Obesity

Everyone knows that obesity is a significant problem in the United States. What may be less well known is that individuals in the South experience higher rates of obesity than those in other regions, and that African Americans experience the highest rates of all. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), roughly one-third of […]

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Flexibility

The three main components of fitness are: muscular strength, cardiovascular endurance and flexibility. Today I’d like to focus on flexibility. At its most basic, the definitions of flexibility and range of motion (ROM) are interchangeable, that is: the ability of your joints to travel through a full arc of movement. It is important, however, to […]

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Physical Activity and Children

Most parents spend a lot of time worrying about the development of their children. However, in today’s culture we seem to place greater emphasis on the areas of intellectual and social development while de-emphasizing the importance of other areas … especially physical development. Experiencing the world through electronic media is replacing the hands-on experience that […]

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