Every Little Bit Helps
… even when it comes to exercise – if the results of this recent study are to be believed. According to Maev Kennedy of The Guardian… A cheering piece of research suggests that just 15 minutes of exercise a day – half the recommended amount in the UK – can boost life expectancy. A study in Taiwan, reported in The Lancet, tracked more than 400,000 men and women over 12 years, and showed significant benefits from 15...
Study: Regular Aerobic Exercise Best for Reducing Visceral Fat
Hot off the presses… The Duke study showed aerobic training significantly reduced visceral fat and liver fat, the culprit in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Aerobic exercise also did a better job than resistance training at improving fasting insulin resistance, and reducing liver enzymes and fasting triglyceride levels. All are known risk factors for diabetes and heart disease. …”Resistance training is great for...
Spreading the Gospel of Healthy Eating in the Delta
As this NPR article succinctly describes it, Mississippi is “ground zero” in the fight against obesity-related health issues: type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease. As the author also notes, the problem is particularly acute in the Mississippi Delta. “We have a culture of easy living, good eating with fatback and lard and things like that. We like to sit on our porch, and we like our adult beverages,...
Irony, Thy Name is Prevention
While glancing at MSNBC this morning, I clicked on a provocatively titled link, “End of Dieting? New Movement Breaks Cycle” – which led me to an article on “Health at Every Size” (HAES) reprinted from Prevention.com. What is “Health at Every Size“? It’s a philosophy that’s based on health, rather than weight loss. The goal is to break the vicious cycle of yo-yo dieting and promote...
Yet Another Reason to Keep Your Kids Away From McDonald’s
Those “playlands” are seriously contaminated. As noted by the LA Times: On a humid Monday morning, Erin Carr-Jordan was crawling through the tubey slides of a McDonald’s PlayPlace on the West Side. When she got to the top of the colorful structure, she peered through a cloudy plastic window and mouthed the words: “This is bad. This is really bad.” In recent months the 36-year-old mom and developmental...
Statewide Obesity Rates Still Rising
According to a new report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Trust for America’s Health, obesity rates climbed in 16 states, and did not decrease in any. Even worse, 12 states now have obesity rates of 30% or over. Four years ago, only 1 state had that distinction. “Today, the state with the lowest obesity rate would have had the highest rate in 1995,” said Jeff Levi, Ph.D., executive director of TFAH. “There was a...
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