Sunday, 12 February 2012
Researchers develop eButton, an easier way to monitor food intake, exercise, and lifestyle
People attempting to lose weight won't need to track their daily food intake anymore, thanks to a wearable, picture-taking device. eButton -- a device worn on the chest (like a pin) that contains a miniature camera, accelerometer, GPS, and other sensors -- captures data and information of health activities, eliminating the need for daily self-reporting.
ICON Twitter Updates for 2012-02-10
Strength athletes who drink a litre of milk after a training session recover faster. Half a litre of milk works just as well as one. # Powered by Twitter Tools
Saturday, 11 February 2012
`Hunger hormone` could help chemo patients: Study
synthetic version of the "hunger hormone" ghrelin might help limit the loss of appetite that can come with cancer chemotherapy, a small study from Japan suggests.
Significant weight gain in postmenopausal women increases risk for endometrial cancer, research suggests
Postmenopausal women who gained weight during adulthood had an increased risk for endometrial cancer compared with women who maintained a stable weight, according to new research.
Why Poolates Is NOT Pilates
Today I sat with one of my Pilates cohorts at Real Pilates and our GM and learned how to do metabolic testing with a Body Gem device. We have a registered dietician on staff who can then help people tweak their diets to gain or lose weight, and of course have wonderful resistance exercise in...
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