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Are your training shoes up to the job?
Did you know many of the injuries that people suffer when running are caused by inadequate shoes or ones that are old and worn out! Some of those injuries can include shin splints, hip and knee pain as well as foot pain. Making sure that your footwear is right for you is important and, although […]
More GP’s recommending exercise for depression
Recent research by the Mental Health Foundation has found that more GP’s are recommending patients to exercise to help depression. From their survey, 61% now believe a supervised programme of exercise to be ‘very effective’ or ‘quite effective’ in treating mild to moderate depression, in comparison to 41% three years ago.
This is good news and […]
Wiggle adds new triathlon section
The superb online store, Wiggle, has just introduced a new section to its site specifically for triathlon. The section appears to be extensive already and it comes with the excellent customer service and fast turnaround of orders.
Obesity and Genetics
A recent publication of a study on 5,000 twins about the role genetics and childhood obesity on 7 February 2008 by UCL and Cancer Research: Childhood weight strongly influenced by genes, has concluded that inherited genes accounted for 77 per cent of the variation in both children’s BMI and the size of their waistlines. See […]
Government launches £372m strategy to fight obesity
The UK government has published a new £372m strategy to reduce the rising levels of obesity by 2020. The new strategy will focus on healthy eating advice, increased cycling routes and ‘healthy towns’, and will particularly concentrate on childhood obesity. For the full briefing see the Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives strategy at the Department of […]
