#physical activity

#physical activity

When I look at the economic news: the housing crunch, the high cost of groceries, or the possibility that AI will render my professional skills obsolete I often come back to the same thought: I should start growing my own vegetables.Financial savings and fresh produce aside, research shows gardening and spending time in nature has been shown to reduce stress, depression, and anxiety.

As summer weather begins, and bare arms and legs start to appear across the country, and people start to worry about their beach body, maybe falling for claims that a particular diet or workout can achieve wonders in just a few weeks.This is not only impossible there is no diet or exercise that can transform your body so quickly it's unhealthy at its core.

Close your eyes.Picture Mark Zuckerberg.What do you see?Perhaps you envision the Meta boss and Facebook founder in a gray T-shirt, spotlighted on a Silicon Valley stage.Maybe his cartoonish metaverse avatar hovers before you with legs, or without them.Possibly Jesse Eisenberg, the bony actor who played the fledgling tycoon in The Social Network (2010), appears in your mind's eye.

A controversial traffic measure could be scrapped after data revealed it's having a dire impact on ambulance wait times.Oxford LTNs, or low traffic neighbourhoods, are groups of residential streets, bordered by main roads where vehicles are discouraged or not allowed.A report released by the Oxfordshire County Council this week revealed the traffic changes can delay emergency vehicles by between 35 and 45 seconds.

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email A second severe weather warning for persistent, heavy snow has been issued as the UK recorded the coldest March night for 13 years.The Met Office warned of significant disruption to transport, power lines and phone network coverage, with the amber alert in place until 9am Friday covering large parts of Wales and the West Midlands.

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email A second severe weather warning for persistent, heavy snow has been issued as the UK recorded the coldest March night for 13 years.The Met Office warned of significant disruption to transport, power lines and phone network coverage, with the amber alert in place until 9am Friday covering large parts of Wales and the West Midlands.

Nationals Manager Dave Martinez, pictured here removing Andrés Machado from a game last month, has not had a left-handed reliever since Anthony Banda was designated for assignment April 30.(Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post)Scene 1, Washington Nationals vs. Philadelphia Phillies on Friday: With two on and the Nationals holding a one-run lead in the top of the eighth inning, right-handed reliever Kyle Finnegan enters to face left-handed slugger Kyle Schwarber.

Joey Meneses got the first triple of his major league career Sunday, but the Nationals didn't do much else at the plate in a loss to the Phillies.(Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images)The Washington Nationals' matchup with the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday afternoon at Nationals Park came with heightened stakes - relatively speaking because it's early June.

Nationals catcher Keibert Ruiz is pursued by Phillies shortstop Trea Turner in a rundown Saturday.A run scored on the play, but the Nationals couldn't keep pace later in the game.(Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post)Stop me if you've heard this before: The Washington Nationals hoped for innings from their starter Saturday - six, maybe more - because their bullpen needed a chance to catch its breath.

On May 9, the American Psychological Association (APA) released its first-ever guidelines for teen social-media use: a collection of 10 recommendations for kids, parents, platform creators, and lawmakers to heed for kids' health online and offline.These include confining social-media use to about an hour before bedtime so as not to interfere with sleep and physical activity, tweaking social-media use and features to match kids' ages and developmental capabilities, and minimizing exposure to online hate and risky behaviors like self-harm.

The American Psychological Association is calling for teens to undergo training before they enter the sometimes fun but sometimes fraught world of social media, according to new recommendations released Tuesday.Social media is neither inherently harmful nor beneficial to our youth, said Dr. Thema Bryant, the APA's president.

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The new ImageBind model combines text, audio, visual, movement, thermal, and depth data.It's only a research project but shows how future AI models could be able to generate multisensory content.Meta has announced a new open-source AI model that links together multiple streams of data, including text, audio, visual data, temperature, and movement readings.

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As Joyce Shulman, trainer and founder of Jetti Fitness, tells Bustle, "All physical activity is good, and generally more is better.Every minute and every mile matters and there are tremendous benefits to adding incremental movement to your day."With five minutes, you can easily indulge yourself in push-ups, jumping jacks, or dancing to get your heart rate up and your body moving.

Conventional wisdom says that you need at least 30 minutes of exercise five days a week to stay healthy.For many, that means every weekday.But studies over the past few years suggest that working out just on the weekend can offer comparable health benefits, if you block off enough time and the exercise is intense enough.

CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago White Sox closer Liam Hendriks could go out on a rehab assignment next week in a big step in his recovery from non-Hodgkin lymphoma.Hendriks announced his diagnosis in January and completed his final round of chemotherapy three weeks ago.The 34-year-old right-hander announced last week on Instagram that he was cancer-free.

HEALTH Tribune Opinion articles written in the style of their author."These texts are to be based on verified facts and must be respectful towards people, even though their actions may be criticized.shall feature, along with the author's name (regardless of their greater or lesser renown), a footer stating their office, academic title, political affiliation (if any) and main occupation, or the occupation related to the topic being assessed Many patients who undergo these cheap surgeries in Turkey do not even know what technique they used, nor do they have a report, much less postoperative guidelines.Getty 67 people in Europe have become infected with botulism after undergoing weight-loss surgery with botulinum neurotoxin in Turkey.

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The Marlins concluded the Grapefruit League with a 7-16-4 record.Their .304winning percentage and minus-61 run differential both ranked last among all 30 MLB teams this preseason.With the pending selection of Yuli Gurriel, Miami's Opening Day roster is expected to include the following players: Sandy Alcantara, Luis Arraez, Matt Barnes, Jon Berti, Huascar Brazoban, Edward Cabrera, Jazz Chisholm Jr., Garrett Cooper, Johnny Cueto, Bryan De La Cruz, Dylan Floro, Nick Fortes, Avisaíl García, Braxton Garrett, Gurriel, Jesús Luzardo, Andrew Nardi, A.J. Puk, Trevor Rogers, Jesús Sánchez, Tanner Scott, Jean Segura, Jorge Soler, Jacob Stallings and Joey Wendle.

Having high levels of caffeine in your blood may lower the amount of body fat you carry and reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes, research suggests.The findings could lead to calorie-free caffeinated drinks being used to reduce obesity and type 2 diabetes, though further research is required, the researchers wrote in the BMJ Medicine journal.

Will Smith's Catching Hope Foundation partnered with Nike Diamond to donate shoes, hoodies and sports gear to the West End School baseball team in Louisville, Kentucky.The Los Angeles Dodgers All-Star catcher recently returned to his hometown to meet some of the players and sign autographs for them.

Image source, Getty Images UK High Street chemists are set to sell customers a controversial weight loss jab used by some famous people, including Twitter owner Elon Musk.Wegovy, or semaglutide, is a prescription drug that blunts appetite.It has the same ingredient as Ozempic - a diabetes medicine said to be Hollywood's "skinny shot" of choice.