Fitness In The News...
5/31/2009
American Academy of Pediatrics
The American Academy of Pediatrics has released a new report focusing on the effect of the built environment on children's health. Access to parks, the ability to walk to school, and opportunities for 'incidental exercise.'
4/23/2009
Toronto Star
Marathon runner and motivational speaker Rick Ball has a surefire way to wake up the students he frequently speaks to about his life.
3/13/2009
Indianapolis Star
People in their 50s, 60s and beyond benefit from strenuous exercise.
3/4/2009
Toronto Star
A huge proportion of many common cancers could be prevented through diet, exercise and healthy weight maintenance, but it will take co-ordinated efforts by all sectors of society to reduce the burden of cancer worldwide, a sweeping international report says.
3/4/2009
Detroit News
Eighteen years ago, Ronnie Guie considered buying a treadmill or a stair-climbing machine to stay in shape. Then one day on his lunch hour at Con Edison in New York, two co-workers invited Guie to take a walk to the top of the 10-floor building. He was breathing heavily by the time he got there, but was hooked: He had found his workout for free.
2/26/2009
Newsweek
There is more than enough evidence that physical exercise is good for the brain, bringing benefits like lower cholesterol and blood pressure, but here’s more: it can increase the size of your hippocampus, the structure responsible for the formation and storage of new memories as well as for spatial navigation--finding your way around.
2/10/2009
msnbc.com
Greater amounts of physical activity than currently recommended may be necessary to prevent people from gaining weight, and to help them lose weight and keep it off, according to updated guidelines issued by the American College of Sports Medicine.
1/9/2009
Reuters.com
A person's fitness level in childhood seems to influence certain measures of their health as young adults, new study findings suggest.
1/9/2009
Toronto Star
Regular physical activity is known to improve cognitive ability and help stave off dementia, and now Canadian researchers think they know why.
1/9/2009
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Want to take off those extra holiday pounds? Push away from the table and go for a walk. Physicians have long regarded walking as among the finest of aerobic exercises. Research indicates the cardiovascular benefits of walking are virtually identical to those of running or doing aerobics.
1/1/2009
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Anyone doubting that New Year's resolutions can improve behavior should resolve to read John C. Norcross' psychological studies. His works provide evidence that resolutions have helped a good number of people lose weight, adopt exercise, quit smoking, improve relationships and reduce alcohol consumption or debt.
12/28/2008
Toronto Star
Has winter put your willpower in a deep freeze? These tips will help you weather the weather and stay active this season.
12/7/2008
Toronto Star
Walking in a winter wonderland can be one of the great pleasures of life in a northern climate, although stepping out for exercise or enjoyment involves some extra consideration when the temperature drops.
12/7/2008
Toronto Star
Even in the dead of a Prairie winter, when the thermometer dips below -40 C, the streets are covered by a sheen of crackling ice and breathing brings a frozen sting to the lungs, Lindsay Gauld will get on his bicycle. "There are no bad days, just bad clothing choices," laughs Gauld.
12/2/2008
Detroit News
Now that temperatures -- and gas prices -- have fallen, you might be tempted to exile your bike to the basement or garage until warmer days return. But there's no need. With the right equipment and care, you can continue commuting on two wheels or hitting the trails on weekends -- and reaping the rewards of keeping fit.
11/26/2008
The Times
The phenomenon of cycle congestion is afflicting a growing number of junctions in inner London. Cyclists jostle for space in the green cycle boxes at the head of traffic lights; they race each other to be first through the narrow gap in the cycle path; they even argue over the last available space in the cycle rack.
11/25/2008
Toronto Star
The main reason depressed heart disease patients are at higher risk for further heart trouble is because they exercise less and adopt other unhealthy habits, researchers said Tuesday.
11/17/2008
Toronto Star
Gait speed could help predict how long you'll live. It may very well be another important vital sign, like heart rate, blood pressure and cholesterol levels.
11/17/2008
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
As a portly woman plodded ahead of him on the sidewalk, the obese mayor of America's fattest and unhealthiest city explained why health is not a big local issue.
11/17/2008
Detroit News
The English city of Manchester has come up with a simple formula it hopes will help keep its citizens trim: eat right, get stuff. Exercise, get more stuff.
11/10/2008
BBC
A bit of greenery near our homes can cut the "health gap" between rich and poor, say researchers from two Scottish universities. Even small parks in the heart of our cities can protect us from strokes and heart disease, perhaps by cutting stress or boosting exercise.
