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28.05.09 -
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Study shows that exercise reduces breast cancer risk
(Medical News Today)
A study presented at the American College of Sports Medicine's 56th Annual Meeting in Seattle has shown that women over the age of 30 who regularly exercise decrease their chances of breast cancer.
Although incidence of breast cancer did not appear to change in relation to exercise levels between 10 and 30 years of age, women above 30 significantly decreased their chances of contracting the disease if they were more active.
Breast cancer is the most prevalent type of cancer in women.
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28.05.09 -
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Is playing Wii sport as good as the real thing?
(The Sun)
David Lowe and Kate Wighton investigate whether computer games can help people to lose weight and get into shape.
A family are asked to try Sports Active for 5 days then switch to 30 minutes of real exercise, performing the activities they have played on the computer game.
The mother and younger daughter prefer the Wii games whereas the father and older daughter prefer the real sport.
Sun fitness expert Nicki Waterman says a computer game can help you to get fit if you use it regularly and practise a variety of the activities on offer.
She says it is also good for those who don’t like working out as it offers a diversion from the exercise.
She warns, however, that the novelty can wear off and the Wii can become another piece of equipment gathering dust.
Waterman also thinks that you are more likely to lose weight doing real exercise rather than Wii exercise.
She compares the calorie burning capabilities of Wii sports to the real thing.
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28.05.09 -
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Unhealthy diet will force up childhood diabetes by 70pc
(Telegraph)
Kate Devlin reports on a study from Queens University in Belfast which has concluded that Britain faces a 70 per cent rise in childhood diabetes because of lifestyle changes including unhealthy eating and caesarean births.
The team behind the study believes the rise in Type 1 diabetes is too fast to be explained by genetics alone and is likely to be the result of environmental factors.
Dr Chris Patterson, one of the lead authors of the study, said: “We know from evidence from Eastern Europe that as they began to adopt a more Western lifestyle cases of the disease shot up.”
The study is published online in The Lancet.
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20.05.09 -
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Fit to bursting
(Mirror p29, Sun p27)
The above papers tell the story of Paul ‘PJ’ James, a gym instructor, who abandoned his usual exercise and healthy eating
regime in order to understand the challenges faced by his overweight clients. Since New Year’s Eve he has gone from 12½
stone to 20 on a diet of junk food.
PJ said: “The thing that shocked me most about this diet is its emotional effects.
I feel tired all the time and quite down. I’m unhappy with how I look and I just don’t feel like doing anything.
I can understand how hard it is. I used to enjoy healthy food. Now I’ve got the taste for fizzy drinks and chocolate.
The energy these foods give is short-lived your body is soon wanting more.”
PJ, who still runs classes at Doherty’s Gym in Melbourne, Australia, plans to start a healthy regime on July 1 in order to
regain his old physique by Christmas.
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20.05.09 -
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Blood pressure drugs ‘should be given to everyone over 55’
(Mail & Telegraph)
Professor Malcolm Law of the Wolfson Institute at Barts and the
London School of Medicine writes in the British Medical
Journal that everyone over the age of 55 should take drugs to lower their
blood pressure even if their reading is normal.
Professor Law’s research found the medication cut the risk of heart
attacks and strokes regardless of a person’s blood pressure.
Drugs such as beta blockers and ACE inhibitors were found to reduce the
chance of heart attacks by around a quarter and stroke by around a third.
Mike Rich, of the Blood Pressure Association, said: “Prevention is better
than cure, but there are other proven ways to prevent high blood pressure
such as healthy eating and regular exercise, which have other health benefits too.”
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08.05.09 -
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‘Diet’ clothes we hoard
(Express, p15, 4 col.)
A survey by Lloyds Pharmacy has found a third of women deliberately buy
clothes that are too small for them as an incentive to lose weight.
The survey was conducted for the launch of the slimming pill Alli.
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08.05.09 -
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Make the Great Outdoors Your Gym
(Mirror, p40, Dr Miriam Stoppard, 1 page)
Doctor Miriam Stoppard writes about the benefits of exercising in the open air –
“If you want to get in shape but hate the idea of pounding a treadmill in a costly gym, then get inspiration from your surroundings”.
She says the outdoors is appealing because it offers a variety of locations and allows you to get involved in numerous activities.
A study from the University of Florida found that the more an exercise regime is varied the less likely the participant is to give up.
Stoppard expresses the view that the monotony of the gym means boredom soon sets in which explains why more than half of participants drop out after the first 6 months.
A study from the University of Essex found outdoor exercise reduced depression in nearly three-quarters of those tested.
Indoor exercise reduced depression in fewer than half of those tested. Stoppard suggests various outdoor activities - walking,
Green Gyms, running with a club, cycling, playing games such as badminton, rounders and football and British Military Fitness classes.
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01.05.09 -
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The Benefits Of "Mirthful Laughter," Coupled With Standard Diabetic Treatment
(Medical News Today)
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24.04.09 -
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Half of UK children ‘are couch potatoes’ (Daily Mail p27)
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24.04.09 -
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WORLD’S LARGEST CHILD OBESITY STUDY TO ISSUE RESULTS AT LIW
The ‘father of aerobics’, Dr Kenneth Cooper, will unveil the interim results of the world’s largest child obesity study in association with The Wright Foundation at this year’s LIW.
The founder of the not-for-profit educational and research body, the Cooper Institute, in Dallas, is behind the largest research project of its kind which is currently working to reduce obesity levels among some 2.68 million children in the US.
Dr Cooper will present the very latest findings of this research at the Wright Foundation’s UK National Exercise Referral, Rehabilitation & Activity Conference, which will focus on engaging the fitness industry with the wider health community and meeting the needs and challenges of PCTs. Dr Cooper’s research will show that higher levels of fitness are associated with improved academic performance, increased school attendance as well as fewer disciplinary incidents.
In addition an invite will be issued to UK Primary Schools to take part in this world wide study from WRIGHT Foundation Research. Schools will find out how they can generate funding to be part of this very successful Child Obesity Project.
The WRIGHT Foundation is working with local authorities and educational bodies as well as PCTs and health promotion organisations to deliver the pilot projects that will last for three years. If successful, it is intended to roll these projects out across the UK.
“Scotland is number two in the world obesity league behind the US and England is not far behind. Dr Cooper’s work in the US has already brought about a change in legislation in Texas to increase children’s physical activity levels and we believe our pilot projects will have similar success in the UK,” says Murdo Wallace, Chairman and Founder of WRIGHT Foundation Research.
“LIW is delighted to be working in partnership with the Wright Foundation and welcoming Dr Cooper to present on the findings of the world’s largest child obesity project. It’s important that the fitness industry continues to build links with the wider health community to deliver joined-up programmes to fight the obesity epidemic,” says Jonathan Monks, Event Manager at LIW.
10th UK NATIONAL EXERCISE REFERRAL REHAB & ACTIVITY CONFERENCE
WEDNESDAY 23rd SEPTEMBER 2009
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