Tag: habits
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Online Versus In-Person Training Molly Wood produced an article and video for the New York Times, “Test of Strength: Fitness Apps vs. Personal Trainers,” comparing her experience with a workout app called FitStar and in-person sessions with a trainer. She also recorded her meals on MyFitnessPal and got nutritional advice from the same trainer. App…
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Nine Habits That Can Hold You Back Harvard Business Review posted an article summing up some research by Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman, who run a leadership consultancy. They examined perceptions of the behaviors of 50,000 people in leadership positions, and came up with this collection of behaviors that lead to bad decision making. It’s…
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The Grim Seater By Brian Gable, for the Globe and Mail. Related: Should I Get a Standing Desk?
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Envy for Kids’ School Lunches Founded in DC by 3 Georgetown students, Sweetgreen is a casual restaurant specializing in salads that has expanded to 10 cities. Sweetgreen is also working with area school districts to improve nutrition in schools. Part of its research was looking at school lunches in other places, and Business Insider has…
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Hidden Sugar Food packages love to trumpet health claims on the front (and quasi-health claims, like “fat free!” on 100% sugar candy), but the most important information is in the nutritional information and the ingredients list. That’s where the package shows calories, fat, protein, and carbs per serving — and tells you how big a…
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Jogging: Does It Keep You Healthy?
The short answer is yes. But you could be forgiven for thinking it doesn’t, given the popularity of articles like “What’s Up With That: Why Running Hurts Every Part of Your Body” and news reports like “Training very hard ‘as bad as no exercise at all’.” Both of these represent pretty terrible news for people…
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Screen Time Makes You Fat James Fell’s latest blog post lists 5 ways TV makes you fat. Most are the usual suspects, but visit the post to see his links and comments about them. The thing I’d add to this is: don’t think your Internet habits are a lot better. Especially if you use more…
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Does Active Logging Work? Active logging (keeping purposeful food or exercise records) definitely works. For people who do it. And that’s the tough part. Food logging is especially emotional, eliciting reactions from “it’s the devil” to “it literally saved my life” — not surprising for something with so much social importance. It’s tempting to try…
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The Power of Walking
The CDC recommends 150 minutes a week of cardio — in stints of at least 10 minutes at a time. I recently saw someone reassure a new exerciser that it’s OK if you don’t get that much exercise, because it’s hard to get that much gym time, and it made me a little sad. Exercise…