Saturday, 15 Feb 2020
WHAT IS PHYSICAL FITNESS?
There are all sorts of aspects of physical fitness – muscle strength, balance, flexibility to…
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Saturday, 14 Dec 2019
EXERCISE AND CANCER
Cancers form a very large group of conditions which are extremely common causes of disease, disability, suffering and death. Nearly…
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Saturday, 26 Oct 2019
EXERCISE AND PARKINSON’S DISEASE
Even though I am fanatical about the benefits of regular exercise I know I still have much to learn about…
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Saturday, 19 Oct 2019
PREVENTING FRAILTY
Frailty and physical fitness Frailty is mainly the result of an accumulation of long-term physical inactivity and one or more…
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Saturday, 12 Oct 2019
MORE ABOUT FRAILTY
Testing for frailty Here is a test for frailty: Sit in an upright chair. Start your stopwatch, get up and…
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Saturday, 5 Oct 2019
FRAILTY and EXERCISE
We do not stop exercising because we grow old – we grow old because we stop exercising. Kenneth Cooper. …
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Saturday, 28 Sep 2019
PHYSICAL FITNESS, FATNESS AND LIFESPAN
As I said in my previous Blog – “What is physical fitness?” – a recent Mayo Clinic Proceedings editorial discusses…
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Saturday, 17 Aug 2019
EXERCISE AND DIABETES
Type 2 versus Type 1 diabetes mellitus Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is what we are talking about. Type 1…
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