This week: Get out your pedometer. Or better yet..your fitness app. What is the magic in 10000 ? footsteps in a day? You only burn 400 or 500 calories for all that work, right? One good hamburger on a bun should negative that, right? Now do the math! If you do nothing to your diet but keep it constant where it is now–and you do those 10000 steps every day— 7×500 calories =3500 calories a week = 1 pound a week of sustainable weight loss!
The Fixes for Ageism
Age discrimination affects our country’s business, economy, values, and human dignity. It’s a disgrace how we treat our elders. It’s time we transform our perceptions of aging, from dependency and weakness to one of proficiency and resourcefulness. [Read more…]
Don’t Lose Your Smile
Advantages of Dental Implants
If you’re in need of dental repair work, but want something different from the conventional crown or bridge, dental implants might be the answer for you. Dental implants can be used to support crowns that replace a single tooth, bridges that replace multiple teeth, or even dentures. [Read more…]
Is This an Exploding Nightmare or Natural Evolution?
The number of children under the age of 5 who are obese or overweight worldwide is an “exploding nightmare,” according to a new report by the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity (ECHO).
At least 41 million children now fall into this category, which is 10 million more than in 1990. And while rising obesity rates have long been a health issue plaguing developed countries, globalization and urbanization have driven up obesity rates in the developing world as well.
In 1990, there were 7.5 million overweight children in developing countries, which had doubled to 15.5 million by 2014.
In fact, due to widespread marketing of junk foods and sugar-sweetened beverages like soda, low- and middle-income countries now have more overweight and obese children than high-income countries, according to the WHO report.
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Functional Fitness: What Makes it Special? by Megann Hudson
Over a lifetime weak structural movement patterns while performing everyday activities will lead to back pain, neck soreness and tightness, knee damage, and other signs of increased wear and tear. These weak movement patterns also create general levels of fatigue and soreness. Through neuromuscular training we can teach the body how to move more efficiently, and strengthen the muscles needed to do so; thereby, correcting painful movement patterns, preventing future injury, and improving performance in everyday activities. This is the foundation of our Functional Fitness program. It focuses on exercises that improve posture, structural integrity, balance, muscular strength, agility, and consciousness of how to move in a way that is best for your body. [Read more…]
Change is Inevitable: We Live, We Learn, We Adapt-by Megann Hudson, M.S.
Never before have so many people lived for so long. Never before have so many experienced the life changes that are associated with a longer lifespan. [Read more…]
Weight loss tips and tricks – Essie T. Fleischmann, BS, MPH, CHES
1. Chew gum while grocery shopping. Hunger leads us to dream about what food would taste like in our mouths and gum interrupts those cravings.
2. Make your “trigger foods” unattractive and inconvenient. Keep them out of the house or as far away as possible. Example: soda or cookies kept in the basement are less convenient to get to than in the kitchen.
Change is inevitable – by Kellie Hudson
Never before have so many people lived for so long. Never before have so many experienced the life changes that are associated with a longer life span. Change becomes a familiar occurrence, and healthy choices are a critical component of successful aging. [Read more…]
Clear Vision, Living Independently Top Priorities for Older Coloradoans
Seventy-five percent of aging Americans affected by vision problems; Colorado Optometric Association offers tips to protect eyesight throughout life
September 15, 2015—Fluctuations in vision are often one of the first health changes adults notice as they get older. Although these changes can be bothersome, even more troubling problems could be lurking beneath the surface and cause vision loss. According to the American Optometric Association’s (AOA) 2015 American Eye-Q® survey, the inability to live independently would concern older consumers the most if they developed serious vision problems. [Read more…]
Irregular Heart Beat May Pose Bigger Threat to Women
Review found atrial fibrillation linked to higher risk of stroke, heart trouble, death in women
By Dennis Thompson
HealthDay Reporter
TUESDAY, Jan. 19, 2016 (HealthDay News) — The world’s most common type of abnormal heart rhythm appears to pose a greater health threat to women than men, a new review suggests.
Atrial fibrillation is a stronger risk factor for stroke, heart disease, heart failure and death in women than it is in men, according to an analysis published online Jan. 19 in the BMJ. [Read more…]
