Exercise

Erich C. Nall  |   OW Contributing Columnist
Jul 21 2011

Ultimate Transformation Moment

This week’s Ultimate Transformation Moment focuses on nutrition after vacations or three-day weekends.

Typically, when on vacation two things happen—one, it is a time to relax, and there may be no exercise involved, and two, nutrition falls by the wayside. The food that is consumed tends to be higher in calories and larger portions. The increased calories and lack of exercise causes the metabolism to slow.

Erich C. Nall  |   OW Contributing Columnist
Jun 16 2011

An Ultimate Transformation Moment

This week’s Ultimate Transformation Moment focuses on 21 Days to Ultimate Health and Wellness.

With less than a week left before the first day of summer, right now is a great time to fine-tune that summer body that you want to have. Take the next 21 days to really make sure you are in alignment with the body you want.

Jun 15 2011

Nigel Lythgoe and Larry King

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—“So You Think You Can Dance” co-creator and executive producer Nigel Lythgoe teamed up with retired talk-show host Larry King today to announce a national health campaign promoting dance as a way to combat obesity.

“Dance is an activity that is universally recognized and accessible across all socioeconomic levels, making it an ideal approach to promoting heart health,” King said.

Jun 6 2011

Gene regulator

CLAREMONT, Calif.—A team of Brazilian scientists pursuing a study that began at the Keck Graduate Institute discovered a gene regulator that keeps hearts healthy even under intense exercise, providing a medical explanation for why exercise is good for the heart.

“Now, we’re beginning to get to the molecular basis of why exercise is good for you,” said Dr. Ian Phillips, KGI’s Norris Professor of Applied Life Sciences, in whose lab the research on the gene regulator called MicroRNA 29 began.

May 5 2011

Campaign urges women to put their health first and help prevent cancer

Since it launched Choose You in May 2010, the American Cancer Society has motivated more than 75,000 women to put their health at the top of their to-do lists. Choose You raises awareness about the simple actions women can take that can significantly reduce their risk of cancer, and reminds people of the sobering statistic that one in three women will get cancer in her lifetime.

The Society urges women to join the movement at ChooseYou.com to help change the odds.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.

California
San Diego college students and volunteers will carry out their sixth home restoration project on Wednesday, July 10 through Sunday, July 14. as part of the “Healing our Heroes’ Homes” (H3) program created by the nonprofit Embrace. The five-day effort will take place at the home of medically retired Marine Corps Capt. Sarah Bettencourt. Bettencourt served with many different units across the country during the Global War on Terrorism and developed a rare neurological disorder in 2008. With a focus to restore the homes of disabled veteran homeowners, H3 falls in line with Embrace’s mission to mobilize college-student volunteers and community members to serve less fortunate members of civilian and veteran communities. The project for the Bettencourts’ home includes kitchen and bathroom remodeling, building ADA-compliant disability ramps, widening their driveway to ADA standards, widening doorways and landscaping.
 
District of Columbia
The 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival will showcase its five-year community research project on African American identity with the program “The Will to Adorn: African American Diversity, Style, and Identity.” This multicity collaboration examines the history and culture of the aesthetics of African Americans. The festival will be held June 26-30 and July 3-7, outdoors on the National Mall between Seventh and 14th streets. “Whether we realize it or not, we are all dress artists. The way we compose our look is a creative expression of our ideas about who we are and who we aspire to be,” said Diana N’Diaye, program curator. “This program explores the diversity of African American traditions of style, but also teaches young people the importance of documenting their own culture and saving that information for themselves and future generations.”