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Feb 23

Grand Reopening Set for Newly Remodeled Life Time Fitness North Meridian Center March 5

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Life Time – The Healthy Way of Life Company (NYSE: LTM - News) will host a special grand reopening celebration and ribbon cutting ceremony at its newly remodeled health and fitness center in North Meridian on March 5. Formerly a Lifestyle Family Fitness club, Life Time Fitness North Meridian has undergone a remodeling effort designed to bring the facility to Life Time standards of quality and member experience. In addition, the center now makes it easier for members to reach their goals by offering distinct, innovative programs that help connect them to their passions.

 

Grand opening to feature tours and demonstrations that highlight Life Time’s state-of-the-art amenities—including complimentary towel service, new, state-of-the-art equipment, programming and services:

Life Time Weight Loss and nutrition programs Life Time Cycle demonstrations Signature Group Fitness programming Exclusive multilevel LifePower Yoga offering Intensive, 12-week boot-camp-style fitness programs Balloon artist courtesy of Life Time Kids Giveaways, including a Polar RCX5 heart rate monitor and Life Time gear bags

In celebration of the grand opening, consumers may establish a new membership with special offers March 3-6, 2012.

 

To learn more about Life Time Fitness North Meridian, ‘like’ us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/lifetimenorthmeridian.

 

  When: Monday, March 5, 2012 5:30 p.m.: Ribbon cutting ceremony 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.: VIP celebration   Where: Life Time Fitness North Meridian 9525 Meridian Street Indianapolis, IN 46260 317-843-9230  

Note to editors, news directors and photo departments: Media seeking access to the club prior to the event or with special requests should contact KJ Leinberger at 952-229-7162 or kleinberger@lifetimefitness.com.

About Life Time Fitness, Inc.
As The Healthy Way of Life Company, Life Time Fitness (NYSE: LTM - News) helps organizations, communities and individuals achieve their total health objectives, athletic aspirations and fitness goals by engaging in their areas of interest — or discovering new passions — both inside and outside of Life Time’s distinctive and large sports, professional fitness, family recreation and spa destinations, most of which operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The Company’s Healthy Way of Life approach enables customers to achieve this by providing the best programs, people and places of exceptional quality and value. As of February 23, 2012, the Company operated 93 centers under the LIFE TIME FITNESS® and LIFE TIME ATHLETICSM brands in 21 states and 26 major markets. Additionally, Life Time operated eight former Lifestyle Family Fitness facilities, which were in transition to become Life Time centers. Additional information about Life Time centers, programs and services is available at lifetimefitness.com.

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Feb 23

Fitness and Weight Loss Expert On Fox News On Dangers Of New Study For Being Over Weight – Video

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Feb 23

Registrations Open For Free Fitness Training Manual From Super-Trainer.Com

One Of The Most Successful Fitness Trainers In California, Sam Bakhtair, Is Now Offering Free Fitness Training Manual Registration

Chino Hills, CA (PRWEB) February 23, 2012

Fitness and personal trainer marketing honcho, weight loss expert, personal trainer, and author Saman Bakhtiar has now opened up online registrations for his fitness training manual Six-Figures in 67 Days Blueprint. Those who register for this product can get it for free. This free fitness training manual, which was previously offered at around $97, is part of Sam’s mission to propel fitness marketing hopefuls toward business success.

Sam is known among the fitness training community of California as 7 Figure Sam, because of his annual business, which enjoys returns of over $2.4 million. In Sam’s own words, “I am living proof of the career and income potential there is for you in fitness, but I consider myself proof of something else that is even more important.” This is what Sam hopes to teach through his free fitness trainer manual.

It is Sam’s belief that there is much more to a business than money. If dealt with in the right way, your business can allow you to control your own life and create your own destiny. Six-Figures in 67 Days Blueprint seeks to help fitness trainers create a business that works not just on the basis of manpower alone, but also on the basis of properly established systems.

With this kind of a business, it is possible for fitness trainers to concentrate on their own core competencies and their social and family life, while simultaneously seeing their business grow to rake in six figures annually.

Sam’s fitness marketing business has allowed him to go on from being a struggling businessman to a successful entrepreneur. His lessons have been learnt the hard way, but his Six-Figures in 67 Days Blueprint manual allows fitness trainers to grasp all the knowledge he has learned over the years and apply it in their own business.

