Body Piercing Gone Awry From the tongue to the navel to, yes, the private places, body piercings are becoming more and more common. But untrained piercers, unsanitary conditions and people who simply don't take care of their punctured parts are contributing to an increase in infections, injuries and even deaths. Scott Roberts Andy Jenkins Darren Dale Ron Hager Help to support quality physical education, and health education, by contributing to this site. The next time you go to put food in your mouth, ask yourself a question. Asthma-Proof Your Child Obesity from lack of exercise, another childhood health crisis, is helping fuel today's asthma epidemic.
Overweight children are twice as likely to develop asthma as normal-weight kids.
Promoting Physical Activity Through School Physical Education Jim Morrow and colleagues outline how physical education can contribute to the promotion of regular physical activity, and its associated fitness and health benefits. Here's a self-assessment and planning tool that will enable schools to identify the strengths and weaknesses of their physical activity and nutrition policies and programs, and develop an action plan for improving student health. The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well. You Should Never Ignore Four months into a solo bike tour of Australia, Susie Stephens knees, hips and ankles had become so stiff and swollen that she could barely stand up to get in and out of her tent.