10/28/2008
Time.com
The best way to start an exercise regimen is to come up with a goal — such as losing 10 lb., running a half marathon or getting off those blood-pressure meds.
10/24/2008
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
If your child isn't physically active, he or she is more likely to have emotional and behavioral problems, according to a study published in the October issue of the journal of the American College of Sports Medicine. The study, by Finnish researchers, was of 7,000 15- and 16-year-old boys and girls, who answered questions on a survey about their level of physical activity and their mental and emotional states.
10/20/2008
Seattle Times
Drink a milkshake and the pleasure center in your brain gets a hit of happy — unless you're overweight. It sounds counterintuitive. But Oregon scientists who watched young women savor milkshakes inside a brain scanner concluded that when the brain doesn't sense enough gratification from food, people may overeat to compensate.
10/13/2008
San Francisco Chronicle
The $700 billion bailout bill intended to stop the tailspin of the nation's financial sector did something else: It includes federal tax benefits for people who commute by bike.
9/30/2008
Toronto Star
A few minutes after Rick Rayman was finishing his 197th marathon, Mary Ancona of Burlington was finishing her first.
9/26/2008
Toronto Star
Lose weight to cut your risk of breast cancer? Exercise more? Yes, say disease experts: Being active and reducing body fat are among the most effective ways women can protect themselves.
9/23/2008
Seattle Times
Lance Armstrong Foundation teams with the YMCA, the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center to infuse exercise into recovery.
9/18/2008
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
If you want to drop those extra pounds, you shouldn't work out more than about half an hour a week, says Dr. Dan Pompa, a Wexford chiropractor who is one of the nation's chief advocates of surge training.
9/6/2008
Reuters.com
Adults who are regularly active, whether through exercise or work, are less likely to develop a range of cancers, a new study suggests.
9/3/2008
Reuters.com
Regular, moderate exercise may help improve memory in older people and delay the onset of dementia, a study in Australia shows.
9/3/2008
Detroit News
Think you need to totally ban certain high fat and sugary foods from your life to avoid unwanted weight gain? Not so fast. Maybe it's not what you're eating, but how you're eating.
9/2/2008
Reuters.com
Millions of poor children in the United States may be getting fat before age 10 because their mothers are stressed out and the youngsters seek escape in unhealthy comfort food, researchers said on Tuesday.
9/2/2008
Reuters.com
People who don't think life is worth living are more likely to die within the next few years, research from Japan shows.
8/26/2008
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Regular aerobic exercise significantly retards the aging process, say researchers at Stanford University. Doctors at Stanford's school of medicine have tracked 538 older runners for more than 20 years. The runners live longer and are much healthier than their peers who exercise little or not at all.
8/18/2008
Washington Post
Today the city will join the ranks of Paris and Barcelona with the launch of the first high-tech public bike-sharing program in the United States, forcing such cities as San Francisco and Chicago to look here to see chic alternative transportation in action in America.
8/13/2008
Detroit News
A Troy man has begun a 350-mile walk to honor National Alcohol & Drug Addiction Recovery Month.
7/29/2008
Time.com
Obesity experts agree that daily exercise is essential for good health, but whether it can successfully lead to long-term weight loss is a question of much debate. What has become increasingly clear, however, is that the conventionally accepted advice — 30 minutes of moderate-intensity activity most days of the week — is probably insufficient to spur any real change in a person's body weight.
7/23/2008
Indianapolis Star
Remember the presidential physical fitness test you anguished over in school? Now, there's an adult version you can take at home. Don't groan. It's not that hard.
7/18/2008
Reuters.com
More than a quarter of all Americans are now obese, the latest U.S. government figures show. The percentage of U.S. adults who are obese grew by nearly 2 percent between 2005 and 2007, from just under 24 percent to 25.6 percent, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Thursday.
7/16/2008
Reuters.com
Researchers found that people who lived in neighborhoods with more opportunities for exercise, less crime, better grocery stores and a closer sense of community had a lower risk having high blood pressure -- independent of factors such as income and education level.
7/16/2008
Indianapolis Star
Whether for fitness or thrift, bicycling is regaining popularity among adults.
7/16/2008
Detroit News
Study shows as kids age, exercise drops off, raising risks for hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, obesity.
