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Health Club News   Even Modest Fitness May Extend Lifespan “People who stay even moderately fit as they age may live longer than those who are out-of-shape, a new study suggests. The study, of nearly 4,400 healthy U.S. adults, found that the roughly 20 percent with the lowest physical fitness levels were twice as likely to die over the next nine years as the 20 percent with the next-lowest fitness levels. That was with factors like obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes taken into account -- underscoring the importance of physical fitness itself, researchers report in the journal Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. ‘Our findings suggest that sedentary lifestyle, rather than differences in cardiovascular risk factors or age, may explain (the) two-fold higher mortality rates in the least-fit versus slightly more fit healthy individuals,’ lead researcher Dr. Sandra Mandic, of the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand, noted in an email to Reuters Health. ‘These results emphasize the importance of improving and maintaining high fitness levels by engaging in regular physical activity,’ Mandic said, ‘particularly in poorly fit individuals.’ ‘Since it is recent physical activity that offers protection,’ Mandic said, ‘it is important to maintain regular physical activity throughout life.’ And since fitness is linked to longevity regardless of weight and health conditions like high blood pressure and high cholesterol, exercise is important for all, according to Mandic. That, she said, includes people who are thin and in generally good health.”...http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE57K3U920090821 IHRSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01355000384209908057noreply@blogger.com0 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135892263228301238.post-88857175170138751112009-08-24T07:59:00.000-07:002009-08-24T08:00:22.386-07:00 Cybex Introduces the Cybex Institute for Exercise Science “Cybex International, Inc. (NASDAQ: CYBI), a leading manufacturer of premium exercise equipment for the commercial and consumer markets, announced today the re-branding of its research arm as the Cybex Institute for Exercise Science, with the continued mission of disseminating scientifically accurate information applicable to the disciplines of general fitness, sports performance and clinical medicine. Under the guidance of Executive Director Paul M. Juris, Ed.D., the entity formerly known as the Cybex Institute will continue to partner with exercise research oriented universities, major hospitals and sports performance organizations nationwide, exploring areas of significant importance, such as cardiac health, obesity, orthopedic impact, sports and human performance."...http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20090824005535&newsLang=en IHRSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01355000384209908057noreply@blogger.com0 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135892263228301238.post-37838900318310300342009-08-24T07:54:00.000-07:002009-08-24T07:55:47.704-07:00 Trover Health Systems Installs First Pink Treadmill “Trover Health System’s Fitness Formula of Madisonville has a one-of-a-kind treadmill like no other in the state. Trover is the first facility in Kentucky to purchase a pink treadmill. Why? Because CYBEX, a leading manufacturer of exercise equipment, will donate 10 cents for every mile logged on any pink CYBEX 750T treadmill throughout the month of October 2009 - National Breast Cancer Awareness Month - to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation(BCRF). The new colorful treadmill was recently delivered to the facility located at 950 Hospital Drive in Madisonville, KY. ‘We were outfitting our Madisonville facility with all new CYBEX cardio equipment and when we heard about the pink treads and what CYBEX was doing, we felt it was a great way to promote the benefits of exercise, particularly for women who have breast cancer,’ said Kathy Edwards, Fitness Coordinator for Trover Fitness Formula."...http://isurfhopkinsco.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3658:trover-health-systems-installs-first-pink-treadmill&catid=16:local-news&Itemid=500321 IHRSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01355000384209908057noreply@blogger.com0 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135892263228301238.post-35769695412926471812009-08-20T06:59:00.002-07:002009-08-20T07:00:07.991-07:00 Americans Gained 73 Days to Live in 2007, CDC Says “Life expectancy in the U.S. rose to a record 77.9 years, from 77.7 in 2006, according to preliminary data released today by the National Center for Health Statistics, a U.S. agency. The gain amounted to 10.4 weeks. A continuing decline in mortality rates for the top two killers, heart disease and cancer, contributed to the change. So did a 10 percent drop in deaths from the AIDS virus, the steepest decline since 1998. The U.S. still lags behind industrialized countries such as Japan, where life expectancy exceeds 80 years, said Sam Harper, an assistant professor in the epidemiology department at McGill University in Montreal. ‘That’s an ongoing area of investigation that people are rightly concerned about given how much money we’re spending in the U.S. on health care,’ Harper said today by telephone. ‘There’s clearly room for the U.S. to grow.’ Exercise and better diets are helping Americans make headway in preventing heart disease, Raul Caetano, dean of the University of Texas Southwestern School of Health Professions in Dallas, said today in a telephone interview. Cholesterol drugs have also reduced heart disease, while better care for patients with heart problems has lowered fatalities, he said. Improved cancer prevention and treatments have also pushed mortality rates down. Together, heart disease and cancer accounted for 48.5 percent of all deaths in 2007, the agency said. The mortality rate from heart disease dropped 4.7 percent, and from cancer, 1.8 percent.”http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aXiX3lQxOzCE# IHRSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01355000384209908057noreply@blogger.com1 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135892263228301238.post-3051208421135740992009-08-20T06:59:00.001-07:002009-08-20T06:59:20.072-07:00 Pregnancy Weight Gain Guidelines Might Raise Risk Of Large, Heavier Infants, Study Finds “The recommended weight gain of 25 to 35 pounds during pregnancy can increase women's risk for giving birth to infants that are large for gestational age -- LGA -- or have excessively high birthweights -- known as macrosomia -- according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study published in the July issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Reuters reports. The study also found that prepregnancy body mass index appears to affect the association between LGA and weight gain, but BMI does not affect the link between macrosomia and weight gain.”http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/161264.php IHRSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01355000384209908057noreply@blogger.com0 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135892263228301238.post-11121290628016328102009-08-20T06:58:00.001-07:002009-08-20T06:58:50.550-07:00 Performance Food Centers Raises Funds for ALS Research in the Name of Friend and Fitness Industry Veteran Augie Nieto “Performance Food Centers became involved in finding a cure for ALS when friend and fitness industry veteran Augie Nieto was diagnosed with the condition in 2005. ‘The juice bar and fitness industries are a tight-knit group’ said John Hocker, Vice President at Performance Food Centers. ‘We’re familiar with Augie’s battle with ALS and we want to help him and others afflicted by this condition.’ Augie Nieto has been a leader in the fitness industry for nearly three decades; since his diagnosis, Augie has worked tirelessly to raise funds to find a cure. A progressive neurodegenerative disease, ALS affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that eventually cause complete paralysis. As Co-Chairman for the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s ALS Division, Augie and his wife Lynne lead the ‘Augie’s Quest’ fundraising initiative to help find a cure for this affliction. With a focus on the nutrition and vitality of its customers, Performance Food Centers feels that every juice bar business should support a cause like Augie’s Quest. In an effort to ‘walk the talk,’ the smoothie juice bar supplier assembled staff to develop ideas on how it could support this worthwhile cause.”http://www.pr-inside.com/performance-food-centers-raises-funds-r1445851.htm IHRSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01355000384209908057noreply@blogger.com0 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135892263228301238.post-30413080122065761452009-08-20T05:45:00.000-07:002009-08-20T06:56:21.101-07:00 Ahead of the Bell: Life Time Fitness “A profitable club base and improving membership mix could bode well for Life Time Fitness Inc.'s fourth quarter, an analyst said Wednesday. Sharon Zackfia of William Blair & Co. said in a client note that the Chanhassen, Minn.-based fitness club operator has started to move away from single members and back toward its family and couple memberships. With memberships heading back toward couples and families, Zackfia said Life Time should see improvement in dues per member, which would help its fourth-quarter same-store sales and margins. The company's clubs continue to do well, she added, with all clubs more than three months old generating a profit. She maintained an ‘Outperform’ rating.”http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/08/19/business-specialized-consumer-services-us-life-time-fitness-ahead-of-the-bell_6793523.html IHRSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01355000384209908057noreply@blogger.com0 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135892263228301238.post-20394937312291882912009-08-19T07:52:00.001-07:002009-08-19T07:52:48.765-07:00 National Yoga Month offers One Week Free Yoga September Is National Yoga Month. Thousand Yoga Studios Nationwide Offer Free Yoga Classes And Events To Raise Awareness About Prevention And The Health Benefits Of Yoga.