 2009
Hundreds of Vermonters this spring will become versed in the terrain, milestones and markers of the Appalachian Trail – one step at a time – without ever having set foot on the trail.
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Mar 17th, 2009
In an article published in the Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association yesterday, the authors noted that all types of exercise are good for the heart after a myocardial infarction (MI) but only if done.
