May
07
2011
• National Physical Fitness and Sports Month (May 1-31)
• Mother’s Day (May 8th)
• National Physical Education and Sport Week (May 1-7)
• National Women's Health Week (May 8-14)
• Bike-to-Work Week (May 16-20)
• National Employee Health and Fitness Day (May 18)
• National Senior Health Fitness Day (May 25th)
• National Salad Month* (May)
• National Tap Dance Day (May 25th)
• Memorial Day (May 30th)
• United Nations: World No Tobacco Day (May 31st)
My friends, for all of you salad lovers, this is the month to show your support. If you are not a consumer of plant foods, this is the time to give them a try. Salads are an amazingly healthy food item that offers many protective health benefits. And it’s also the month to get out and show your exercise support.
Remember, regular exercise and eating healthy are the best ways to remain physically fit and protect yourself from many medical problems.
Stay fit and healthy The Nerdel Way.
Links:
a. Salad Adventures* 101 and 102 at www.nerdel.com/blog
b. Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans: www.health.gov/PAGuidelines/
c. Take the Million PALA Challenge: nerdel.com/blog
d. President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports Tool Kit: www.fitness.gov/resources/toolkit/index.html
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Jul
18
2010
First Lady Michelle Obama has made it her mission to tackle the issues of childhood obesity. She developed the Let’s Move campaign with the focus to encourage kids all over the United States (and the world) to get active and eat healthy:
“Through the Let’s Move! campaign—a comprehensive, collaborative, and community-oriented initiative that addresses all of the various factors that lead to childhood obesity—we are engaging every sector of society that impacts the health of children to provide schools, families and communities the simple tools they need to help kids be more active, eat better, and get healthy.”
As we all are aware, childhood (and adult) obesity is at epidemic proportions. According to the recent statistics, our nation is getting fatter and less fit. We are headed in the wrong direction. It is very difficult for individuals to lose the added weight once they have gained it. The new Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010 (see Graehm Gray’s blog: DGA Parts One and Two in The Nerdel News) coming out soon will explain in detail the latest accumulated research based information on what we should be eating. However, a plan must be formed to try and prevent ...
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Jun
09
2010
Did you know that in the latest guidelines (Dietary Guidelines for Americans), all children (from preschool through age 18) should be physically active and get 60 (sixty) minutes of exercise/physical activity each and every day? Well it’s true. This exercise or activity does not have to be only from sports, but also can come from walking and playing (a.k.a. recess). And the exercise does not have to be done all at once. You can break it up into several periods throughout the day- for example: 6-ten minute episodes or 4- fifteen minute episodes.
Parenting tip#1: according to many studies, kids (and adults too) that are physically active have a lower risk of developing chronic diseases like obesity, type-2 diabetes, elevated BMI, stroke, coronary artery disease, colon cancer, osteoporosis elevated blood fats, elevated blood pressure and elevated insulin levels. On the other end of the spectrum, kids that are not active and are sedentary (e.g. sit in front of the TV or computer) have a much higher risk of developing chronic diseases like overweight, obesity, coronary artery disease, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis, and certain types of cancer.
Parenting tip #2: If you eat 100 more food calories a day than you burn, you'll gain about 1 pound in a month. That's about 12 pounds in a year.
Here is a chart that shows the calories (units of energy) ...
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