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Using A Pedometer To Increase Your Walking

Posted: Saturday, December 27, 2003

Public health recommendations suggest that everyone should accumulate 30-60 minutes or more of moderate physical activity, such as brisk walking, on a daily basis. But how do you know if you are walking enough? The most effective way of ensuring adequate activity following this recommendation is to monitor your daily behavior using a pedometer.

When Treating Diabetes, Physicians Told to "Separate The Disease From the Person"

Posted: Monday, October 27, 2003

Physicians need to re-think the way they address diabetes, beginning with the terminology they use. We need to separate the person from the disease," she said, noting that rather than using terms like "diabetics" or "patients with diabetes," health-care providers should say "people with diabetes" or "people affected by diabetes.

New P.E. Study Demonstrates Vigorous Exercise Can Lower Adolescents’ Body Fat, Blood Pressure

Posted: Tuesday, July 30, 2002

By cutting the time adolescents spend standing around in school physical education classes and boosting the amount of exercise they do, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill experts have shown they can control the children's body fat and lower their blood pressure. Positive results are measurable within eight weeks of regularly scheduled classes, researchers say

Walk Away From Diabetes

Posted: Wednesday, July 24, 2002

Study finds modest execise alone reduces risk factors for Type ll diabetes

How Self Help Improves Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, July 18, 2002

The benefits of a free choice, but sensible, diet combined with intense exercise are demonstrated in a group with diabetes.