Football as a Healing Hobby
Discover how football can support physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing through every stage of life. From…
Healing Through Hobbies: Why Play Might Be the Health Plan You’ve Been Missing
What if the things you love — the ones you call hobbies — are the real…
Jamie Oliver: The Naked Chef
Jamie Oliver has been encouraging people to cook for nearly two decades. As a celebrity chef,…
Katy Bowman: Nutritious Movement
Katy Bowman has been encouraging people to move more for over a decade. She grew up…
activity | ageing | cancer | CHD | cholesterol | diabetes | general health | insulin resistance | obesity | Osteoporosis | Physical Education | pre-diabetes | Reviews | steps | Teacher
Book review: Physical Activity and Health (2007) Claude Bouchard, Steven Blair, William Haskell
I have read so much over the years about the dangers of sedentary behaviour, but I…
ageing | cancer | CHD | diabetes | insulin resistance | obesity | Osteoporosis | Physical Education | Reviews | Teacher | vascular diseases
Book review: Physical Activity and Health The evidence explained: Second edition (Adrianne E. Hardman and David J. Stensel)
I was lucky enough to be lectured by Adrianne Hardman at Loughborough University during my degree….
Days out | Everyday adventures | history | metabolism | steps | vision
Stowe House and gardens are a healthy day out
Do you struggle to get to the gym or stick to your diet? Are you too…
The benefits of Tidying as a weight training session
If you think of tidying like a gym routine and the area you are tidying as…
Being more active improves your ability to prevent damage and recover
When reviewing all I’ve learned about the benefits of exercise, I feel that the most important…
Exercise may slow progression of retinal degeneration
That is the finding of a study in the Journal of Neuroscience. Exercise appears to preserve…
activity | football | hobbies | sport | weight loss
Weight loss in football fans from the Lancet
Being a fan has health implications so it is nice to know that people are actually…
How to exercise more in normal life. Toddlers and Ikea part two
Following up last week’s visit we went back today to get one of the items we…
activity | cells | diabetes | general health | insulin resistance | key posts | movement | obesity
Managing Diabetes through Physical Activity
At university, I learnt how much exercise can do for Diabetes, particularly Type II. Since then…
How to exercise more in normal life. Toddlers and Ikea
So I just want to be more active in general but most decisions now involve a…
Exercise produces immediate changes to DNA
Just had to log this nugget. Exercise actually produces immediate changes to DNA. The amount of detail…
Exercise in pregnancy may help your newborns brain!!!
Just came across a fascinating bit of research suggesting that exercise during pregnancy gives newborn brain…
activity | nutrition | obesity | weight loss
Exercise and weight loss: Do we know it all yet?
Watching The men who made us fat is a double-edged sword for me. I like to learn more…
activity | cells | diabetes | insulin resistance | metabolism | movement | obesity | pre-diabetes | training | vascular diseases | weight loss
Exercise alters metabolism in minutes
Exercise has an impact on your health within minutes. That is the insight I take from…
How exercise combats Heart Disease, Insulin Resistance and Diabetes
Introduction It may surprise you to learn that getting fit won’t just help you lose much…
Brief exercise reduces the impact of stress
I just came across a fascinating article suggesting that Brief exercise reduces the impact of stress….
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