News tagged with fitness centers

Study looks at NYC fast-food menu calorie counts

Like any fitness program, it works only if you pay attention to it. A new study on New York City's effort to encourage healthy eating by posting calorie counts on menus shows that it worked for about one in six customers ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study points to health disparities in physical fitness

An Indiana University study examining disparities in physical fitness levels between older adults who are patients of safety net community health centers (CHC) and those who are members of a medically affiliated fitness center ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Exercise limits: Just 1 in 5 kids live near parks

(AP) -- Health officials say one reason so many American kids are overweight is that few have a nearby place to play and exercise.

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 25, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

African-Americans lose weight in 12-week, church-based program

Nearly half of overweight and obese African Americans who completed a 12-week, faith-based program lost 5 percent or more of their body weight and most kept it off for at least six months, researchers reported at the American ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Special workplace benefits help relieve stress, improve bottom line

(PhysOrg.com) -- While hundreds of thousands of American workers are losing jobs these days, many more are stressed out. For those fortunate to still have jobs in this down economy, however, companies can help alleviate workplace ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Create your own mini-gym for next to nothing

If you're like a lot of us, the New Year means your waist is noticeably thicker while your wallet is depressingly thinner than a month or two ago.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 06, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 1