7/14/2008
New York Times
In a surprising reshaping of the urban landscape, the city is creating a public esplanade along a portion of one of its most prominent streets, Broadway in Midtown, setting aside the east side of the roadway for a bicycle lane and a pedestrian walkway with cafe tables, chairs, umbrellas and flower-filled planters.
7/9/2008
Reuters.com
Keeping a food diary -- a detailed account of what you eat and drink and the calories it packs -- is a powerful tool in helping people lose weight, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
7/9/2008
Reuters.com
Of all the developing countries, only in Mexico is the rate of increase in becoming overweight among adults faster than in China.
7/7/2008
Detroit News
You can run it, walk it or crawl it, but when it comes to the health benefits, a mile is just a mile.
6/30/2008
Reuters.com
A new program developed by the U.S. government is tackling the obesity epidemic by helping "tween" girls and their parents make small but important changes to build a healthier lifestyle.
6/23/2008
Toronto Star
When the Cell Cyclers cross the finish line tomorrow, after a 200-kilometre bike ride across southern Ontario to raise money for cancer research, each of the 11 team members will have something different swirling through their mind.
6/23/2008
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Every year when Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield gets ready to start its 10,000 Step Challenge, the maintenance staff kicks it into high gear.
6/18/2008
New York Times
“If it works, we’ll certainly consider doing it again,” Mr. Bloomberg said. “If not, we won’t. But we have never been afraid to try new ideas, especially the ones that have the potential to improve the quality of life.”
6/16/2008
Detroit News
Benefit for United Cerebal Palsy allows Neil Sauter to give back to the cause.
6/13/2008
Toronto Star
Dan Buettner hasn't discovered the fountain of youth, but he has some pretty good clues on living a longer, healthier life after years of studying what he calls "blue zones" — areas of the world where longevity and health go hand in hand.
6/10/2008
Toronto Star
New Ontario research shows schools that push fitness and nutrition have watched their standardized scores rise by as much as 50 per cent over two years in Grade 3 reading and 39 per cent in Grade 3 math – outscoring other schools in similar neighbourhoods by about eight points across all three subjects.
6/10/2008
Detroit News
Sure, exercise is good for your waistline, your heart, your bones -- but might it also help prevent addiction to drugs or alcohol?
6/4/2008
Indianapolis Star
Summertime sports can help you look and feel better -- and you'll have a good time.
6/4/2008
Detroit News
If you want your overweight teenagers to slim down, whatever you do, don't tell them to go on a diet. That most likely will make matters worse, according to a new study.
6/2/2008
Columbus Dispatch
City commits to adding over 450 miles of new bikeways/lanes linking neighborhoods, parks, downtown, and employment centers over the next 20 years and making an initial investment of $20 million.
5/29/2008
Toronto Star
Canadian kids are continuing to swap their running shoes for cartoons, computers and high-octane video games, pushing sedentary behaviour to an all-time high across the country. Average screen time is now 6 hours per day.
5/29/2008
Detroit News
The percentage of American children who are overweight or obese appears to have leveled off after a 25-year increase, according to new figures that offer a glimmer of hope in an otherwise dismal battle.
5/23/2008
Reuters.com
Type 2 diabetes accounts for about 90 percent of all diabetes cases and is closely linked to obesity and physical inactivity. Type 1 diabetes is an auto-immune disease often diagnosed at an early age.
5/21/2008
Indianapolis Star
Defy the calendar with proper diet, lifestyle.
5/19/2008
Toronto Star
Scarcity of bike lanes and sparse political support stand in way.
5/19/2008
Reuters.com
Just 5 percent of U.S. cancer survivors are meeting experts' recommendations on diet, physical activity and cigarette smoking, a new survey shows.
5/16/2008
Seattle Times
If you didn't get a Presidential Physical Fitness Award in school, the government is giving you another chance to prove you're in shape.
5/16/2008
Ottawa Citizen
To make North American cities more bicycle friendly, planners should look to Stockholm, Sweden and Freiburg, Germany -- two European cities were bikes and cars happily co-exist on the street.
5/14/2008
Detroit News
Get your daughters off the couch: New research shows exercise during the teen years -- starting as young as age 12 -- can help protect girls from breast cancer when they're grown.
5/12/2008
Los Angeles Times
With rising gas prices and concern over auto emissions, more workers are taking to two wheels. But they must navigate an obstacle course of anarchic traffic conditions.
