Healthy Living Blog
EXERCISE
Running through the cold weather can ease the winter doldrums, improve your energy level, and help you to be in better shape for the upcoming seasons. However, it is important to follow these cold-weather exercise tips.
EXERCISE
In addition to poor nutrition, physical inactivity is directly linked to obesity and other chronic diseases, resulting in decreased life expectancy.
HEALTH
National obesity statistics in the U.S. are staggering. Nearly 1 in 3 adults (30.7%) are overweight, while 42.4% have obesity. Learn more on how to manage a healthy weight.
Health
It is often difficult to know what is and isn’t true about diabetes. The following Myth vs. Truth list will help to dispel some of the more common myths about diabetes.
NUTRITION
Adults today consume an average of 300 more calories per day than they did in 1985. Portion sizes has grown dramatically. Knowing the facts mentioned in this article will help change this trend.
Health
Nicotine is the primary substance in both regular cigarettes and e-cigarettes, and it is a highly addictive and toxic chemical. Other chemicals can cause you harm. Learn more about the dangers related to e-cigs.
MEDICAL
For a person to receive a diagnosis of AD/HD, the symptoms of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity must be chronic or long-lasting, impair the person’s functioning, and cause the person to fall behind normal development for his or her age.
Health
About half of people who experience a mental illness will also experience a substance use disorder at some point in their lives and vice versa.
MEDICAL
Influenza is commonly known as the “flu.” Who is at the greatest risk for the flu? How long will you be contagious? Learn more as we enter the flu season.