Six-Figures in 67 Days Blueprint was an astounding success even when it was a paid product. Many people have been able to reap the benefits of Sam’s training manual and grow their business systematically. The free product offered on Sam’s Super-Trainer website on registration is unchanged. It is still the manual that changed the lives of many fitness trainers for the better. This means that it still has the potential to change more fitness and personal trainer marketing businesses for the better.

About Sam and Six-Figures in 67 Days Blueprint:

Sam’s fitness trainer manual is a reflection of his own hard learned lessons. Six-Figures in 67 Days Blueprint talks about the management, marketing, and promotional strategies required to make a business earn 6 figures in no time. To know more about 7 Figure Sam or to register for Six-Figures in 67 Days Blueprint, visit http://super-trainer.com/.

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Feb 23

American Media, Inc.'s Muscle & Fitness Bulks Up With Major Redesign and New Editorial Features

NEW YORK, Feb. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- David J. Pecker, Chairman, President and CEO of American Media, Inc. (AMI), today announced that Muscle & Fitness, the #1 magazine for serious fitness enthusiasts, is all new in 2012. With over 6.2 million readers, Muscle & Fitness is dedicated to providing the most effective training, nutrition and supplement information. The magazine has undergone a major redesign with a new section, new departments, and a renewed focus on bringing readers the specific information they need to take ownership of their appearance, their strength, and their health.

"The Muscle & Fitness brand has prided itself for 72 years on always providing readers with cutting-edge training and nutrition content," commented Mr. Pecker. "With the redesigned magazine, the expansion of the website including the introduction of the Muscle & Fitness store, and a variety of strong industry partnerships, we have taken the magazine to new heights."

Beginning with the March issue, which hits newsstands nationwide on February 27th, Muscle & Fitness will showcase a new, modern look, with larger images, cleaner layouts, and more dynamic color schemes.

Terry Crews, actor and former NFL player, will grace the March cover as part of a special "21 Gun Salute," which ranks the Hollywood actors with the most muscular arms. The feature also provides readers with 21 arm workouts from authorities such as UFC fighter Tim Kennedy, celebrity trainer Gunnar Peterson, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Future issues of the magazine will see equally compelling themes that speak to specific interests of Muscle & Fitness readers.

The front-of-the-book section, "Edge," now includes the columns – "Fast Fix," which provides fast food options, "Anatomy of an Exercise," which dissects exercise form and function, "How To," the essential instruction manual for men, and a page offering readers tips for avoiding and treating training-related injuries. The back-of-the-book, formerly "Classic Muscle," is now "Power to the People," and focuses on industry personalities, from athletes to behind-the-scenes movers and shakers.

In addition to these changes, Muscle & Fitness is now putting its readers on its pages, both in a letters column as well as a section that will profile three readers each month.

Commenting on the redesign, Perine said, "We've upped the entertainment value of the magazine, as evidenced by our Hollywood feature, while also keeping reader service at an all-time high. The ultimate goal in this redesign has been to increase the value of Muscle & Fitness to our readers in a highly competitive marketplace." He adds, "We know that times are tough, so when someone chooses to spend their hard-earned money on our magazine they deserve a premium experience, and that's what we're giving them."

About American Media, Inc.

American Media, Inc. owns and operates the leading print and digital celebrity and health and fitness media brands in the United States. AMI's titles include Men's Fitness, Star, OK!, National Enquirer, Globe, Soap Opera Digest, Soap Opera Weekly, Pixie, Shape, Muscle & Fitness, Flex, Muscle & Fitness Hers, Fit Pregnancy and Natural Health. AMI also manages 18 different digital sites including RadarOnline.com, OKmagazine.com, Shape.com, MensFitness.com, MuscleandFitness.com and FitPregnancy.com. AMI's magazines have a combined total circulation of almost 7 million and reach more than 55 million men and women each month. AMI's digital properties reach an average of 10 million unique visitors and 80 million page views monthly.

