Everyone needs to exercise, and even a little is better than none. Exercise has many benefits, including lowering blood pressure, increasing energy and combatting depression. As the weather has improved, now is the perfect time to begin an exercise regimen to improve your health. We looked at mostly low-impact ways to exercise, so even a beginner may benefit. All of the activities in this issue are either free or affordable, unless you just have to have the $7,000 bicycle from VO2 in Franklin. Teachers can be found for most of the exercise forms, or you can learn them on your own from books and videos. In the current economy, many investments aren’t paying off as expected, but an investment in your health is always a wise one. Justin Novgrod of the Lion’s Gate Kung Fu Academy in Sylva summed it up by saying, “It costs less to practice tai chi for the rest of your life than it does to pay for prescription drugs.?

The study included 207 overweight, typically sedentary children ages 7-11 randomly assigned to either continue their sedentary lifestyle or exercise for 20 or 40 minutes every day after school for an average of 13 weeks. The 40-minute group sustained the most psychological benefit, according to research published online in the Journal of Pediatric Psychology.

The woman sitting on the couch in a Woodbury apartment doesn't look anything at all like the fat lady in her scrapbooks. Brittany Robinson is two women, one before and one after, and it's the new one she likes best.

"Moderate obesity typically shortens life span by about three years," said researcher Gary Whitlock, from the Clinical Trial Service Unit at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. "By moderate obesity, I mean weighing about a third more than is ideal, which for most people would mean being about 50 or 60 pounds overweight."

Children who exercise in bouts of activity lasting five minutes or longer are less likely to become obese than those whose activity levels are more sporadic and typically last less than five minutes each, Queen’s University researchers have discovered.

Led by Kinesiology and Health Studies professor Ian Janssen, the new study supports Canada’s Physical Activity Guidelines for Children and Youth, which call for children to accumulate at least 90 minutes of  moderate-to-vigorous physical activity over the course of the day, in bouts of at least five to 10 minutes’ duration. Until now there has been no scientific evidence to support the recommendation of sustained, rather than sporadic exercise.

Loving your body means looking after your body! You have to nurture, nourish and mould your body into what you want to see!
This means that you would have to be working very hard on your body, but you will love the results.
Committing to an exercise plan and healthy diet plan and you’ll not only look better but you will feel better!!
We are going to teach you how to improve your nutrition and kick up your fitness levels in order to say hello to the new you!
Being overweight, or underweight, causes changes to your body’s shape, affecting your health, posture and your walking style.
 

Andrew Burrill says that the worst moment occurred last year in his high school cafeteria. Heading for a table, his tray laden with an extra portion of his favorite school lunch, Andrew was intercepted by a teacher who loudly asked, "Are you SURE you should have gotten doubles?" Andrew, who at the time was nearly 5 feet 4 and weighed 260 pounds, burst into tears.

"There were times when I felt I just couldn't go on," recalled Andrew, a sophomore, who lives near Charlottesville, Va. At 15, already a veteran of numerous failed diets, exercise programs and summer "fat" camp, Andrew became convinced that weight-loss surgery, which had transformed the physique of a family friend, was his only hope. He pleaded with his mother for help.

One of Canada's top obesity doctors says it's time to stop recommending weight loss for everyone who meets official criteria for obesity.

Dr. Arya Sharma says being obese doesn't necessarily doom people to poor health and that weight loss recommendations should be targeted at those most at risk because of medical problems.

Angelo Tremblay is a Canadian obesity researcher who has noticed something funny: Whenever he thinks hard, he gets hungry.

This realization sent him straight to the lab, where he found that brain work makes us eat more -- at least 200 extra calories at a sitting, compared to when we are relaxing.