5/9/2008
The Oregonian
On Tuesday morning, this bike-proud city celebrated an honor that recognizes its efforts to better accommodate bicyclists: the coveted Platinum designation as a bike-friendly environment. League of American Bicyclists bestowed Portland as the first major metro area to earn the designation.
5/9/2008
Philadelphia Inquirer
As she does nearly every day in good weather, Hilary Armstrong pushed off from a dock on the Schuylkill and used her powerful arms, legs and torso to begin rowing her four-person boat. That in itself is a miracle.
5/7/2008
Philadelphia Inquirer
Some of the fattest people in America are among the poorest. And with food prices rising, the problem is likely to get worse.
5/6/2008
The Star Ledger
Students at Bridgewater-Raritan High School in New Jersey are protesting after the principal refused to accept a new bike rack as a gift from the school's environmental club.
5/2/2008
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
An estimated 14.2% of the population spends less than 10 minutes a week on moderately intense activities, such as walking and vacuuming, or vigorous ones, such as running, according to 2005 statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A quarter of Americans say they're not performing any physical activity during their free time.
4/30/2008
Detroit News
In communities with an abundance of fast-food outlets and convenience stores, researchers have found, obesity and diabetes rates are much higher than in areas where fresh fruit and vegetable markets and full-service grocery stores are easily accessible.
4/30/2008
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The secret? Play the game you love.
4/30/2008
Indianapolis Star
The brains of people who are overweight or obese may age faster than the brains of those who are normal weight.
4/28/2008
Seattle Times
By laying stakes on their weight-loss goals, John Dirks and Adam Orkand have stumbled upon a method — and a healthy hobby — that keeps them in shape.
4/25/2008
The News Tribune
In an age where people can accomplish many daily activities from home using computers, they use public spaces for optional activities such as leisure shopping or urban recreation. But people will only use those spaces if they are inviting, high-quality places.
4/25/2008
Seattle Times
As the credit and housing crises rattle Wall Street, pressures over bigger workloads, job security and shrinking nest eggs are upending diets and fueling unhealthy habits across the country.
4/23/2008
Seattle Times
For the first time in generations, life expectancy for large numbers of Americans is stagnating or falling as more people pay for obesity, high blood pressure and other chronic conditions with shortened lives.
4/21/2008
Toronto Star
In Bremen, Germany, 60 percent of trips are made by means other than car.
4/18/2008
New York Post
With no subway service and just a couple of bus lines, Brooklyn's Red Hook is looking to become the city's most bike-friendly neighborhood.
4/16/2008
Indianapolis Star
During a spring break trip in college, I hiked about 60 miles of the Appalachian Trail with friends. It wasn't enjoyable because the weather was awful and none of us knew what we were doing. But that kind of set off my thinking to hike the entire 2,175 miles from Georgia to Maine at one time.
4/16/2008
Philadelphia Inquirer
Bob Rodgers, 78, great-grandfather of seven, homered, tripled, and made an unassisted double play at first base yesterday as the Royals smoked the Bobcats, 12-1, on opening day of Philadelphia's Over-70 Senior Softball League.
4/14/2008
Detroit News
More active, stimulating recreation and group activities are what help us feel connected and content.
4/14/2008
Philadelphia Inquirer
There are close to 1.5 million people living in Philadelphia, and every one of them is a pedestrian at one time or another. Yet City Hall sometimes seems surprised to learn that people travel on two feet.
4/11/2008
Indianapolis Star
If your family car is wearing a groove in the drive-through lane at the local fast-food joint -- and that's the only time you sit down for dinner together anyway -- check out a new program designed to make families healthier.
4/7/2008
Reuters.com
Teenagers with a bedroom television tend to have poorer diet and exercise habits and lower grades in school than those without one, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
4/7/2008
Detroit News
Five Philadelphia elementary schools replaced sodas with fruit juice. They scaled back snacks and banished candy. They handed out raffle tickets for wise food choices. They spent hours teaching kids, their parents and teachers about good nutrition.
4/4/2008
Reuters.com
In research published in the Journal of Urban Economics, researchers found that people's weight did not change as they moved from one neighborhood to another. Rather, people who are inclined to be heavy are choosing to live in particular types of neighborhoods because they can more easily move around by car for example.
4/3/2008
CNN.com
At 5 a.m. on any given day, Anne Mahlum could be found running the dark streets of Philadelphia -- with homeless men cheering her on as she passed their shelter. But one morning last spring, she stopped in her tracks.
4/2/2008
Toronto Star
Kelly Perkins accepted her donor heart while standing atop the world.