AMI also operates a Publishing Services business unit which includes Distribution Services, Inc. (DSI), the No. 1 in-store magazine sales and merchandising marketing company in the U.S. and Canada. DSI places and monitors AMI's publications and third-party publications to ensure proper displays in major retail chains and national and regional supermarket chains. DSI also provides marketing, merchandising and information gathering services to third parties including non-magazine clients. Publishing Services also provides print and digital advertising sales and strategic management direction in the following areas: manufacturing, subscription circulation, logistics, event marketing and full back office financial functions.  Playboy is one of many publishers who have taken advantage of these additional services.

 

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Feb 23

Fitness program for mentally ill expands in NH

KEENE, N.H. (AP) — Back when he was a self-described friendless recluse, Craig Carey spent hours sitting in a chair doing nothing or driving around in his car, alone. Then a fitness program for people with serious mental illness turned his life around.

"The In SHAPE program gave me something to grab onto. I came out of my shell, I went to other programs ... got a part time job," he said. "I started to say, 'OK, my life is getting back together.'"

Carey, 47, of Keene, was diagnosed with manic depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder 15 years ago. In 2003, he became one of the first clients at Monadnock Family Services to join In SHAPE, a program so successful that the state has won a $10 million federal grant to replicate it at the rest of the state's community mental health centers. The goal is to expand a program that now serves 150 people to 4,500 participants in the next five years.

The average life span for someone with a serious mental illness is 25 years shorter than someone in the general population, a gap that has been largely overlooked even though an estimated 10.4 million American adults — including about 43,000 in New Hampshire — fall into that category, said Dr. Stephen Bartels. He will supervise the program funded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

"It can legitimately be said that this is largest and most important health disparity in the nation that has been unappreciated," said Bartels, director of Dartmouth College's Centers for Health and Aging.

People with serious mental illnesses such as depression or schizophrenia are more likely to smoke and be obese, putting them at greater risk for diabetes, heart disease and other chronic disease. And medications used to treat their mental illnesses often cause weight gain or leave them feeling too lethargic to exercise.

Spending money on wellness efforts now will be less costly than expensive treatments for chronic diseases later, Bartels argues. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a sustained 10 percent weight loss will reduce an overweight person's lifetime medical costs by $2,200-$5,300 by lowering costs associated with high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and high cholesterol. A report released this month by the nonprofit, nonpartisan Trust for America's Health found that reducing the average body mass index by 5 percentage points in the United States could lead to more than $29 billion in health care savings in five years.

And there are societal benefits as well, said Ken Jue, who created the In SHAPE program in 2003. Some participants have gone back to work after decades of unemployment. Others have gone back to school.

"As people have become involved in the program and as they begin to improve their physical health, they develop a sense of self-confidence that really frees them up to do some incredible things," said Jue.

Jue, a consultant to Monadnock Family Services, was the agency's CEO in 2002 when he noticed a troubling trend.

"I was sitting in a funeral of a client of the agency ... and I realized in the middle of the funeral that I've been to a lot of these funerals, and people were pretty young. They were in their 50s or very early 60s," he said. "All of a sudden I said, 'This doesn't make sense why these folks would be dying.'"

The acronym in In SHAPE stands for "Self Help Action Plan for Empowerment." Participants are paired with trained health mentors to develop plans that include exercise, nutrition counseling and smoking cessation. Those who don't have a primary care doctor are assigned to physicians at Cheshire Medical Center, who know about the program and work to reinforce it. Students at nearby Keene State College help with the nutrition components, and the local YMCA provides the fitness facilities.

Those partnerships have been key to the program's success, Jue said, and have helped integrate participants into their communities in a way that would not have been possible had the mental health agency just set up its own fitness center.

"Someone with a serious mental illness can become isolated, and social isolation contributes to their poor health status," he said. "So I wanted this to be done in the community."

Participants generally spend about nine months in the program, and there is always a waiting list, Jue said. Research published by Bartels in 2010 found a dropout rate of 20 percent, compared to a 25-33 percent dropout rate for healthy adults enrolled in formal exercise programs.

The research also found that participation in the program was associated with a reduction in waist size, blood pressure and symptoms of depression and an increase in physical activity, readiness to eat healthier and overall confidence levels.

Diane Croteau, 49, of Keene said the confidence she's gained through the program has alleviated her depression and improved her health. She's lost 60 pounds in the last year and works out at the YMCA every week day.