“The Yoga Health Foundation has announced National Yoga Month 09.2009, a grassroots, community-based campaign to educate people about the health benefits of yoga and to inspire a healthy lifestyle. In September millions of health & socially conscious individuals will be practicing yoga at thousands of yoga studios, parks and homes around the globe. Hundreds of yoga studios and teachers across the country are offering the Yoga Month Card for One Week Free Yoga and free or donation-based classes especially for beginners and anyone interested in trying yoga for the first time. ‘Yoga has been practiced for the last 5,000 years and transformed into one of the most popular and effective methods to balance body mind, stay flexible, fit and healthy and prevent disease - mainly because it works.’ ‘Yoga has been practiced for the last 5,000 years and transformed into one of the most popular and effective methods to balance body mind, stay flexible, fit and healthy and prevent disease - mainly because it works,’ says Johannes R. Fisslinger, president of the Yoga Health Foundation. Yoga is attracting North American participants in numbers as high as 20 million. A recent Harris poll revealed that more than 100 million North Americans would like to practice Yoga for its health and fitness benefits. With many Hollywood celebrities like Gwenyth Paltrow, Madonna, Russell Simmons, Courtney Cox and Nicholas Cage, Meg Ryan, Ricky Martin practicing yoga and 27 billion spent in yoga-related products like yoga mats, clothing, DVD's, videos and books even traditional advertisers are paying attention. The extensive list of current Yoga Month partners include YogaFit, Jade Yoga, Lucy, Shakti Mat, Yoga Journal, LA Yoga, Organic Spa Magazine and studios like Yogaworks, Exhale, Equinox.”http://www.onlineprnews.com/news/4637-1250650494-national-yoga-month-offers-one-week-free-yoga.html IHRSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01355000384209908057noreply@blogger.com0 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135892263228301238.post-74405731090755515722009-08-19T07:51:00.000-07:002009-08-19T07:52:06.418-07:00 A New Gym Model Beefs Up In Richmond “The weight room is going back in time. Last year we wrote about a gym concept that’s not much more advanced than what the Greeks must have used. CrossFit members work out with medicine balls and ropes. They do pushups and pullups, squats and lift barbells. But the back-to-basics approach seems to have some serious appeal, and Richmonders are paying a premium — at least twice as much as a Gold’s or YMCA monthly membership. ‘This encompasses the most effective things I learned from over a decade training athletes,’ said Jason Struck, who used to be a trainer at Gold’s Gym and now operates CrossFit Full Circle from a garage in Richmond’s Northside. The gym has 12 members, and Struck hopes to get that to 30 or 40 and move out of the garage and into a dedicated facility. But even with only 12 members, the business is almost breaking even. ‘It doesn’t waste time with things that don’t get results. Most people are interested in fat loss. They want to look better and get stronger,’ Struck said. Struck has at least two other CrossFit comrades across town...." http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/08/18/a-new-gym-model-beefs-up-in-richmond IHRSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01355000384209908057noreply@blogger.com0 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135892263228301238.post-48355392701013527882009-08-19T07:49:00.000-07:002009-08-19T07:50:46.772-07:00 Overweight Friends Eat More When They Dine Together “Overweight children and teenagers may eat more when they have a snack with an overweight friend rather than a thinner peer, a new study suggests. In a study of 9- to 15-year-olds, researchers found that all kids, regardless of their weight, tended to eat more when they had the chance to snack with a friend than when they were with a peer they did not know. But the biggest calorie intakes were seen when an overweight child snacked with an overweight friend. The findings, reported in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, highlight the role of friends' influence in how much kids eat -- and, possibly, in their weight control. It's not surprising that children eat more when they are with friends instead of strangers, according to lead researcher Dr. Sarah-Jean Salvy, an assistant professor of pediatrics at the State University of New York at Buffalo. The same pattern has been found in adults, Salvy told Reuters Health in an email. This, she explained, may be partly because people are more self-conscious around strangers, and partly because friends act as ‘permission-givers.’ http://www.reutershealth.com/archive/2009/08/19/eline/links/20090819elin004.html IHRSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01355000384209908057noreply@blogger.com0 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135892263228301238.post-16081390640266467402009-08-18T07:23:00.001-07:002009-08-18T07:23:29.352-07:00 Snap Fitness Tops Twin Cities Companies In Inc. 500 List “Snap Fitness Inc. was tops among the 11 Twin Cities-area companies making it onto Inc. magazine’s annual Inc. 500 list. The Chanhassan-based fitness chain ranked 16th on the list, which scored privately-owned companies based on how much their revenue grew between 2005 and 2008. Snap, with $31.7 million in revenue last year, boasted a growth of more than 5,906 percent.”http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.aspx?feed=ACBJ&date=20090812&id=10269589 IHRSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01355000384209908057noreply@blogger.com0 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135892263228301238.post-583701527624221312009-08-18T07:21:00.002-07:002009-08-18T07:23:01.622-07:00 Is Exercise for Weight Loss Really Pointless? Doctors React to the Claim That Going to the Gym May Do Nothing for Weight Loss“The idea that the way to lose weight is through diet and exercise is ingrained in our society. But an article in last week's Time magazine created a buzz in the blogosphere by questioning the value of the exercise part of the weight-loss formula. Doctors who treat overweight and obese patients were not pleased -- even if there was evidence to support the claim. ‘Yes, we have a magic drug for cholesterol, we have magic drugs for high blood pressure, but we don't have a magic pill for weight,’ said Dr. Martha Gulati, associate director of the Women's Heart Center at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. ‘To bring out a public health message that we should not exercise? That's absolutely the wrong message,’ Gulati said. ‘No matter how much exercise you do or don't do, your diet matters -- it's extremely easy to eat back more calories than you burn,’ said Dr. David Katz, "Good Morning America" medical contributor and director of the Yale University of Prevention Research Center. But Katz said the ‘ah ha, exercise is not good for weight loss’ idea troubles him and many other doctors who counsel people trying to lose weight. ‘What do people care about? Do they simply care about their dress size or do they care about their health?’ Katz said. ‘If you care about your health, exercise is your best friend.’ Katz pointed out that three behaviors -- not smoking, exercising and eating right -- have ‘a massive influence on your medical destiny.’ If people care only about losing weight, Katz quipped, ‘Why don't you just infect yourself with cholera? It would work for weight loss.’ Katz and many others who treat obesity agree exercise must not be ignored because of its importance for overall health, even if it doesn't make as big of an impact on the scale as people believe..." http://abcnews.go.com/Health/MensHealthNews/Story?id=8297625&page=1 IHRSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01355000384209908057noreply@blogger.com0 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135892263228301238.post-2538967198874488682009-08-18T07:21:00.001-07:002009-08-18T07:21:48.137-07:00 Pilates: Getting To The Core Of The Matter “Let the group fitness gadflies flit from belly dancing to body sculpting to circus stunts. Pilates people opt to take long, steady aim at the core. And they say the payoff is sweet: strength without bulk, slender thighs, flat-as-a-board abdomen. ‘With Pilates, the focus is core strength,’ said Jessica Matthews of the American Council on Exercise. ‘It concentrates on centering and encouraging improved posture and strength throughout the core.’ And while they might look like sophisticated sit-ups, the moves are performed with precision, concentration, breath control and flow. In fact, Pilates was originally called Controlology. ‘Because you're so aware of where the exercise is coming from, you're really focused on where you're working,’ Michele Bastos, Pilates instructor at the Crunch national chain of health clubs, said of the regimen now practiced by an estimated 10 million people worldwide. Unlike the 5,000-year-old practice of yoga to which it is often compared, Pilates is the 20th century creation of one man..." http://www.reutershealth.com/archive/2009/08/17/eline/links/20090817elin007.html IHRSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01355000384209908057noreply@blogger.com0 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135892263228301238.post-86185567253599351922009-08-18T07:20:00.000-07:002009-08-18T11:50:05.728-07:00 Trust for America's Health Praises Major Foundations for Supporting Prevention as a Central Part of Health Reform “Trust for America's Health (TFAH) applauds six of the nation's top health foundations in their call for prevention to be a central part of health reform. The California Endowment, The Kresge Foundation, Nemours, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, and Kaiser Permanente issued a joint letter today saying that, ‘Over time, a focus on community prevention will improve health, save money, reduce demands on our health system and, most importantly, lead to a nation of healthier people and healthier places to live.’ These six foundations began the Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) Convergence Partnership in 2006 with the shared goal of changing policies and environments to achieve the vision of a healthy people living in healthy places and have invested in numerous community-based disease prevention programs that have yielded in evidence-based results. The foundations say that, ‘It is time to scale up these efforts by including robust financial support for community prevention in any health systems reform.’ ‘These philanthropies have provided leadership for years developing excellent programs that have been shown to have a real impact on improving health in communities,’ said Jeff Levi, Ph.D., Executive Director of Trust for America's Health (TFAH). ‘Health reform provides the opportunity to take these lessons learned and bring them to scale so we can improve the lives of millions of Americans and save billions of dollars in health care costs.’”http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/08-17-2009/0005078834&EDATE= IHRSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01355000384209908057noreply@blogger.com0 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135892263228301238.post-44332706787813449042009-08-18T07:17:00.000-07:002009-08-18T07:20:29.659-07:00 Abdominally Obese At Higher Risk Of Several Illnesses, Australia “A new study published in the Medical Journal of Australia has shown that Australians who are abdominally obese (large waist circumference) are at heightened risk of developing type 2 diabetes, the metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease. The landmark AusDiab study surveyed 11,247 Australian adults aged 25 years or over in 1999 and 2000. In 2004 and 2005, 6537 of these participants returned for a follow-up physical examination. The study found that men and women who were obese were more than twice as likely to develop diabetes, high blood pressure, abnormal blood lipid (cholesterol) levels and the metabolic syndrome over the next 5 years compared to those with a normal waist circumference. It also found that the risk for each of these conditions started to increase at what were considered normal levels of waist circumference..." http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/160863.php IHRSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01355000384209908057noreply@blogger.com0 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135892263228301238.post-7728428504215287472009-08-17T07:29:00.000-07:002009-08-17T07:30:17.092-07:00 Everyday Leaders Bring Health Reform to Life [by Joe Moore] “While leaders in Washington navigate the political quagmire of how to pay for health-care reform, there are things everyday leaders across America can do to move health reform forward. The fact is, part of our burgeoning health care costs are directly related to our burgeoning waist-lines. Sedentary lifestyles and poor eating choices lead to health problems, including the onset of Type 2 diabetes. Indeed, if the number of obese and overweight adults in the U.S. continues to grow as it has over the past three decades, nearly nine-out-of-10 adults will be considered overweight or obese by 2030. Over the last 30 years we've engineered a culture of living in America that minimizes movement, and, unless we act now, our children will inherit this culture of obesity. Government has a role to play, but changing a culture involves everyone, not just lawmakers. If the health-care reform effort going on in Washington today is to make any meaningful difference in improving America's health and controlling the cost of health care tomorrow, the leaders of America must create a national environment that supports wellness. Prevention, healthy lifestyle choices, and the promotion of exercise must be central to the effort. Leaders must emerge from all industries, sectors, and corners of the country, while existing leaders must make the health of their followers, employees and students a priority...http://views.washingtonpost.com/leadership/guestinsights/2009/08/everyday-leaders-bring-health-reform-to-life.html IHRSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01355000384209908057noreply@blogger.com0 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135892263228301238.post-15271283395358702832009-08-17T07:28:00.002-07:002009-08-17T07:29:25.908-07:00 Want To Get Fit? “Feel