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NEWS ABOUT: physical activity

physical activity stories: 4 news summaries

 Hula-Hooping 
 Comes Around 
 as Workout Craze 

Hooping burns as many calories as running

Sep 25, 09 2:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - The hula-hoop is seeing a revival as a fitness tool, with out-of-shape Americans finding twirling a plastic tube a more enjoyable way to burn calories than running or weight-lifting. Companies like HoopGirl and Hoopnotica have seen sales of weighted hula-hoops and enrollment in hoop fitness classes surge. "I finally... More »

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obesity epidemic • fitness • hula hoop • fitness level • physical fitness • physical activity

OPINION

 Ladies, Pick Up Thy Power Tool 


Aug 13, 09 1:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sara Mosle “came of age betwixt and between,” she writes on DoubleX—after feminism had freed women from the need to learn “traditional female skills” but before “they had begun to make real inroads into traditional male pastimes and professions.” So that left her with... More »

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feminism • housewives • work • women • home • physical activity • carpentry

(Newser) - Night owls may have a tough time conforming to normal work schedules, but they do have one advantage in athletic ability that early birds can’t match, CNN reports. A new study tested leg strength at various times during the day and found that morning people were consistent while late... More »

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sleep • athletics • workout • scientific study • night owl • early bird • physical activity

(Newser) - The American South is the most obese region in the country because of a “perfect storm” of factors, Claire Suddath writes for Time. Mississippi, whose 33% adult obesity rate makes it the fattest state, is also the poorest, with 21% of people living under the poverty line. That... More »

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obesity • heat • Mississippi • poverty • public transportation • excercise • South • Southern United States • physical activity

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