‘Move More for Less’
The conference focus for this year is making things happen on a budget, getting more mileage for your money and surviving the economic downturn.
Month: October 2009
Anti-oxidants in Diabetes link
Anti-oxidants commonly touted for their health-promoting benefits, could contribute to the early onset of Type 2 diabetes
Older adults benefit from improved elasticity of arteries after aerobic exercise
Just three months of physical activity provides heart health benefits for older adults with type 2 diabetes by improving the elasticity in their arteries.
Exercise? A fat lot of good that is for weight loss!
Just in case you missed it, an article in Times Online on Monday 19th October, created quite a stir when hackette Helen Rumbelow quoted recent studies that purport to show that the benefits of exercise for weight loss have been overstated.
The Physical Management of Parkinson’s Disease
Health Professionals’ Guide to Physical Management of Parkinson’s Disease fills a void in this area of clinical management by comprehensively addressing the physical management of Parkinson’s disease in a single volume.
Exercise improves body image
People who don’t achieve workout milestones such as losing fat, gaining strength or boosting cardiovascular fitness, feel just as good about their bodies as their more athletic counterparts
Supervised strength training is more effective
The responses show that about half of the players had been injured at least once during the season. Almost everybody performed some kind of injury-prevention activity, but a majority did it without supervision.
5th Edition of Directory of Sport Science
This book will deepen the common understanding of each prominent area of sport science and strengthen the field as a whole. Readers will gain a clear view of the history and current status of each sub-discipline in exercise science, and they will receive essential information to expand their study of the field and explore their potential contributions to its development and success.