like you could stand to lose a few pounds? Want to get in better shape? Statistics from a report released in July show you're not alone. The report, based on 2006 through 2008 data from the Centers for Disease Control, and 2007 data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, ranked Kansas with the 18th-highest rate of adult obesity in the nation, at 27.2 percent. Kansas ranked 22nd-highest of overweight youth (ages 10-17) at 31.1 percent. With a target population like that, how difficult is it these days to successfully compete in the gym and fitness center business? The International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) is a trade association representing for-profit health and fitness facilities. Its figures show that from 2004 to 2008, the number of health clubs in Kansas (333 in 2008) grew at a 55 percent pace. That ties Kansas for sixth with West Virginia in terms of club growth for the four-year period. The figures show that 17.7 percent of Kansans have a health club membership, according to the average from data collected from 2005 to 2007. Salinan Doug Longbine knows that member turnover is a staple in the health and fitness business. ‘You might have two guys quit and three join, and then three others quit and two join. But you've got to have people who have been with you (faithfully) to make it,’ said Longbine, who with his wife, Ann, owns and operates Next Level Fitness, 155 S. Fifth. Do tough economic times spell a decline in business for health clubs, gyms and fitness centers? Figures compiled by the International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association don't reflect that. A survey of 180 IHRSA member clubs comparing January 2008 to January 2009 showed the majority of clubs -- 70 percent -- saw member attendance equal or surpass the previous January. There was even an improvement in membership accounts during the fourth quarter of 2008. ‘Members want to keep their membership and are finding ways to make that work,’ said Rosemary Lavery, public relations manager for the IHRSA, headquartered in Boston.”http://www.saljournal.com/news/story/Gym-and-fitness-business-Money-story-080409 IHRSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01355000384209908057noreply@blogger.com0 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135892263228301238.post-6108283483827894592009-08-17T07:28:00.001-07:002009-08-17T07:28:50.483-07:00 Obesity Could Cost Texas $15.6 Billion Next Year “Obesity is the elephant in the room of health care reform, a public health catastrophe that kills well over 100,000 Americans a year, may cost Texas $15.6 billion next year in health care costs and lost productivity, and promises to shorten U.S. life expectancy for the first time since the Civil War. Whatever Washington does this year to try to lower medical spending almost certainly will be swamped by the nation's rising weight. Every third child born in 2000 is likely to wind up diabetic. Obesity strikes hardest at the poor and minorities; black women are nearly 40 percent more likely to contract heart disease than white women. Two out of three adults are overweight in Texas and nationwide. ‘Rising obesity rates are increasing health care expenditures per person in a way that is going to be very difficult to finance,’ said Jay Bhattacharya, a doctor and health economist at Stanford University's Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research. ‘Unless there is some vast improvement in the efficiency of the health care system — and I mean vast — we're going to be spending a lot more just because a lot more people will have diabetes’ and other obesity related diseases. Prevention is the only cure. If obesity-prevention efforts are not implemented, Texas will have more than 15 million obese adults by 2040, according to projections by Texas State Demographer Karl Eschbach. Yet while health care legislation in Congress would raise spending on prevention of chronic disease, it does little to tackle the underlying obesity epidemic directly. In fact, most of the bills are silent on what many health professionals contend would be one of the most effective weapons: a tax on soda." http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6574236.html IHRSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01355000384209908057noreply@blogger.com0 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135892263228301238.post-62280477619293634032009-08-17T07:27:00.001-07:002009-08-17T07:27:57.823-07:00 Goal Setting Helps Cut Type 2 Diabetes Risk “Adults may be able to reduce their risk of developing type 2 diabetes as they age simply by setting diet and exercise goals and sticking to those goals, study findings hint. Older men and women who self-monitored their behavior and set healthier diet and physical activity goals not only lost weight and body mass over a year, but maintained their losses after 3 years, researchers report in the journal Diabetes Care. This low-cost approach could have a public health impact on diabetes prevention, ‘if the program reaches a major proportion of those at risk,’ Dr. Pilvikki Absetz, from the National Institute for Health and Welfare in Helsinki, Finland, noted in an email correspondence with Reuters Health. http://www.reutershealth.com/archive/2009/08/14/eline/links/20090814elin003.html IHRSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01355000384209908057noreply@blogger.com0 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135892263228301238.post-23279368088974810482009-08-17T07:25:00.001-07:002009-08-17T07:27:19.334-07:00 Lindon Health Club Offer Low Cost Health Care “It totally fills the gap for us. I didn’t even know something like this existed.’ Kristin Hess and her family are members of Nucea Health and Fitness in Lindon. Her husband, Garin, is a small business owner. They have insurance, but the deductibles are high. Kristen says that prevented her from getting medical care for their three kids. ‘Because we have such a high deductable we often don’t go into the doctors office maybe as often as we should.’ But the Hess’s are now getting the medical attention they need in a non-conventional way. They are members of Nucea Health and Fitness. At the health club, you pay just $60 dollars for a family, and $35 for singles. That gets you unlimited access to the gym, and also the nurse practitioner. There are no hidden costs, or deductibles. Nucea is the brainchild of two brothers, one is a nurse practitioner, who provides medical care to members, and the other is a physical fitness trainer who teaches members how to stay healthy so they don’t have to visit his brother..." http://www.abc4.com/content/news/slc/story/Lindon-health-club-offer-low-cost-health-care/fIO_hl13lkq20zMB6BVdqQ.cspx IHRSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01355000384209908057noreply@blogger.com0 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135892263228301238.post-88397164914873203582009-08-17T07:25:00.000-07:002009-08-17T07:27:16.445-07:00 Lindon Health Club Offer Low Cost Health Care “It totally fills the gap for us. I didn’t even know something like this existed.’ Kristin Hess and her family are members of Nucea Health and Fitness in Lindon. Her husband, Garin, is a small business owner. They have insurance, but the deductibles are high. Kristen says that prevented her from getting medical care for their three kids. ‘Because we have such a high deductable we often don’t go into the doctors office maybe as often as we should.’ But the Hess’s are now getting the medical attention they need in a non-conventional way. They are members of Nucea Health and Fitness. At the health club, you pay just $60 dollars for a family, and $35 for singles. That gets you unlimited access to the gym, and also the nurse practitioner. There are no hidden costs, or deductibles. Nucea is the brainchild of two brothers, one is a nurse practitioner, who provides medical care to members, and the other is a physical fitness trainer who teaches members how to stay healthy so they don’t have to visit his brother..." http://www.abc4.com/content/news/slc/story/Lindon-health-club-offer-low-cost-health-care/fIO_hl13lkq20zMB6BVdqQ.cspx IHRSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01355000384209908057noreply@blogger.com0 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135892263228301238.post-12021467253845973562009-08-14T07:56:00.001-07:002009-08-14T07:56:22.061-07:00 Goodlife Fitness Expands Atlantic Presence By Acquiring Nubody's Fitness Centres “GoodLife Fitness is expanding its presence in Atlantic Canada with the acquisition of Nubody's Fitness Centres Inc. The London, Ont., company, which has 170 clubs across Canada, will acquire the chain's 23 clubs and add 50,000 more members. Nubody's founder and president, Dean Hartman, said he would step down as owner this fall after signing the sales agreement. Hartman opened the original Nubody's Fitness Centre in Dartmouth, N.S., in 1983. GoodLife, founded by David Patchell-Evans in 1979, already has eight clubs in Atlantic Canada. Terms of the deal, which is expected to close Aug. 31, were not disclosed.”http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5haZ38b6mlFNAWEj1MkZDmwhs1RMw IHRSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01355000384209908057noreply@blogger.com0 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135892263228301238.post-10995429767599391502009-08-14T07:55:00.001-07:002009-08-14T07:55:53.759-07:00 Gym Becoming Social Networking Hub “Women are willing to skip office but not gyms. Men are avoiding dates but not gyms. Rise of the gym culture is no more about physical fitness alone, it’s increasingly becoming a social networking hub for those using it. The entry of international fitness chains such as UK's Fitness First and US-based Gold’s Gym besides expanding footprints of homegrown Talwalkars has given a facelift to the Rs 500-crore gym industry. Till now the industry had a