Health & Fitness
Weight, eating habits in Parkinson’s disease
A review of the scientific literature on Parkinson’s disease, conducted by SISSA research scientists, shows that even the non-motor symptoms associated with the disease can contribute to the changes in body weight seen in patients (including those subjected to deep brain stimulation). Among the factors affecting eating habits and body weight there could be, for […]
Weekly Wellness: The Fitness Mentality For Sedentary Adults
Our weekly fitness column, Weekly Wellness, is back again. This week, Adam Kamuda from MFC Sports Performance in Darien, talks about why strength training is a must for kids of all ages. I am writing this article as a way to help adults develop the proper perspective and mentality when it comes to fitness. If […]
Sports Fitness: Fun Way To Be Healthy
When you talk about sports fitness, what comes first in your mind? It is, basically, the different sports activities, right? This is because sports fitness has always been referred to as the sports itself. Generally, sports entail physical activities that are usually carried out for some “recreational” functions such as self-satisfaction, entertainment, competition, etc. It […]
Healthy Eating, Exercise Initiative Targets Local Grade Schools
KENNY KEMP | Saturday Gazette-Mail Samatha Snodgrass hands out place mats and backpacks to the fourth- and fifth-grade classes at Anne Bailey Elementary, in St. Albans. Fourth-grader Heith McCormick, 10, gets a place mat that illustrates healthy food serving sizes and offers tips for healthy eating through Kidz Bite Back, a healthy-lifestyle initiative being piloted […]
Longer work hours for moms mean less sleep, higher BMIs for preschoolers
The majority of preschoolers may not be getting the amount of sleep they need each night, placing them at higher risk of being overweight or obese within a year, according to a new study. Published online by the journal Sleep Medicine, the study investigated links between mothers’ employment status and their children’s weight over time, […]
Vitamins And Nutritional Supplements: Avoiding Fad Diet Shams
In this day and age you simply cannot pick up a magazine or turn on a television set without seeing an advertisement for some sort of new diet program or plan. With all of the claims being made in regard to the various diet regimens it can be very difficult to determine what diet plans […]
7 Top Foods To Include In Your Kid’s Diet
Here is a list of the top 7 healthiest foods to feed your kid and why it’s so healthy: 1. Oatmeal: A fabulous breakfast food, full of B vitamins, iron, zinc and calcium. Old-fashioned oatmeal offers plenty of carbohydrate for quick energy and high fiber. Add berries and honey to make it a delicious perfect […]
Want Weight-loss Tips? Beware Of Top Search Results Online
(Shutterstock/Photo Africa) If you’re looking online for weight-loss advice, it might be a good idea to bypass the first page of your search results, a new study suggests. About one-third of Americans are overweight, so it’s not surprising that around 40 percent of Americans search online for tips on weight loss and exercise, according to […]
Derivative of vitamin B3 prevents liver cancer in mice
Liver cancer is one of the most frequent cancers in the world, and with the worst prognosis; according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), in 2012, 745,000 deaths were registered worldwide due to this cause, a figure only surpassed by lung cancer. The most aggressive and frequent form of liver cancer is hepato-cellular carcinoma (HCC); […]
5 Helpful Things To Do To Start Your Personal Fitness Program
The most common challenge that people I talk to face is how to incorporate fitness into their lives. They know they have to do something to get in shape but they really don’t know how. It can be discouraging because of the abundance of information out there. So much that you may not know where […]