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Too Much Sitting a Health Risk

In the mid-1990s, Australia’s International Diabetes Institute initiated the first Australian study on the prevalence of diabetes and its risk factors. The study was called the “AusDiab, the Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle study,” and included in the assessment was a question regarding television viewing time.
Study results showed that prolonged television viewing time, particularly more […]

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Is Canada Ready for an Aging Population?

OTTAWA – Canada should be doing more to assist its aging population, the members of the Special Senate Committee on Aging conclude in their final report Canada’s Aging Population: Seizing the Opportunity. Addressing the issues of today’s seniors has serious implications for the seniors of the future
“Our committee has heard from Canadians across the country, […]

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IHRSA Appoints New International Ambassadors

BOSTON – The International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) announces the appointment of its newest International Ambassadors: Egypt - Tamer Farag (Global Sports Company); India - Pankaj Balwani (Advansys); Italy - Gianluca Scazzosi (Wellink); and Japan - Takenori Furuya (Club Business Japan). Recently appointed IHRSA Ambassadors include Luke Chen of China, and Doug Miller […]

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Rowing Improves Functional Fitness
For Aging Adults

CHATHAM, MA – Thirty-four older adults were tested using standardized senior fitness tests before and after a six-week series of 30-minute group rowing classes performed on Concept2 Indoor Rowers. The participants, whose ages averaged 71, showed remarkable improvements in strength and flexibility tests that measure functional movements such as stair climbing, walking and mobility. All […]

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Time for a Reality Check with Employees?

By Brenda Abdilla

Parenting experts often encourage parents to be truthful with their kids. Children with wild imaginations tend to make up worse-than-reality outcomes from bits and pieces of information that they overhear.
Employees can be like this, too. Between the daily dose of negative business news in the media and the trusty grapevine, workplace speculation […]

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NRCC Music Licensing Update

EDMONTON – Fitness Industry Canada is currently working with its lawyers to prepare for its upcoming hearings with the Neighbouring Rights Collective of Canada (NRCC) and Copyright Board of Canada. The first phase of “interrogatories” (defined as questions posed back and forth between the interveners and the NRCC) begin on July 10. All questions […]

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Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Ontario Increase Bariatric Surgery Capacity

TORONTO – As part of its diabetes strategy, Ontario is further expanding access to bariatric surgery (also known as gastric by-pass surgery) by creating a comprehensive bariatric network and boosting the number of annual surgeries to 2,085 a year by 2011/2012.
The Ontario government is investing up to $12.6 million to increase tis bariatric surgery capacity […]

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