By DoD DeCA

Walk through a military commissary and you are likely to see children happily playing hopscotch in the fruit and vegetable section. To help promote physical activity as part of the “Eat Healthy and Be Active Your Way” program in commissaries, the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) has installed a permanent hopscotch game display on the floor in the produce section of most commissaries.…

What will it take to realize our aim of a nation of physically active people?  While there’s no easy answer, I believe an important step towards this goal is to work together to create a shared vision and roadmap with measurable objectives.  Now that Healthy People 2020 is well underway, we are in a position to make this vision and roadmap a reality. …

This week we explore anti-aging effects, Wii Sport use in schools, and low rates of physical fitness in LA youth:

Exercise shows ‘biological clock’ (Source: UPI.com health News) – According to German researchers, long-term physical activity has an anti-aging effect on the body at the cellular level. Wii fitness schools (Source: WBIR.com…

By ACSM

As Congress wrestles with complex, contentious issues of health care reform, I’d like to propose a step anyone can take to improve health and likely cut health care costs. This isn’t a legislative bombshell—I’ll leave that for the politicians. And it isn’t a new idea, though research keeps adding to the body of supporting evidence.…