2006 December - Fitness Mantra : A Health and Fitness Blog

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Fitness Mantra del.icio.us page Welcome to del.icio.us Friday. You can stay updated with this news as it happens by subscribing separately to the Fitness Mantra del.icio.us feed.

I felt this week’s top story was that effective advertising for health and fitness indeed has a positive impact on teenagers who view them. Ad Campaigns Help Get Kids Active is an article that is based on the evaluation of the impact of the first two years of the CDC’s national youth media campaign VERB: It’s what you do, designed to persuade children ages 9 to 13 to get more exercise.

“The bottom line is, children who saw the VERB campaign were more physically active than those who didn’t see it. We were ’selling’ physical activity as a product and lots of kids ‘bought’ (it),” study co-author Marian Huhman said in a prepared statement.

Now, onto the top fitness news this week:

Ad Campaigns Help Get Kids Active: Advertising can help kids get off the couch and be more physically active, say researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Timing of weight gain affects breast cancer risk: New mothers now have even more incentive to shed pounds gained during pregnancy, other than wanting to fit into those pre-pregnancy jeans. A new study indicates an association between gaining weight in adulthood and an increased risk of breast cancer afte
Got Kids? Check Your Fat Intake: Adults with children 17 and under living at home eat more fat than adults in childless households, according to a new study. Their daily fat intake is about 5 grams higher.
Nitrates in Vegetables Lower Blood Pressure: Nitrates, a chemical found in vegetables like spinach and lettuce, may be responsible for keeping blood vessels healthy, says a new study.
Housework cuts breast cancer risk: Women who exercise by doing the housework can reduce their risk of breast cancer, a study suggests.
Low-Income Preschoolers Prone to Obesity: A review of nearly 2,000 3-year-old, low-income children and their mothers found that one-third of white and black children were overweight or obese, while a stunning 44 percent of Latino children fell into those categories.
It really is possible to exercise too much: Overzealous exercisers can run their way to stress fractures, spin their way to insomnia or even overdo it to the point their immune systems are compromised.
Universal Studios Parks Ban Trans Fats, Offer Healthier Menus: The early reviews are mostly positive at the Universal Studios theme park in Hollywood where the menu changed on Christmas Eve to cut unhealthy trans fats from many junk food favorites.
Big bellies tied to greater heart disease risk: The more your belly sticks out, the greater your risk of developing heart disease, a new study shows. “The message is really obesity in the abdomen matters even more than obesity overall.”
Energy Bars: Health Food or Candy?: With claims such as “tastes like a candy bar,” “helps build muscle” and “boosts your energy levels,” who wouldn’t choose these quick-to-eat bars? But are they really a smart choice?
Diabetics Confront a Tangle of Workplace Laws: The number of diabetics in America swelled by 80 percent in the past decade. Experts say the disease is on its way to becoming a conspicuous fact of life in the nationâ€™s labor force, raising all sorts of issues for workers and managers.
Pill that tricks you into losing weight: The drug fools the body’s metabolism into staying active, cutting weight by 12 per cent in under a year.
Olive oil may hinder cancer process: People who use plenty of olive oil in their diets may be helping to prevent damage to body cells that can eventually lead to cancer, new research suggests.
Weight Loss Cuts Prostate Cancer Risk: Men who lose weight may be less likely to get aggressive prostate cancer, while obesity may increase a man’s risk.

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Have a Very Happy and Fit New Year 2007!

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100th post: Fitness Mantra is accepted into 9rules!

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9rules leaf member “Welcome to 9rules”.

For a second I just stared at the subject of the email without comprehension. And then it hit me. Fitness Mantra had just hit a double landmark: 100 posts and as a bonus holiday gift: Fitness Mantra is accepted into the 9rules Network!

What is 9rules?

For those not familiar, simply put, 9rules is a network of quality blogs from around the world that are organised into various groups called communities. Some examples are “Art“, Food” and “Science“. Thus, a visit to the 9rules site will always assure you of great content on a variety of topics and from a variety of viewpoints. Look for “Fitness Mantra” under “Food” (it might take a couple of days for them to add me into the community), but I am requesting them to create a community for health and fitness addicts like you and me (surely we deserve a space of our own!) and I am sure there are several great fitness blogs out there that 9rules readers would greatly benefit from.

According to the 9rules “About” page, any blog can request to be included in the network, but they look for those with good content that are updated regularly. I am extremely grateful to the 9rules team for recognising my efforts to make fitness a way of life for all my readers. I now have the added responsibility of living up to the high standards set by the 9rules community and with your support and encouragement, I am confident I can rise to the occasion.

New Here?

cake 100 Fitness Mantra is a blog focussed squarely on health, fitness and nutrition and most of my posts revolve around making fitness an everyday choice. I started the blog in May of this year and coincidentally this is the 100th post! Just a couple of days back I wrote a “Reviews and Predictions” post as part of Problogger’s Group Writing Project and for newcomers that is an easy way to find out what I have been thinking and writing about these last 7 months and what I plan to do next year.