boutique presence besides the dinghy akhadas producing private bodyguards for the rich and loan recovery agents for banks. Though bollywood celebrities and TV stars continue to flock fitness centres, there’s has been a significant surge in the number of corporates taking gym membership over the past 2-3 years. ‘Unlike the previous years, when health clubs were seen as places to exercise and stay fit, executives across sectors are now frequenting them to enhance their social circle,’ Fitness First managing director Vikram Aditya Bhatia said. Going to the gym is increasingly becoming an urban culture. Besides health reasons, it is more to do with lifestyle these days. ‘We started our operations a year ago and we are adding close to 800 people every month’" Mr Bhatia said. The UK-based chain has around 10,600 users in India, of which around one third are women...http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News-by-Industry/Gym-becoming-social-networking-hub/articleshow/4893347.cms IHRSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01355000384209908057noreply@blogger.com0 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135892263228301238.post-32526696560214152432009-08-14T07:54:00.001-07:002009-08-14T07:54:47.911-07:00 Healthy Lifestyle Habits May Be Associated With Reduced Risk Of Chronic Disease “Four healthy lifestyle factors-never smoking, maintaining a healthy weight, exercising regularly and following a healthy diet-together appear to be associated with as much as an 80 percent reduction in the risk of developing the most common and deadly chronic diseases, according to a report in the August 10/24 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Cardiovascular disease, cancer and diabetes-chronic diseases that together account for most deaths-are largely preventable, according to background information in the article. ‘An impressive body of research has implicated modifiable lifestyle factors such as smoking, physical activity, diet and body weight in the causes of these diseases,’ the authors write. The largest reduction in risk was associated with having a BMI lower than 30, followed by never smoking, at least 3.5 hours of physical activity and then adhering to good dietary principles. ‘Our results reinforce current public health recommendations to avoid smoking, to maintain a healthy weight, to engage in physical activity appropriately and to eat adequate amounts of fruits and vegetables and foods containing whole grains and to partake of red meat prudently,’ the authors write. ‘Because the roots of these factors often originate during the formative stages of life, it is especially important to start early in teaching the important lessons concerning healthy living.’”http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/160504.php IHRSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01355000384209908057noreply@blogger.com0 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135892263228301238.post-1610385353258026892009-08-14T07:53:00.000-07:002009-08-14T07:54:09.961-07:00 Exercise May Help in Leukemia Recovery
 “Exercise helps improve symptoms of fatigue and depression experienced by leukemia patients who are undergoing treatment, a new study shows.It included 10 people who did individualized exercise sessions while in the hospital for the three to five weeks of the induction phase of leukemia treatment. The sessions included aerobic and resistance exercises, core exercises and light stretches that were tailored to each person's fitness level and leukemia symptoms. When they were discharged from the hospital, the participants were given an aerobic-based exercise program to use during their two-week home recovery period.They were assessed at the start of the study and after they'd completed the exercise program.‘We found that the patients experienced significant reduction in total fatigue and depression scores, as well as improved cardiorespiratory endurance and maintenance of muscular endurance,’ Claudio Battaglini, an assistant professor of exercise and sport science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a member of the university's Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, said in a university news release. ‘This is important because of the numerous side effects related to cancer treatment, and particularly leukemia treatment, which requires confinement to a hospital room for four to six weeks to avoid the risk of infection,’ Battaglini said. ‘We have demonstrated that these patients not only can complete an exercise program in the hospital, but that they may receive both physiological and psychological benefits that could assist in their recovery.’ The study was published in the current issue of Integrative Cancer Therapies.”http://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=629664 IHRSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01355000384209908057noreply@blogger.com0

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