Explore the intricate connection between what you eat, how active you are, the stress you experience, the quality of your relationships, and their profound impact on your mental well-being.
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WELL-BEING IMPACT: FOOD, ACTIVITY, STRESS & RELATIONSHIPS ON MENTAL HEALTH
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Healthy School Routines Inspired by the World's Blue Zones
As families, students, and educators gear up for the new school year, discover how adopting school routines inspired by the longevity practices of the world's blue zones can transform your child's health and academic performance.
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Why Don’t People Exercise?
Get some exercise! That’s accepted medical advice. “In 2022, among adults aged ≥18 years, women were more likely than men (22.9% versus 17.8%) to be advised during the past 12 months by a doctor or other health professional to increase their amount of physical activity or exercise,” according to the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There are many reasons and/or excuses for not exercising. Let’s focus on three.
Topics: Move Naturally Bulletin
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5 Habits for a Healthy New Year Inspired by the World's Original Blue Zones
Discover the secrets to a healthy and fulfilling life with these 5 Blue Zones-inspired habits. Learn from the world's longest-living communities and incorporate their lifestyle practices into your daily routine.
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Shifting from Sedentary to Active
Many of us spend a great deal of time in our chairs—at work or home—living a sedentary life. With our desire to live longer, happier, and healthier lives we can be more creative as we add exercise and physical activities to our daily work and home patterns. These newfound activities are good for both fitness and productivity.
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Choosing Healthcare Wisely
A major opportunity to improve the value of healthcare lies in eliminating unnecessary tests. A few years ago the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM Foundation) issued a comprehensive report entitled Choosing Wisely. The focus of this broad and somewhat controversial report was on medical tests and procedures that may be unnecessary and, in some instances, can cause harm.
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Some Truths about Obesity
As individuals gain weight, many myths and presumptions about obesity have also grown– despite the lack of objective evidence. A New England Journal of Medicine article (“Myths, Presumptions, and Facts about Obesity”) helped separate facts from these many myths and presumptions. Our nation has the distinction of being the second fattest nation in the history of the world. Nauru is the fattest.
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Exercise to Live Longer and Better
A Copenhagen City Heart study reported that people who jog at least an hour per week live an average of six years longer—6.2 years for men and 5.6 years in women.
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The Danger of Sitting
Time to get up and move is the theme of an Exercise and Sports Science Reviews paper entitled, “Too Much Sitting, The Population Health Science of Sedentary Behavior.” Considering the amount of time everyone sits at work, school, driving, glued to screens, and even recreation when passively watching TV, we have room to improve our health.
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Aging Well Through Exercise
Your level of physical fitness is important in avoiding body frailty and delaying brain aging states the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Many studies have confirmed these findings in scores of men and women by comparing physically fit people in different age groups with those who had not exercised. They discovered that lack of exercise, in this latter group, had caused their muscles to be infiltrated with fat and their brains to atrophy.