"When I first started In SHAPE, I was a little wary about going and exercising in front of people. But once I started, it wasn't bad, and I got to meet a lot of people outside of In SHAPE," she said. "It's been basically life-changing for me."

She and other participants said the health mentors they've worked with know how to strike a balance between being supportive and challenging. If a participant isn't feeling up to going to the gym, mentors will go to their homes and take them out for walks. If someone is dealing with a medical issue, the mentors help contact doctors.

"It's a personal relationship," said Paula Wheeler, 68, of Keene, another longtime participant. "They offer you a lot of respect, and it doesn't matter where you are. You can be a very in-shape person or you can be a person who really has a lot of work to do, but they're accepting of who you are."

While several mental health agencies in other states have used In SHAPE as a model for similar programs, the New Hampshire expansion is the first time such a program will be implemented statewide, Bartels said.

Carey was glad to hear about those plans and said he hopes others will get just as much out of the program as he has.

"You've got to say to yourself, 'Do I want to be here in 10 years where I am now or do I want to do something with my life? Do I want to stay out of the hospital? Do I want to become productive?'" he said.

"That's what it comes down to. My life isn't perfect ... but it's a far cry from what it was 15 years ago, a far cry. And I'm very happy with it."

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Feb 23

Fitness Matters: Paddle boarding is the newest fitness craze

I recently had a chance to try one of the newest fitness craze/sports on the water in Florida, paddle boarding.

In this particular area, you could either rent a board or take classes that vary from cardiovascular focused, to body sculpting or yoga style.

The paddle board workout combines a mixture of balance, upper and lower body strength, as well as cardiovascular conditioning while standing on a long board approximately 10 ½ - 11 ½ feet long.

Water and wind conditions determine how difficult the workout is, but it is a great experience no matter what.

If you have an instructor, they will walk you through the experience and teach you proper technique while maintaining stability on your board.

If you are choosing your own board, the longer the board, the easier the workout. Length of the board is determined by your weight, experience and whether you will be on flat water, waves, touring, yoga practice or just recreational fun.

We used a 10-foot, 11-inch long and 32-inch board across, and Ihave to admit that I fell off a couple times.

The fact that we were in the mangroves off the western coast of Florida, where there may be more natural habitat than I care to know about was incentive to stay out of the water.

We paddled from shore, on a fairly windy day, and really had to focus on balance and forward movement so we could get to the area where there would be no wind and we could work on stabilization moves.

Movement through the water is with a long paddle, using muscles in the upper body and core. For those less stable, kneeling on the board was a good option, but for a real physical challenge, standing and paddling was an awesome workout.

As we arrived at our location for the actual workout, I put my anchor down (which was placed on the back of my board), but mis judged my weight as I moved toward the back end of my board and totally lost balance.

Cool and refreshing, yes, but the fear of snakes in the mangrove freaked me out. You learn to move swiftly and get right back to the workout.

The workout was about an hour, but seemed to go by quickly. It was a great experience to incorporate some traditional moves on an unstable surface that demanded some focus.

It may seem ridiculous to even bring up such a sport in the middle of winter in Minnesota, but spring is just around the corner.

Preparing for a new summer sport can be even better when you have the strength, balance  and coordination to hop right into it when the time comes. Whether you live near a lake, spend weekends camping, or traveling to water, you can begin preparing your body for summer recreation.

Multi-joint exercises that are functional in benefiting sports such as paddle boarding, rowing, surfing and golf include weighted squats or single-leg squats, reverse lunge with a twist, single leg leg-press and stiff-legged deadlift.

Core and upper body moves that support these sports include bicycle crunch, hanging leg raise, clean and press, dumbbell row, Russian twists and tricep extensions.

Research suggests that most people fall off the fitness wagon because they lack interest and enjoyment in their activity. This is just another great way to get fit, change things up and challenge your current fitness level, and prepare your body to stay active on vacation.

Shelly Greenfield is a certified fitness trainer and writes a weekly fitness column for the Post-Bulletin. If you have an idea for a fitness story, contact her at shelly@shellygfitness.com

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Feb 23

IDG App Review, Fitness

10-02-2012 06:08 Your best and cheapest personal trainer may be your tablet or smartphone. On this week's IDG App Review we'll take a look at some of the best health and fitness apps including RunKeeper, Instant Heart Rate, Fitness HD and MyFitnessPal. Have an app you want us to review? Send an email to appreview@idg.com. Happy apping!

