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You won’t find gravy-flavored Gu or pumpkin-pie PowerBars this Thanksgiving, but you can still work up an appetite by running in one of the many Turkey Trots here in North Carolina. People have been participating in Turkey Day races for more than a century! The YMCA Turkey Trot in
By Joshua Stevens One may see someone who is overweight or someone on the shoulder of an interstate exit panhandling and label him or her as lazy. We talk about kids spending too much time on Facebook or playing video games and call it laziness. Ask those same children what it
While at my son’s soccer game the other weekend, I saw a young toddler purse her lips and push herself up from the ground with a determined look on her face. After a few wobbly steps she broke into a run, screaming with glee. She had no place to
By Thomas Henson “Corporate wellness” sounds like an oxymoron. Fitness and a typically sedentary job don’t usually go together, but organizations of all sizes are adopting employer-sponsored health programs. And, according to Susie Davis, senior community health specialist for WakeMed Health and Hospitals, most everyone loves it. For employers,
By Jennifer Kirby Before moving to Chapel Hill, Laura Fenn taught for years in East Harlem and New Jersey, and for all the differences among the settings, certain similarities were undeniable. “Regardless of what the environment was, whether it was a high-income or low-income area, what was happening in
By Gabe Staub Dr. David Katz, a prominent figure in the fight against childhood obesity, recently had this to say: “The causes of obesity are not so much within us, as all around us. We and our kids are put together much the same ways we ever were, of course;
The romantic notion that we can still live as hunter-gathers in our modern world is built upon the wealth of privilege most of us are born into here in the United States. The fact is that hunter-gatherers picked berries from bushes and chased and hunted mammals and fish for
In the book “The Athlete’s Guide to Sports Supplements,” sport nutrition and supplement experts Kimberly Mueller and Josh Hingst recommend following these five tips before taking supplements: Talk with your health-care provider before making a decision. “A trip to the gym may lead to a sales pitch for a
By Jennifer Kirby To NASCAR fans, the name Kasey Kahne is synonymous with speed. Turns out he’s also pretty fast on his feet. Kahne, a NASCAR driver whose racing credits include 16 career Sprint Cup Series wins, was a high school athlete and ran his fair share during baseball
