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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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Healthy Living on the Camino de Santiago

Healthy Living on the Camino de Santiago
As you know, Keep Moving might be the single most important healthy lifestyle choice that you can embrace and incorporate into your daily life. Last week, my wife, Betsy, and I returned from Spain after hiking the Camino de Santiago (also known as the Camino Frances). We started on April 21 in St. Jean Pied…
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Embrace Healthy Lifestyle Choices to Avoid Depression

Embrace Healthy Lifestyle Choices to Avoid Depression
Depression is a huge global health problem Depression accounts for a substantial fraction of disability worldwide and creates more medical burden than any other form of mental illness. In addition to the damage depression causes, it predicts increased risk of cardiovascular disease, the most common cause of death. The growing prevalence of chronic diseases, including…
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Do Tiny Amounts of Vigorous Physical Activity Matter?

Do Tiny Amounts of Vigorous Physical Activity Matter?
Brief, high-intensity everyday activities One of the commonly overlooked changes in the 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans concerns the minimum amount of exercise that improves health. The old minimum of 10 minutes (unsupported by data) went by the wayside but was not replaced with another number. Recent Australian research suggests that the smallest amount…
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