General Health

A recent study from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Cambridge University and the Karolinska Institute in Sweden has found that even light or moderate intensity physical activity, such as walking or cycling, can substantially reduce the risk of premature death. Here’s the scoop are reported in Science Daily (July 25, 2010): The good...
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OK, here’s some food, I mean drink, for thought.  Researchers in Norway followed 5,033 adults, who averaged 58 years of age, for seven years.  Out of that group, those adults that drank at least four glasses of wine over a two-week period had a lower risk of poor cognitive function than those who drank less...
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Following up on yesterday’s post, another study of over 100 obese children reported in Clinical Pediatrics found that more than half were overweight by 24 months of age and 90% were overweight by the age of five. Researchers are not sure about the reasons for rapid weight gain early in life, but contributing factors are...
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OK, IDigFitness fans. Time for some sobering information if you’re a parent. The New England Journal of Medicine recently reported on a long term study of nearly 5,000 children. The results show that children who are obese are more than twice as likely to die before age 55 than their non-obese friends. So,...
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As you know if you’re a regular reader of the IDigFitness Blog, one of our core philosophies is, “if you dig it, you’ll do it.”  Translated, that means if your workouts are something you dread, you’re not going to do them, but if they’re something you enjoy, then they’ll get done. Well, I don’t know...
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