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What Is VILPA?

What Is VILPA?
VILPA = Vigorous Intermittent Physical Activity One of the potentially overlooked changes in the 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans concerns the minimum amount of physical activity that improves health. The old minimum of 10 minutes (unsupported by data) went by the wayside but was not replaced with another number. Recent research suggests that even…
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Intrinsic Motivation Can Help You Embrace Healthy Lifestyle Choices

Intrinsic Motivation Can Help You Embrace Healthy Lifestyle Choices
Self-determination theory Beginning in the early 1970s, Edward Deci at the University of Rochester began developing what later became self-determination theory (SDT). Subsequently with Rochester colleague, Richard Ryan and others, SDT blossomed into a well-researched and validated way to understand and predict why we humans behave the way we do. Deci, Ryan, and colleagues conducted…
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Reducing the Environmental Impacts of Diet

Reducing the Environmental Impacts of Diet
Food production and greenhouse gas emissions Researchers at the University of Minnesota labeled the convergence of 1) diets increasing in calories and animal products, 2) increasing prevalence of chronic diseases, and 3) increasing environmental deterioration as a global trilemma. These three trends bode ill for people and the planet. Global food demand (measured as that…
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Keep Moving and Lower Your Risk of Dementia

Keep Moving and Lower Your Risk of Dementia
Global increase in dementia A recent report that used data from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study in 2019 estimated that the number of people with dementia would increase globally from 57.4 million in 2019 to 130.8 million in 2050. The estimated increase varied widely among regions with the lowest in…
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