From WebMD Health News

Obesity at Age 20 Linked to Early Death

 

If this isn’t a wake up call, I don’t know what is!!!!

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From Heartwire

Heart-Healthy Lifestyle Change Usually Requires Combinations of Cognitive Approaches

Reed Miller

 

 

This article is saying all the right things, save one. Our society does have a built in provention system, and if you’re a member of this site or a direct client of PVS FIT you are already experiencing it’s benefits. I do however agree that our healthcare system needs to provide people a means to easily take advantage of it. Until that time PVS FIT is committed to providing the highest level service and “health care” at the most affordable prices we can.

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Looks good huh?……read on!

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Medscape Medical News from the:
  • Alzheimer’s Association International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease (ICAD) 2010

  • This coverage is not sanctioned by, nor a part of, the Alzheimer’s Association.

Moderate Physical Activity Linked to Lower Dementia Risk

Susan Jeffrey

July 12, 2010 (Honolulu, Hawaii) — A new analysis from the Framingham Study suggests moderate to heavy physical activity is associated with a reduced risk for dementia during more than 20 years of follow-up.

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Surgeon General Urges Exercise for Optimal Health

Regina M. Benjamin, MD, MBA

 

Editor’s Note:

The following commentary from US Surgeon General Regina Benjamin, MD, MBA, is a collaboration between the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), and Medscape.

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This number can be a great healthy way to please the masses at your next family bbq or reunion.  It tastes so good they won’t even know it’s healthy!!  And when everyone asks you what you’re doing to be looking so great…just pass them a plate and say PVS FIT!

 

Check out the recipe below!!

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From Heartwire

New US Dietary Guidelines to Be Issued by Year-End

Lisa Nainggolan

June 17, 2010 (Washington, DC)The US Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) has issued its recommendations for the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010, which are now open for a period of public comment [1]. The dietary guidelines are jointly issued and updated every five years by the Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Health and Human Services (HHS).

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Well folks they’ve almost got it right.  Thank God they’ve finally published a study illustrating what us in the fitness industry have been preaching for years.  It’s intensity and consistency ladies and gentleman. Fitness levels have to get to get high, but that’s all relative. It’s also hard to do on your own.  CONTACT ME if you feel like you need help, but read the study, it can still be an eye opener.

 

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June 2010

 

Increased intakes of flavonol-rich foods may reduce the risk of stroke by 20%, according to a meta-analysis involving more than 110,000 people.

"We showed for the first time, to our knowledge, that flavonol intake was inversely associated with stroke incidence," wrote the Dutch researchers, led by Dr. Peter Hollman, an associate professor of nutrition and health.

"We conclude that evidence is accumulating that flavonol intake is inversely related to different cardiovascular disease outcomes," they added.

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Family physicians can treat obesity. The science is extensive; the art of treatment is exciting. This blog, for family physicians, debates the major issues in successful treatment of obesity.

  • Neil Peace

    Dr. Neil Peace is a family physician who has had a special interest in treating overweight and obese patients since 1982. He studied medicine at Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, and now lives in Sydney, Australia. His medical practice in Sydney deals exclusively with treating overweight and obese patients, and he takes a scientific approach to treatment. Dr. Peace believes that family physicians can and should be primary managers of their obese patients.

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