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New residential activity course helps recovering Armed Forces personnel
Participating in a new five day course involving adaptive sport and adventurous training significantly improved the mental wellbeing of in-service wounded, sick and injured UK Armed Forces personnel. This is the finding of Suzanne Peacock and colleagues from Leeds Metropolitan University to be presented at the British Psychological Society annual conference today, Thursday 8 May […]
Program taught in American Sign Language helps deaf achieve healthier weight
A group of deaf adults using American Sign Language in a healthy lifestyle program successfully lost weight, according to a study presented Wednesday. In the first randomized trial of lifestyle modification or weight reduction with deaf people using American Sign Language, participants had moderate improvements in their weight and level of physical activity after a […]
Spices and herbs intervention helps adults reduce salt intake
Teaching people how to flavor food with spices and herbs is considerably more effective at lowering salt intake than having them do it on their own, according to research presented on Wednesday at the American Heart Association’s Epidemiology & Prevention/Nutrition, Physical Activity & Metabolism Scientific Sessions 2014. In the first phase of the study, 55 […]
Tequila plant possible sweetener for diabetics, helps reduce blood sugar, weight
A sweetener created from the plant used to make tequila could lower blood glucose levels for the 26 million Americans and others worldwide who have type 2 diabetes and help them and the obese lose weight, researchers have reported. The main reason it could be valuable, they explained, is that agavins, a natural form of […]
Aetna Healthy Lifestyle Coaching Helps Employees Live Healthier And Employers Save Money
HARTFORD, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– The best coaches are flexible enough to offer different strategies for success based on the people they assist. Aetna (NYSE: AET[1]) recently enhanced its Healthy Lifestyle Coaching (HLC) program to give both employers and employees this type of flexibility in a wellness program. The enhancements to the HLC program aim to build […]
Tops Helps You Create An Enjoyable Workout
TOPS Helps You Create an Enjoyable Workout MILWAUKEE, WI Physical activity is essential to a balanced lifestyle, but it can be difficult to gather the motivation to actually do it. Many people look at exercising as a chore, but its important to start viewing it as an accomplishment and something that makes you feel better. […]