Find Your Park, Find Your Health – Celebrate YOUR National Parks, Have Fun, and Be Healthy

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By, Diana Allen, Health Promotion and Healthy Parks Healthy People Chief and Anne O’Neill, Park Rx Coordinator, National Park Service

Preventable chronic disease afflicts many Americans and there is evidence that parks, nature, and open space can provide health benefits for those suffering from obesity, diabetes, and depression.

The National Park Service turns 100 on August 25, 2016, and all Americans are encouraged to use the full spectrum of national parks as solutions to current public health problems. …

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7 Simple, Fun Wellness Challenges to Start At Work

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Written by Alexandra Black, Health Promotion Manager at IHRSA

June marks Employee Health and Fitness month. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, over 90 percent of workers spend more than 40 hours per week at work, which makes the workplace a great place to target and change health behaviors. …

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Get Moving Towards Inclusive Worksite Wellness

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Written by NCHPAD

For most of us, the workplace is where we spend the majority of our waking hours. Over many decades, a growing mountain of evidence has shown that worksites that provide wellness programming for their employees enhance worker productivity, reduce health care costs, reduce absenteeism and increase employee knowledge about disease prevention.…

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Prepare early for the heat of summer sports practices

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By Dr. David Geier, American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine

High school and college football teams start their practices for the fall season in the brutal heat of the summer. Young players and their parents and coaches should start getting kids prepared for these conditions now to decrease the risk of heat illness when practice starts.…

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