17 Feb
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Can seeing the calories in different foods change your choices? One study says it might, at least for parents making food choices for their kids. A study published in recruited 99 parents who took their toddlers to fast food restaurants on a regular basis. In the study, parents were given a sample McDonald’s menu and asked to choose items for themselves and their kids. Half of the menus included calorie information for each food while the other menus didn’t. The results? The parents who had the calorie information chose an average of 102 fewer calories than the other parents.
That’s a good thing, considering that 100 extra calories a day could lead to a 10-lb weight gain in a year. Want to know more?
I talk a lot about staying fit at the office and finding ways to get out of the chair every so often to give your body a break. Our tendency to sit has always been a concern among health and fitness professionals, not only because it leads to problems like back pain, headaches and chair-butt (a scientific term referring to tendency of your butt to spread when you don’t exercise it enough), but because sitting can actually .
Maybe you’ve found the news about this motivating and have started doing things like taking more breaks, standing up to work or shoving your computer out the window. If you haven’t gone there yet, another recent study may just do the trick.
25 Jul
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Most of us have probably met an energetic older adult and thought: “Man, I hope I’m that fit and healthy when I get older.” I know I think that whenever I see one of my neighbors, a 70-something year old man who looks 50 and walks every day, regardless of the weather.
This is something we can all strive for because, according to a in the American Journal of Public Health, participants in the study (some 800 older adults aged 50-72) who exercised at least 60 minutes a week were less prone to disability.
It’s not surprising that , but it’s something many of us don’t think about when we’re young. Exercise is a critical tool for keeping our weight in check but, as we get older, what becomes even more important is keeping that daily functionality.