Physical Activity – How Much is Enough?
When you engage in regular physical activity, you reduce the risk of adverse health outcomes such as Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, osteoporosis, and heart disease. But do you know how much and what type of physical activity we need to obtain health benefits? MyActivity Pyramid is based on the CDC’s Physical Activity Guidelines […]
Struggling with sleep? SLEEP can help.
Robin M. Tucker, PhD, RD, FAND | Associate Professor | Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition | Michigan State University Sleep has long been overlooked as an important determinant of health. While many of us think that we will “sleep when we’re dead,” lack of sleep will get you dead faster! Insufficient sleep is associated […]
ELI5: The Social Determinants of Health
Dr. Erin Yelland | Kansas State University To answer your first question, ELI5 is text lingo for ‘explain like I’m five’ and, admittedly, ELI5 posts from various online sources are the only reason I know random things. Example 1: What color would DNA be to the naked eye if we could see it? Translucent, because […]