July 27, 2017 | Posted in: Physical Activity | Tags:
The limits of human endurance have recently been pushed.
On May 6, 2017, Eliud Kipchoge from Kenya attempted to break the two hour mark for running a marathon. The attempt was unofficial (it was not sanctioned by the International Association of Athletics Federation) and unsuccessful. Nonetheless, Eliud’s time of 2:00:25 is no small feat! And it was well under the current world record of 2:02:57 ran by fellow countryman Dennis Kimetto at the Berlin Marathon in 2014.
July 26, 2017 | Posted in: Physical Activity | Tags:
With the sunny weather here, you may see more people on bikes and out walking.
Roads are shared systems for people on bicycles, people who walk and people who drive. Roads vary in design across communities, but no matter where you live, road safety is important for all road users.
+ MOREJuly 25, 2017 | Posted in: Food & Nutrition | Tags:
Is it my imagination, or is everyone talking about “clean eating”?
I heard about this diet when my friend asked for advice on how to eat “cleaner”. My first thought was, “Clean eating? I wash my produce…isn’t that enough?” After digging into the meaning of this term, I found a lot of different ideas about what I had to do to “eat clean”. This is one of the [many] problems with clean eating and other fad diets; it seems that everyone is an “expert” and has their own ideas and advice.
July 12, 2017 | Posted in: Pregnancy & Parenting | Tags:
You may remember. Being a teenager is not easy. Teenagers are faced with new situations and challenges, and with those come new stresses.
How your teenager is affected by life situations, what they see online, or in TV shows isn’t always in your control. But you can help them build resilience – an important resource that will go a long way in helping them overcome negative experiences.
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