News tagged with exercise goals

Students 'jump into action' for better health

The National Survey of Children's Health indicates 31 percent of Missouri children are overweight or obese; yet, the state lacks physical activity requirements for students and nutritional standards for school meals beyond ...

Medicine & Health / Health

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Primary care program helps obese teen girls manage weight, improve body image and behavior

Teenage girls gained less weight, improved their body image, ate less fast food, and had more family meals after participating in a 6- month program that involved weekly peer meetings, consultations with primary care providers ...

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Middle school teachers, students stay after school to work on science, engineering projects

The School of Education at Virginia Tech and the College of Education at University of Kentucky were awarded $1.3 million from the National Science Foundation to implement and evaluate an inquiry-based after-school ...

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Focus on self-improvement, rather than winning, benefits young athletes

Underserved youth athletes report more life skill and character development when their coaches place greater emphasis on creating caring climates instead of focusing on competition, according to research from ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Physical activity yields feelings of excitement, enthusiasm

(Medical Xpress) -- People who are more physically active report greater levels of excitement and enthusiasm than people who are less physically active, according to Penn State researchers. People also are more likely to ...

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created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers pave the way for improving treatment for Type 2 diabetes

In a study published last week in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, a team led by Dr. Vincent Poitout of the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHU ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Metabolic 'breathalyzer' reveals early signs of disease

The future of disease diagnosis may lie in a "breathalyzer"-like technology currently under development at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

World Cancer Day points to prevention

Health care organizations from around the globe will come together on Saturday, Feb. 4 to promote cancer prevention as part of this year's World Cancer Day.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

UCSF leaders explore bioinformatics in research, patient care and education

In the world of bioinformatics, the rush is on to extract gold from a data mine.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Lifestyle counseling reduces time to reach treatment goals for people with diabetes

Lifestyle counseling, practiced as part of routine care for people with diabetes, helps people more quickly lower blood glucose, blood pressure and cholesterol levels and keep them under control, according to a large, long-term ...

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created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Latest gadgets give diets, workouts a high-tech boost

The math formula for weight loss isn't hard to understand. There's calorie input and calorie output - what you eat and what you burn. When the energy input is less than the output, you lose weight. But as simple as it looks ...

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created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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