Physical Inactivity
News and information about Physical Inactivity on Oprah.com.
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The Science Behind the Couch Potato High
… where I figured I'd laugh myself into an endorphin-induced buzz. But then I realized that my couch potato high would quickly lead to couch potato thighs. So I devised a new plan: I'd watch TV at the gym (even injured ex-runners like …
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Celebrating Title IX, the Couch Potato Way
Photo: Thinkstock Hard to imagine that 40 years ago a presidential act had to be passed to ensure that "no person shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance." But it did, and that act, Title IX, helped
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The Couch Potato's Guide to Giving Back
Do-gooder series like Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and special episodes like American Idol's Idol Gives Back have turned cause-championing into successful television.
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Putting More Resolve into New Year's Resolutions
Have you gone back to to overeating, being a couch potato , smoking or whatever behavior you resolved to quit this ..... at least trying, and go back to overeating, being a couch potato , smoking or whatever behavior it was we had wanted to …
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Cardiovascular Disease
… by reducing their major risk factors: high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, tobacco use, diabetes, physical inactivity and poor nutrition. "If we can intervene early enough—particularly now that we know the disease starts early …
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The Best Way to Play
… their own rich imaginations. And they set themselves up for obesity and other health problems that come with physical inactivity . In The Best Way To Play, Little Bill shows your child a way to use television as a springboard for creative …
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Education is Key to Nutrition
… Decisions for living a healthier life like smoking, seat belt use, driving under the influence (due to alcohol or other drugs), physical inactivity , eating habits and diet and high risk sexual practices are all within in your control.
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Suze Orman's 4 Tips for Choosing Health Insurance
… the doctor away. When it comes to life insurance, individual premiums are lower for fit people and nonsmokers than for couch potatoes and those who light up. Plus, healthier folks are less likely to have to retire early—which can give them the flexibility …
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Thursdays Are from Mars: The Pieced-Together Life of a '60s Photographer
… together Robinson's life ever since, and a new book of the photographer's work is available now. ( NPR ) * Calling all couch potatoes ! Let's all take a moment to remember Eugene Polley, the inventor of the remote control, who died this week at 96 …
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The Brain Rules
… sedentary populations like our own. That's why exercise boosts brain power in such populations. Exercisers outperform couch potatoes in long-term memory, reasoning, attention, problem-solving tasks and more. I am convinced that integrating exercise …