4/2/2008
Reuters.com
Endurance events at the Beijing Olympics could pose a health risk if they are staged on heavily polluted days, the International Olympic Committee said on Wednesday, although it was prepared to reschedule such events.
3/31/2008
The Vancouver Sun
A majority of British Columbians say rising gasoline prices are causing financial hardship in their households, according to an Angus Reid Strategies survey. British Columbians lead Canada in turning to bicycles, public transit or selling their cars as an alternative to paying more on gas.
3/28/2008
San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco bicyclists would be able to ride on 34 miles of new bike lanes - routes that would, in some cases, mean a loss of curbside automobile parking and traffic lanes, under a plan being circulated by city officials.
3/26/2008
Cleveland Plain Dealer
D.J. Gregory is going to another PGA Tour event this week in New Orleans. He will walk every hole of every round at the Zurich Classic, just as he has done the previous 12 tournaments, and will do the next 24 tournaments until his amazing journey ends at the Tour Championship. Gregory, 30, has cerebral palsy, which he refers to more as an inconvenience than an ailment.
3/26/2008
East Valley Tribune
The main tool cities have used to demarcate bike lanes has been paint. There’s the white line for the lane, and sometimes a bike icon painted in the lane. But as bicyclists complain that drivers aren’t paying attention, cities have gotten very bold with paint — slathering over the entire lane with green, blue or red.
3/24/2008
Long Beach Press-Telegram
The city of Long Beach, California, has initiated a bike sharing program for city officials. The program consists of 16 shared bikes, usable by city employees for short trips and errands around the city.
3/24/2008
Streetsblog
Why Americans don't cycle in the cold and rain, and why they do in Amsterdam.
3/24/2008
Reuters.com
The problem of obesity cannot be reduced simply to genetics and it also cannot be blamed solely on our environments or learned behaviors. Media coverage should highlight that the obesity epidemic is the result of a variety of factors, and that change requires a comprehensive approach that tackles the problem from all sides.
3/21/2008
Detroit News
Experts blame a mix of on-the-go lifestyles and bad habits -- daylight-saving time, Starbucks ventis, late-night snacks and late-night TV -- for growing sleep woes. And when it's time for bed, doctors say bodies don't always shut down when we turn off the lights.
3/17/2008
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
What would our streets look like if they were redesigned, building-to-building, to first accommodate walkers, bicyclists, the disabled and surface transit? The days of living at the margins are over: the Complete Streets revolution has begun.
3/17/2008
Chicago Public Radio
In Paris, there's a landscaped, elevated bikeway more than a mile long, reclaimed from old railroad property. Another has just opened in Manhattan. Now, community organizers around Bucktown and Humboldt Park say there should be one in Chicago too. They envision biking, Rollerblading and jogging for three miles without a stop sign. The city of Chicago and some powerful funders are teaming up to help make it happen.
3/17/2008
Reuters.com
Overeating disrupts entire networks of genes in the body, causing not only obesity, but diabetes and heart disease, in ways that may be possible to predict, researchers reported on Sunday.
3/12/2008
The Oregonian
As part of the National Bike Summit in Washington, D.C., Earl Blumenauer will announce Wheels4Wellness, a program to provide up to 30 bicycles around the Capitol Hill complex for U.S. House employees to check out.
3/12/2008
Globe and Mail
Bicycles may be the best weapon we have for the long campaign to make livable cities in the 21st century.
3/12/2008
Indianapolis Star
We all know that certain foods are good for us -- fruit and vegetables, whole grains, certain types of fish. But now a growing body of research suggests that some of these foods may be even better for us if eaten in conjunction with each other.
3/6/2008
Detroit News
This is a story about running shoes, and don't let anyone like Bart Yasso, chief running officer of Runner's World magazine, hear you give them any other name.
3/3/2008
CNN.com
Lois Fletcher started taking the subway to work nine months ago to save money. It turned out to be an excellent way for her to lose weight -- more than 30 pounds to be exact.
3/3/2008
Reuters.com
Couch potatoes who complain they are tired all the time have an easy solution -- a little light exercise. Regular, low-intensity workouts such as a leisurely stroll can boost energy levels by 20 percent and decrease fatigue by 65 percent, a team at the University of Georgia found.
