Bearers of bad news sometimes suggest their audience sit down before hearing it. But this news should get you up and moving: Not only are long periods of sitting bad for us, they’re “literally killing us,” says James Levine, M.D., […]
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The DMU wellness program staff are always on the look-out for new ways to motivate people to move more. While I joke that our Wellness Center bands, BOSUs, balls, kickboxing bags, dumbbells, gliders and other equipment are alternate forms of
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Over the month of December I participated in one of our wellness center’s many fabulous programs, Maintain Don’t Gain. The object of this program was to simply maintain your weight over the past six weeks so that you wouldn’t have any
Turkey, mashed potatoes and corn were nowhere near the first Thanksgiving table in 1621. The first Thanksgiving in Plymouth, Massachusetts featured lobster, rabbit, chicken, fish, squashes, beans, chestnuts, hickory nuts, onions, leeks, dried fruits, maple syrup/honey, and radishes Abraham Lincoln issued a
1-K. Hundreds of feet. Last year, we walked for a healthier Iowa. This year, to celebrate our progress we’re doing it again! Join us in front of the Academic Center on Wednesday, October 3 for this year’s Healthiest State Walk.
I had a ton of fun writing in the spring issue of DMU Magazine about the healthy cooking class co-taught in our Wellness Center kitchen by David Spreadbury, Ph.D., chair of biochemistry and nutrition, and Joy Schiller, M.S., CHES, director
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Let’s do a graceful sun salutation for September: It’s National Yoga Month. I have enjoyed adding to my workouts this form of exercise, which incorporates measured breathing, balance, flexibility, balance and relaxation through a variety of poses, or asanas. According
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