We caught a glimpse of spring this past week here in New York City, when the sun busted out and temperatures flirted with, though couldn’t quite commit to, the 60s. Chilling rain has returned, but the brief respite proved that spring will be back. Eventually. Meantime, let’s talk soup. After a winter of nubby bean…
Imagine a world where packaged foods and drinks do not contain consistent and uniform nutrition facts labels. Consider how challenging it would be to make healthy food choices regarding the quality and quantity of the foods you consume. This was the case before 1990, when the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) passed the Nutrition Labeling…
One of the most effective, researched and frequently used exercises in the world of fitness is the squat (Rusin and DeBell, 2019; Schoenfeld, 2010). A fundamental movement pattern, the squat is the subject of much debate, from “proper” squat technique to its effectiveness in sport or clinical settings (Schoenfeld, 2010). One factor health and exercise…
Many of your clients are undoubtedly struggling not only to stay active themselves during this pandemic, but also to keep their kids moving. Rest, sleep and mindfulness are vital elements of coping with the stress associated with COVID-19, so sedentary pursuits like watching TV, playing video games or reading a good book can be frequently used default options in…
Key Takeaways Nearly 1.8 billion adults worldwide are at risk of disease from not doing enough physical activity. While that represents an approximate 5% increase from 2010 to 2022, there is some good news and lessons to be learned. Almost half of the world’s countries have made some improvements in the past decade, and 22…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released new data on physical inactivity levels across the United States, broken down not only by state but also by race/ethnicity. It may not surprise you to hear that, as the CDC says, “too many people in the United States are not physically active,” but there…
ON A WARM September afternoon in subarctic Finland, the architect Laura Mattila kneels in the grass beside a sauna that she and Mikko Merz, her 49-year-old partner in life and work, built eight years ago in the factory town turned artists’ colony of Fiskars, an hour’s drive west from Helsinki. Mattila, 40, doesn’t mention the…
March is National Nutrition Month® (NNM), an annual campaign from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (formerly the American Dietetic Association). This year’s theme, “Personalize your Plate,” invites people to learn about making informed food choices and developing healthful eating and physical-activity habits. Because there is no single approach to optimal nutrition, programming should be…
Pain is a very personal and subjective experience. Modern pain science no longer views pain as a sensation; rather, pain is viewed as an experience that results from an amalgamation of inputs that are physical, psychological, emotional and social. These inputs must be viewed interdependently, because they all directly affect one another and the overall…
The Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans—not to mention every ACE textbook—have long been teaching health coaches and exercise professionals about the value of well-balanced exercise programs. You know the rundown: Perform a minimum of 150 minutes a week of moderate-intensity cardiorespiratory physical activity, or 75 minutes a week of vigorous-intensity cardiorespiratory physical activity, or an equivalent combination of the two. Perform muscle-strengthening activities of at…