3/3/2008
Reuters.com
Teenagers who regularly eat breakfast tend to weigh less, exercise more and eat a more healthful diet than their breakfast-skipping peers, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
2/29/2008
Scotland on Sunday
Prince Charles has initiated an effort to build the world's first "trim town" -- a city form that aims to improve the health of its residents by creating walkable environments.
2/29/2008
Toronto Star
Thousands of pilgrims find kindred souls, and themselves, on Earth's long and winding roads.
2/25/2008
Indianapolis Star
A series of surprising findings about some of the most widely accepted assumptions in medicine has renewed debate about how aggressively doctors use drugs to prevent and treat some of the nation's leading health problems. More emphasis should be placed on improving risk factors through lifestyle changes, such as eating better, maintaining a healthy weight and exercising more.
2/22/2008
Detroit News
Organization's strategy is to target nation's 'lifestyle health crisis' with new programs.
2/20/2008
Reuters.com
Endurance runners' strenuous training can erode their immunity and make them more vulnerable to catching colds, but a daily dose of "good" bacteria could bring their immune systems back up to speed, Australian researchers have shown.
2/20/2008
Indianapolis Star
Reality: Actually, the opposite is true.
2/18/2008
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Call it a scientific food fight. The incoming president of the nation's leading group of obesity researchers has sparked a debate among his colleagues by taking the restaurant industry's side in a court case to limit obesity.
2/15/2008
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Odds are, if you're 50 or older, you know you should be exercising. But in all likelihood, you're probably spending more time on the couch or in the car than on the treadmill or hiking trail.
2/15/2008
Seattle Times
Being obese or even overweight may increase a person's risk of developing up to a dozen types of cancer, European researchers report in a new study.
2/13/2008
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
People who exercise regularly are up to nine years younger, biologically, than sedentary people of the same chronological age, according to a new study by a team of British researchers.
2/13/2008
Seattle Times
"It's not just luck, it's not just genetics. ... It's lifestyle" that seems to make a big difference, said lead author Dr. Laurel Yates of Harvard's Brigham and Women's Hospital. "It's get your shoes on, get out there and do some exercise," she said. "These are some things you can do" to increase the chances of a long life.
2/13/2008
The Guardian
London is likely to become one of the most cycle-friendly places in the world, with a series of two-wheeler superhighways cutting a swath through traffic and congestion. Plans for the super-cycleways will be unveiled next week as part of an initiative to stimulate a 400% increase in the number of people pedalling round the capital by 2025.
2/13/2008
AZ Central
Bicycles may soon become as important as typewriters and desks as the City of Tucson launches a bike sharing program. Soon, employees may be riding to meetings or even to lunch on company-owned bikes.
2/11/2008
Chicago Sun-Times
Mayor seeks fines of up to $500 for reckless drivers.
2/11/2008
Indianapolis Star
The human heart undergoes an inevitable -- and inexplicable -- shrinkage at the half-century mark, a phenomenon that its Long Island, N.Y., discoverer is calling the "age 50 effect," a mysterious development that affects both genders.
2/8/2008
Reuters.com
"Exercise capacity" is one of many important prognostic factors measured during an exercise treadmill test, a simple procedure often performed in doctors' offices.
2/8/2008
Toronto Star
Diet and lifestyle play a far smaller role than genetic factors in determining whether a child becomes overweight, according to a British study of twins published today.
2/8/2008
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Strapped to the knee, it could use energy generated by walking to run medical and other devices.
2/8/2008
enRoute
From Paris to Bogota, urban spaces are undergoing a radical transformation with one thing in mind: your well-being.
2/6/2008
Detroit News
Heart disease is the No. 1 killer in the United States. Since February is National Heart Health Month, you'll probably hear a lot about ways for men and women to lower their risk of heart disease. But the problem often begins in childhood.
2/6/2008
Seattle Times
"Right-hook" collisions, as riders call them, are among the most common risks of urban cycling. A bike enters an intersection going straight and gets hit by a right-turning car. It's a problem that cities such as Seattle must solve as they encourage thousands of people to switch from cars to bicycles. Mayor Greg Nickels has set a goal of tripling bicycle use within a decade.
2/4/2008
Seattle Times
Some health experts say communitywide changes are required to curb the obesity epidemic.
2/4/2008
Governing.com
Will more people who can afford suburban privacy be attracted to the noise and bustle of the urban street?
2/1/2008
Detroit News
Physically active people have cells that look younger on a molecular level than those of couch potatoes, according to new research that offers a fundamental new clue into how exercise may help stave off aging.
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