Goals

Good health starts with good intentions.

Combine those with determination, goals and a plan for achieving them, and active steps in the right direction, and you’ve got the recipe for improved overall health.

Maintaining a healthy diet and exercising as little as 30 minutes a day can improve quality of life and even add years to it.

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To-do list getting a little long?

If you’re juggling more tasks than you think you can remember to accomplish, take it to bed with you.

New research suggests that when devising a plan for tomorrow’s to-do’s, sleeping on it will make you more likely to get things done.

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis found that people … Continue Reading »

Shedding a few pounds through diet and exercise is only half the battle of the bulge; keeping that excess weight off requires a bit more commitment.

Once you’ve determined and achieved your target weight, it’s time to focus on staying there.

Weight management involves a conscious, long-term effort to incorporate fitness and nutrition into your day-to-day life.

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Nothing says summer like the scent of burgers on the grill.

Or a loaded hot dog by the pool … with a cold beer in a frosty mug. Maybe rounded out by a double scoop of your favorite ice cream.

And when it’s just too hot to think about cooking a nutritious meal, there’s always the trusty … Continue Reading »

They strike without warning and leave their hapless victims scrounging up change for the nearest vending machine.

Food cravings can be a vulnerable dieter’s worst enemy. Different from hunger in their specificity (if it’s ice cream your body demands, no amount of frozen juice bars or fresh strawberries will truly suffice), cravings are a common … Continue Reading »

Is your workplace a diet killer?

Whether the goal is to lose weight, lower cholesterol or blood pressure, or improve overall health, dieters often face some of their biggest dietary pitfalls in the office.

Doughnuts by the coffeemaker, pizza at the lunchtime meeting, a vending machine stocked with late-afternoon temptation … Add to that the … Continue Reading »

It’s Tax Day: an oft-dreaded yearly event that compels us to turn our attention toward our personal finances.

For most people, that’s not a pleasant thing to do. A poll earlier this year found that more than half of American workers say they are “much more concerned” about their finances than they were a year … Continue Reading »

You’re doing everything you can think of to promote good health in the workplace. You’re offering incentives, providing your employees with tips and tricks to getting in shape, touting the benefits of regular exercise and healthy eating. Why isn’t everyone jumping on board the health train?
Well, frankly, some people just don’t want to.
From that standpoint, … Continue Reading »

Would your employees know if they had high cholesterol?
High levels of cholesterol in the blood—hypercholesterolemia—is a major risk factor for coronary heart disease.
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in America, and a major cause of disability. More than $432 billion a year in healthcare is spent on heart disease alone, according to the … Continue Reading »

Cardiovascular exercise has been proven to reduce life threatening diseases like heart disease and obesity, but did you know that it may also help make you smarter?
A recent study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that running positively impacts the brain by increasing cells in the hippocampus, or the part of … Continue Reading »