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Body Composition

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Body Composition Defined

Refers to the ratio of an individual's percentage of fatty mass to fat free tissue mass (I.E. muscle, organs, etc.).

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FIT AS A FIDDLE

Published September 6, 2008, 1:53 pm, Express India

Instead of chasing kilograms, make lifestyle changes including eating right, exercise, thinking positive and coping with stress

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The Market (part 2)

Published September 5, 2008, 2:14 pm, Ludwig von Mises Institute

Profit, in a broader sense, is the gain derived from action; it is the increase in satisfaction (decrease in uneasiness) brought about; it is the difference between the higher value attached to the result attained and the lower value attached to the sacrifices made for its attainment; it is, in other words, yield minus costs.

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Cover Story

Published September 4, 2008, 2:18 pm, BioMechanics

America’s younger population today finds itself in the grip of a battle involving several health problems, such as obesity and type 2 diabetes, which were once associated mainly with older adults.

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Tymor Park offers Fitness Boot Camp

Published September 4, 2008, 12:23 am, The Voice Ledger

Certified personal trainer Bob Thomson is heading a boot camp program in Tymor Park designed to bring a healthy lifestyle to local participants. The program will begin on Sept. 15 and registration is open for everyone interested.

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Active Video Games Increase Heart Rate And Calorie Expenditure In Children

Published September 3, 2008, 3:12 am, Medical News Today

When playing an active video game, children burn calories at over four times the rate that they do when playing a seated game. Additionally, their heart rate increases significantly.

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September 2008 Mayo Clinic Women's HealthSource Highlights Normal Weight Obesity, Regular Exercise and Cholesterol

Published September 2, 2008, 1:09 pm, PR Newswire via Yahoo! News

Normal Weight Obesity: A Real Health Risk

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Normal Weight Obesity: A Real Health Risk

Published September 2, 2008, 12:28 pm, Newswise

Normal weight obesity isn't an oxymoron. "The definition of obesity is having excess fat, not excess weight," says Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, M.D., Mayo Clinic cardiologist, in the September issue of Mayo Clinic Women's HealthSource.

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Novel Short-Term Weight-Loss Approach Works Long-Term for Type 2 Diabetes

Published September 2, 2008, 12:28 pm, Newswise

A study by researchers from the Joslin Diabetes Center has shown for the first time that more than half of patients with type 2 diabetes who enrolled in a novel short-term weight management program were able to maintain the weight loss they achieved during the program on their own long-term.

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Children's Calorie Expenditure, Heart Rate Increase During Active Video Games

Published September 2, 2008, 3:19 am, Kansas City InfoZine

Children burn more than four times as many calories per minute playing an active video game than playing a seated game, and their heart rate is also significantly higher with the active game, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

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What are you made of? The BOD POD knows all

Published September 2, 2008, 12:13 am, Seattle Times

The BOD POD uses air displacement to measure your body composition and resting metabolism rate. It's accurate and easy — but there are only four in the Puget Sound region.

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  • Fitness Reading: Physical fitness is the capacity of the heart, blood vessels, lungs, and muscles to function at optimum efficiency. In previous years, fitness was defined as the capacity to carry out the day's activities without undue fatigue. Automation, increased lei

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  • Body Composition: Body Composition represents the different components which make up a person?s body weight. It is the allocation of fat and muscle in your body. A person would never be ?over-fat? but he would be ?over-weight?.

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