Top Twenty fitness trends for 2015
Taking over the 2015 fitness trends prediction top spot from high-intensity interval training is body weight training.
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Disability can lead to lower self-esteem
Disability and self-confidence are explored in a study on the body image of athletes in the Special Olympics from the Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology.
Warning signs of stroke and heart disease in 5-year olds
A review of research has found that young children who are obese or overweight already have raised blood pressure, cholesterol and other factors that can increase their chances of having a stroke or heart attack by up to 40 per cent.
Good news for chocaholics
People who eat chocolate regularly tend to be thinner
Working hard? Then play harder to stay healthy
middle aged Caucasian men that have low physical fitness and work long hours are 50% more likely die of heart disease than those who work the same hours in a week but are in good physical order
An hour of daily exercise ‘needed to stay slim’
An hour a day of moderate exercise is needed to maintain weight and overweight women need to diet as well as exercise, a Harvard team reports.
Overweight kids risk back problems
“In children, back pain is usually attributed to muscle spasm or sprain,” Dr. Burns said. “It is assumed that disc disease does not occur in children, but my experience says otherwise.”