Disease Prevention with an Exercise Prescription

In the U.K., doctors are writing exercise prescriptions for their patients.
While it is not an entirely new practice over there, it would be revolutionary on this side of the pond.
Imagine this; instead of billions upon billions of dollars being spent on treating disease, we spent a fraction of that money on preventing disease.
In 2000, the [...]

Employers get the fitness bug

Ahhhhh… the wonders of the free market system.
I was reading todays newspaper when I came upon this article .
For those of you who don’t want to read the whole article, here is a 10 second synopsis:
Employee fat and out of shape
Employee less productive
Company lose money
Company pays for employee to get in shape
Employee more productive
Company make [...]

Fitness Alfresco

I just read this article about outdoor fitness centres being created in Malta. Last year, I read about a similar program operating in Nova Scotia, Canada.

What a great idea!
Especially considering that over the next 50 years, the cost of obesity and related illnesses to the U.S. economy could be as much as US$650 billion – [...]