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Feb 23

Wearable Sports and Fitness Devices Will Hit 90 Million Shipments in 2017, Says ABI Research

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

The market for wearable sports and fitness activity sensors is set to explode over the next few years as a new generation of devices collect and automatically share data online. Nike, Adidas, and Motorola are just some of the companies to recently launch new wearable wireless products and there are plenty more to follow them. Mobile handset accessory vendors, consumer electronics companies, fitness management service offerings, and online services providers will all join a market that has long been the preserve of specialist, high-end vendors such as Polar and Garmin.

“Sports, fitness, and well-being applications will be the key engine of growth in the wearable wireless healthcare market as demand for a new wave of devices will be driven not just by growing consumer interest and awareness but also by increased competition and support for a raft of new applications,” says principal analyst Jonathan Collins.

Strong growth will also take place within home monitoring applications for assisted living, remote patient care to help manage chronic conditions, and within hospitals and clinics. Over the next five years, the total market for wearable wireless devices in sports and healthcare will grow to 169.5 million devices in 2017, up from 20.77 million in 2011, a CAGR of 41%.

At the heart of this growth will be ultra-low power wireless connectivity from wearable devices to mobile phones through support for Bluetooth Smart in handsets and devices. “Leveraging mobile handsets to provide automated online data access opens up the wearable wireless market to real-time online connectivity. Although not the only option, standardization around Bluetooth Smart will be the bedrock of this market growth. A whole host of companies in the sports and medical device market, as well as online services companies, are going to have to add or extend their offerings and services to support a new wave of wearable sensor connectivity,” says Collins.

ABI Research’s latest report, “Body Area Networks for Sports and Healthcare,” (http://www.abiresearch.com/research/1004149) examines the potential for devices and applications across a range of sports and healthcare applications.

It is part of the firm’s Wireless Healthcare (http://www.abiresearch.com/products/service/Wireless_Healthcare_Research_Service) and Wireless Connectivity (http://www.abiresearch.com/products/service/Wireless_Connectivity_Research_Service) Research Services.

ABI Research provides in-depth analysis and quantitative forecasting of trends in global connectivity and other emerging technologies. From offices in North America, Europe and Asia, ABI Research’s worldwide team of experts advises thousands of decision makers through 40+ research and advisory services. Est. 1990. For more information visit http://www.abiresearch.com, or call +1.516.624.2500.

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Feb 23

Build a fitness foundation to have a healthy soccer season

The calendar says it’s February, but outdoor soccer fields throughout the area already are teeming with athletes gearing up for the spring season.

Games are now under way in the Greater St. Louis Soccer league, while they are just around the corner for athletes playing as part of the St. Louis Youth Soccer Association and Southern Illinois Soccer League.

Any soccer players still firmly planted on their couches may be in for a rough -- and particularly risky -- kickoff to their seasons.

“I’ve always looked at overall fitness and sports-specific fitness as so important,” said Dr. Coles L’Hommedieu, an orthopedic surgeon with Signature Medical Group and a former club and collegiate soccer player.

L’Hommedieu, who played for J. B. Marine, Scott Gallagher and St. Louis University, said athletes cannot expect to automatically be ready for the physical demands of the season after a prolonged winter break without properly rebuilding their fitness levels.

“You need cardiovascular work and strength training, doing the technical things required for soccer, to make sure your skill level is high so mentally and physically you’re ready,” he said.

Because soccer involves quick moves forward and back and side to side, soccer trainers and players often recommend plyometric exercises to strengthen muscles and help prevent injuries.

Ladue native and U.S. women's national team member Becky Sauerbrunn, who has partnered with Signature Medical Group, suggests hopping over a soccer ball to mimic those quick movements and to build leg and knee strength.

Soccer drills done at practices may give an athlete the technical tools to face an opposing team, but not necessarily the stamina or strength to go the distances required.

To supplement soccer skills with that extra level of fitness, L’Hommedieu suggested adding other kinds of sports and activities.

