Exercise and Fitness
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News Stories
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Friendship Village's seniors stay ahead of the pack
Bloomington Sun-Current - Wed Dec 2, 11:33 am ETGary Nelson doesn't have much time to talk. On this sunny autumn afternoon, he is on a treadmill, puffing like a locomotive. He seems unfazed, as though he was just starting to break a sweat.
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Sports briefs
This Week New Albany - Wed Dec 2, 5:12 pm ETThe Ohio Wesleyan softball coaches and players will hold a defense and base running clinic on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. for girls grades 5-12. Registration is limited to 50 participants per clinic.
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Illinois obesity rate expected to jump 12 percent by 2018
St. Charles Republican - Wed Dec 2, 1:39 pm ETSusan Eichensehr can’t believe what some people eat, not only during the holidays, but year-round.
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Grant allows students at one Corbin school to trade in chairs for exercise balls
Corbin News Journal - Wed Dec 2, 7:18 am ETStep inside Tonya Proffitt's fifth grade language arts and social studies class at Corbin Intermediate School on a typical school day and it isn't what you see that is so surprising so much as what you won't see.
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Shasta County kids best state averages on fitness tests
The Record Searchlight - Wed Dec 2, 3:00 am ETWhen it comes to strength, flexibility and stamina, Shasta County students are ahead of their peers statewide, according to physical fitness test scores released Tuesday.But the test results released by the state Department of Education also show fifth-, seventh- and ninth-graders are not in the kind of shape they were in last year.Across the board, the percentage of Shasta County kids meeting ...
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Go Green Fitness Converts Cycling Workouts into Clean and Renewable Energy
PRWeb via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 2, 2:00 am ETA revolutionary exercise program is ready to open at GO GREEN FITNESS in Orange, CT. Using patent-pending technology developed by a Connecticut company, The Green Revolution Inc., the power generated from human exercise is helping to make the environment cleaner and greener while promoting a healthy lifestyle. GO GREEN FITNESS is the first of its kind to convert human energy from indoor cycling ...
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At the YMCA of Columbia-Willamette, chaplain works to put Christian back into the initials
The Oregonian - Wed Dec 2, 12:53 am ETRoger Button is the first ordained chaplain to serve a single branch of the YMCA of Columbia-Willamette. The regional Y is reminding people who think of it as a good place to work out or find dependable childcare that the C in Young Men's Christian Association still means Christian values inspired by Jesus' life -- but broadly applied across denominational lines.
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Walking helps forge brain paths
Daily Vidette - Tue Dec 1, 11:04 pm ETResearchers at the University of California at San Francisco have found cognitive benefits in older women who walk regularly.
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The Biggest Loser Videogame Makes Guest Appearance in Hit NBC Show
IGN Nintendo DS - Tue Dec 1, 6:08 pm ETThe Biggest Loser (DS) Video game adds new at-home challenge for show's contestants.
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Forced physical activity singles out obese students
TCU Daily Skiff - Tue Dec 1, 7:19 pm ETWe keep hearing that heart disease is on the rise in America. How can such a preventable disease be so common and take over the population? There are many explanations, but a more important question is what can we do about it? Lincoln University in Pennsylvania has come forward and faced this epidemic.
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Physical Activity Has Anti-Aging Effect on Cardiovascular System: German Study
Senior Journal - Tue Dec 1, 12:56 pm ETDec. 1, 2009 – People who engage in regular physical activity are gaining an anti-aging weapon that will help them live longer lives.
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UW-L fitness study finds video game only helps a Wii bit
La Crosse Tribune - Tue Dec 1, 5:29 pm ETWii Fit will be a popular gift this Christmas , but people shouldthink twice about buying it if they are only interested infitness.
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Exercise Guards White Blood Cells Against Aging
Forbes - Mon Nov 30, 4:34 pm ETIn study, athletes had 'younger' immune cells than sedentary, healthy adults
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Exercise with arthritis: It may hurt to move, but working out helps joints
SouthtownStar - Tue Dec 1, 6:14 am ETDoctors agree exercise has important health benefits for everyone - regardless of age and physical condition. But for people with arthritis, working out regularly, and within their limits, is critical, according to a Silver Cross Hospital rheumatologist. Dr. Maria Sosenko said the approach to living with arthritis has changed over the years. Advances have been made in treating the disease that ...
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State tells how fit are our school children
The Press-Enterprise - Tue Dec 1, 1:43 am ETInland ninth-graders are less physically fit than their peers statewide. But state physical fitness test result data released Monday show Riverside County fifth- and seventh-graders performed better than peers elsewhere in meeting five of six targets, enough to pass the overall test.
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Kenya's village of athletes feeling the strain
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North Pole express
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Obama to honor young inventors at science fair
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Science Daily: Fitness
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Weight-loss proves effective cure for sleep apnea
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Young adults who exercise get higher IQ Scores
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Weight control strategies for adolescents identified
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Long-term physical activity has an anti-aging effect at the cellular level
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