fitness
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Facts about Obesity and Possible Solutions
Obesity is all around us. It is a global pandemic that affects all of the developed world. Let’s take a look at some facts about obesity before considering some of the things that could be done to make a difference. Facts about Obesity Obesity is the fifth most likely cause of death globally. Obesity-related illnesses score higher. Every year, some 2.8 million adults die because of obesity. 44% of diabetics, 23% of people with cardiovascular disease and between 7% and 41% of cancer patients are obese. 1.5 billion adults are currently overweight. Some 500 million of these (300 women/200 men) are obese. 43 million children under the age of 5…
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For Art or Fitness: Celebrities Who Have Made Dramatic Physical Transformations
Celebrities are well known for keeping in shape and making changes to their physiques, sometimes as a result of wanting to look better, and sometimes for a specific purpose like a movie role. Here are some of the most dramatic transformations of 2015. Mischa Barton Mischa Barton, star of the hit TV show The O.C., was photographed at the end of 2014 with a much larger figure than she had previously been known for. But just a few months later, she was snapped again looking completely different after shedding a lot of weight. The first photographs had snapped her dressed in gym wear, so it looks like her visits…
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Parklives – Use that local park!
Is there anywhere more wonderful than a local park? Free to use and enjoy, parks offer us a place to walk, whether we have a dog who needs exercise, or if we just want to enjoy the fresh air. They are a place to kick a football, throw a frisbee or have a picnic. In Autumn you can enjoy the beauty of the falling leaves, in snowy Winter you can build a snowman or have a good old snowball fight. As I said at the start of this post, is there anywhere more wonderful than a local park? So you might be surprised to hear that new research, conducted as…
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Coca-Cola Great Britain Parklives – Super fun in Brum
Earlier this year, Coca-Cola Great Britain launched its Parklives programme, in partnership with Active Parks Birmingham. This is a programme that has created hundreds of fun and free activity sessions designed with getting people out into the great outdoors in order to get fit and active, whilst enjoying a little socialising too. Over this Summer there have been lots of super fun activities taking place in over 60 parks and green spaces in Birmingham, and this is set to continue well into September. Parklives activities run throughout the week and are free of charge. Yesterday I took Joe to check out one of the activities, with a little table tennis…
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Synvisc, drug for osteoarthritis
Even though people like to present old age as the golden age, it is a scientific fact that our body stops losing its function when it reaches certain point. We are no longer able to produce adequate amounts of substances to fuel our body and our cells, like any other matter in nature, slowly starts decomposing. This basically affects each part of our body making us prone to injuries, sickness and various issues and conditions. Among many different problems that can happen to elderly people, arthritis is the worst one. Arthritis is inflammation of joints. There are numerous types of this disease; however, osteoarthritis is the most common one and…
