Category Archives: Healthy living

Interventions Can Boost Seniors’ Physical Activity

Interventions Can Boost Seniors’ Physical Activity
Why should seniors boost their physical activity? The size of the senior population in the US and other developed countries continues to grow. Seniors have disproportionately higher prevalence of chronic health conditions compared to younger persons. Increased levels of physical activity predict lower risk of developing chronic conditions. Self-management of chronic health conditions through increased…
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Sitting While You Work

Sitting While You Work
Occupational sitting Back in the 1950s, British researchers found that workers who spent a lot of time sitting (London bus drivers and mail sorters) had higher rates of cardiovascular disease compared to workers who stood and walked (bus ticket collectors and postal workers). In 2010, researchers conducted a systematic review of 43 studies that investigated…
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Live Better on the Camino Podiensis

Live Better on the Camino Podiensis
Around 2012, my wife Betsy and I saw a film, The Way, starring Martin Sheen, about the Camino de Santiago in Spain. We were intrigued about walking for nearly 500 miles through northern Spain in the company of other hikers (pilgrims). Later, we saw two other films about the Camino. We put it on our…
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A Companion Dog Can Enrich Your Life

A Companion Dog Can Enrich Your Life
Dogs as social catalysts In the latter part of the 20th Century, research suggested that dog ownership predicted better health and well-being. In particular, companion dogs seemed to function as social catalysts. In 2000, two British researchers conducted two experiments to clarify whether the social interactions depended on the attributes of the dog or the…
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