As a parent, you have an important role in shaping your children’s physical activity attitudes and behaviors. Here are some tips to encourage your children to be more physically active.
- Provide opportunities for children to be active by playing with them. Give them active toys and equipment, and take them to places where they can be active.
14-07-2008 by Drali @mesrahealth
category: Children, Lifestyle, Tips
Keeping your back healthy is the best way to prevent lower back injury thus preventing lower back pain. These are several practical things you can do:
- Do some regular, low-impact exercises like walking, swimming, or stationary bike riding 30 minutes a day, it can increase muscle strength and flexibility. Yoga can also help stretch and strengthen muscles and improve posture. Always stretch before exercise or other strenuous physical activity to prevent back injury.
02-06-2008 by Drali @mesrahealth
category: General, Lifestyle, Tips
Healthy foods for a healthy life.People seem to gain weight easily but have a hard time taking it off. Healthy eating can play an important role in helping you avoid excess weight. Here are some tips to help you avoid mindless eating:
- Be aware of the size and shape of containers. It’s the amount of food that counts, not what it looks like.
- Serve food on smaller plates and bowls. Empty plates and bowls cue some people to stop eating.
31-05-2008 by Drali @mesrahealth
category: Dietary - Nutrition, Obesity, Tips
To take your pulse, press the tips of your index and middle fingers against the inside of the opposite wrist, just below the mound at the base of your thumb, and count how many pulsations you feel in a 10-second period. Multiplying this number by 6 will give you your heart rate. Don’t count your pulse for an entire minute.
During the minute that you have stopped exercising to take your pulse, your heart will have slowed down, and you won’t get an accurate reading.
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29-05-2008 by Drali @mesrahealth
category: General, Tips
While there are treatments for some types of hepatitis, it is still a potentially dangerous disease. To prevent it:
- Wash your hands after going to the bathroom and before fixing food or eating.
- Use latex condoms, which may lower the risk of transmission.
- Avoid tap water when traveling to certain countries or regions. Ask your doctor about risks before you travel or call the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at 877-FYI-TRIP.
30-04-2008 by Drali @mesrahealth
category: Lifestyle, Tips