“I love the general idea of cross-training and keeping fitness activities exciting,” he said. “It’s the idea that you do different things to work different muscle groups in different ways.”

Cross-training also can be helpful for athletes looking to resume action after an injury, L’Hommedieu said.

“I like bicycling a lot, personally, and also professionally. It’s great for your heart,” said L’Hommedieu, who practices out of Premiere Care Orthopedics in South County. “It’s very, very low impact, so you can really recover from injuries.”

Just like athletes who have taken a prolonged winter break, those recovering from injury can’t expect to immediately rebound to their pre-injury status -- and that can be difficult to acknowledge.

St. Louis Scott Gallagher player Blake Thomilson, 15, sustained a horrific break in his lower leg a year ago during a hockey game.

“The doctor that set his leg said it was one of the worst he’s ever had to set,” said Thomilson’s mother, Cheri. “He said it was one for his books.”

Even knowing the extent of his injury, the Edwardsville family didn’t realize the recovery and rehabilitation would be so lengthy. A member of the U15 Metro Classic team, Thomilson just this month played in his first outdoor game since the accident, and for only about 10 minutes per half.

“We were shocked at how long it took,” Cheri Thomilson said. “We thought it would be a quicker recovery.”

To ensure their son recovers at a healthy pace, the Thomilsons continue to send him to physical therapy even though he’s been cleared for contact sports since last fall. He also works with a soccer trainer who is helping him get back up to speed with his skills.

L’Hommedieu said making smart decisions with injury recovery can be the difference between a little time off the field and a chronic problem.

“Unless you recover fully from an injury, it can become something that is a nagging injury that you can struggle with for a whole season or several seasons or shorten a playing career,” he said.

Much has been made of soccer-related injuries among youth in recent years. L’Hommedieu said head blows or lower extremity injuries, such as to the ankles, knees and hips, are fairly common and should not be ignored.

“With modern sports for kids, everyone’s a pro athlete from the time they’re 10 years old,” said L’Hommedieu, who lost his sophomore year of college soccer to an ACL injury. “The offseason is smaller and smaller ... so the down time and ability of their body to recover even in healthy kids is greatly decreased.”

For the youngest players, injuries involving open growth plates need to be dealt with aggressively to ensure there are no lasting problems, L’Hommedieu said.

“My hope, whether it’s my own kids or patients, is that fitness and sports become a lifelong activity that you can enjoy as long as you can possibly play them,” he said.

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Feb 23

Family + Friends + Food + Fitness: Heart-Healthy Habits Add Up

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Could you be at risk for heart attack? According to physicians of the Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, protecting your heart boils down to four fundamentals: family, food, fitness and friends.

Family

Discussing health history with family members may be just as priceless as a prized heirloom. If you have a family member who had heart disease at an early age (for example, a mom or sister younger than 65, or a dad or brother younger than age 55), it's important to tell your doctor and get screened for additional risk factors such as cholesterol and blood pressure. You can't control age or your family history, but knowing if you're at risk can help you maintain control of your life.

Food

It's never too early or too late to develop heart-healthy food habits. Try to avoid foods high in fat and cholesterol, and limit the sodium in your diet. And remember: a heart-healthy diet isn't about saying no, it’s about saying yes to nutritious and delicious whole grains, lean meats, fruits, vegetables and low-fat dairy.

Fitness

Regular physical activity can help control blood cholesterol, diabetes and obesity, and may help lower blood pressure. You can exercise in a fitness facility or as part of your regular routine – such as walking your dog, gardening or playing with your children or grandchildren. The important thing is to find something you enjoy and do it regularly.

Friends

A 2007 report by The New England Journal of Medicine suggests that obesity can spread through social ties. In the study, a person's chances of becoming obese were greater if he or she had a friend who became obese in a given interval.

Fortunately, friends can also have a huge effect on each other's weight loss. Instead of inviting a friend out for a 350-calorie latte, catch up over a brisk walk. Or sign up for a community education fitness class – you might even make some new friends!

Total Heart Care

Have questions about heart health? Your doctor can give you a complete checkup as well as information about appropriate screenings and personalized care to help you keep it healthy. Request your free heart-healthy living calendar or visit the Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center to learn more.

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