After years of guilt about her extra pounds, Alexandra Heminsley welcomes research into so-called ‘fat but fit’ middle-aged women
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Healthy body, healthy mind! Physical Exercise, Fitness, Running, Jogging, Gym and Activity. Twitter Hashtag: #GymEd Curated by Peter Mellow |
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After years of guilt about her extra pounds, Alexandra Heminsley welcomes research into so-called ‘fat but fit’ middle-aged women
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BMI was created to describe the average man in the 1800s. It shouldn’t be used to predict health.
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It can be a helpful health measure for large groups of people, but it won’t tell you much about yourself.
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The good news is that no matter what your age, you can do something about weight gain.
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Getting fit doesn't have to mean watching the scales. Here's what to focus on instead.
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Some people are “constantly ringing the bell on how dangerous it is to be fat, but that’s not making fat people thin,” Gordon says.
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People who were overweight or obese who followed a Mediterranean-style diet were less likely to die from any cause than people in the "normal" weight range who didn't, a large, long-term study finds.
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Pay attention to your blood pressure, fiber intake and hours of sleep and exercise.
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All five experts said BMI is not ideal for determining the health of your weight.
Five out of five experts say BMI is not a good way to tell if your weight is healthy.
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About this course: Learners who complete Science of Exercise will have an improved physiological understanding of how your body responds to exercise, and will be able to identify behaviors, choices, and environments that impact your health and training. You will explore a number of significant adjustments required by your body in order to properly respond to the physical stress of exercise, including changes in carbohydrate, fat and protein metabolism, nutritional considerations, causes of muscle soreness & fatigue, and the effectiveness and dangers of performance enhancing drugs. Active learning assessments will challenge you to apply this new knowledge via nutrition logs, heart rate monitoring, calculations of your total daily caloric expenditure and body mass index (BMI). Finally, learners will examine the scientific evidence for the health benefits of exercise including the prevention and treatment of heart disease, diabetes, cancer, obesity (weight loss), depression, and dementia.
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Americans' relationship with artificial sweeteners has soured in the past decade.
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The author says there is a pervasive problem among female collegiate runners whose perception is that lighter equals faster.
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Excess belly fat, even if you are skinny everywhere else, may be even more deadly than being obese or overweight, study shows. Why you have it and what to do.
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Australia is up there with the world's fattest countries. What are the thinner, healthier countries doing right?
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Fat Tax. Time to weigh in on a decision?
PM - Some interesting comments in the discussion section of this article.
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According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, in 2012 based on self-reported BMI, 63 per cent of Australian males are overweight or obese. And Australian women? 48 per cent are overweight or obese. It's no longer a schoolyard taunt; it's a health fact – the girls are faring better than the boys, and it's time to do something about it.
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If your girth has been growing, watch out – a wider waist measurement can make your risk of cancer, diabetes and other diseases skyrocket.
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Calculator for checking your BMI score against global data...
Notes: This calculator is based on research data pulled together by a team of researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Using UN data on population size in 177 countries, together with estimates of global weight from the WHO and mean height from national health examination surveys the team were able to calculate average BMI figures for each country.
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To figure out if I scientifically have what it takes to be a runner, I need to get my mouth around a couple of tongue twisters.