Jack Bauerle was recently appointed as Chancellor of Wexford University. Wexford offers 100 percent online associate through doctoral degrees in a variety of health, fitness and nutrition fields.

An Orange County native and current resident of Yorba Linda, CA, Bauerle has more than 25 years of progressive healthcare leadership experience. In addition, he is recognized as an engaging educator, tapped to regularly present at a variety of sports medicine and performance-based seminars and symposiums.

Bauerle has both a bachelors and a masters degree in Sports Medicine from Chapman University. A Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) and Certified Athletic Trainer (ATC), he is currently an adjunct professor at Chapman, teaching theoretical performance training courses for the universitys sports medicine curriculum. Likewise, he previously served as athletic training program director, head athletic trainer and head strength and conditioning coach for Chapman, while teaching a variety of courses in the Movement and Exercise Science department.

As a coach, teacher, mentor and expert in so many areas of sports medicine and kinesiology who is known for his energy, intelligence and inspiration, Jack has the practical and academic background that made him the ideal candidate for this position, said John Spencer Ellis, founder of the National Exercise & Sports Trainers Association (NESTA), which includes Wexford University as its higher education division. As Wexford continues to grow across the globe, we are thrilled to have Jacks experience, expertise and passion for wellness guide the university and its students.

Wexford University offers degree programs including an associate of arts degree in Fitness Training, a bachelor of science degree in Health and Fitness, a master of science degree in Nutrition and Exercise, a master of arts in Applied Sports Psychology and a doctorate degree in Applied Sport Psychology. Registration for classes beginning in January starts on Sept. 15.

About Wexford University Wexford University is dedicated to providing world-class education through cutting-edge technology, offering direct application degree programs in an accelerated format with 100 percent online learning to save time and money. Programs include an associate of arts degree in Fitness Training, bachelors degree in Health and Fitness, masters degree in Nutrition and Exercise as well as masters degree and doctorate degree in Applied Sport Psychology. Wexford University is the higher education division of NESTA (National Exercise & Sports Trainers Association). For more information, please visit http://wexford.edu/.

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The Shelby Fit app is customized for Shelby residents. It can help them meet fitness goals, and provide information about health and fitness-related events.

Baptist Memorial Health Care and the Shelby Farms Park Conservancy share a common goal for the residents of Shelby County to promote the health and well-being of its citizens.

"The park is all about health and nutrition, and we're right next door to Baptist, who shares the same goal, so we have a really natural partnership," said Jen Andrews, director of development and communications for the park.

As a way to facilitate that goal, the two recently collaborated to create the ShelbyFit app.

The free downloadable mobile app, customized for Shelby County residents, was launched by the partners in early July. Go to baptistonline.org/shelbyfit for more information, download from there, or go to the Apple App Store at bpt.st/ShelbyFit.

"We are celebrating our centennial this year and are working with several community partners, like Shelby Farms, who is our neighbor and gives us a lot of information," said Ashley Compton, public relations coordinator for Baptist. "We were trying to think of products that would benefit people in our community and promote wellness."

"We are a nonprofit, and we raise 75 percent of our operating costs privately every year," the park's Andrews said. "We count on strong community partners like Baptist, who have shown their support from early on."

As of last week, 1,600 Shelby County residents have downloaded the app.

And so far, 1,215 hours of exercise have been logged by these users.

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Bandar Seri Begawan - Medical officer at Ministry of Health, Ahmad Fahkri Junaidi and lawyer Ho Hin Leng were awarded return tickets to London in conjunction with Fitness Zone and Royal Skies promotion.

The prizes were presented by Brunei Olympians Maziah Mahusin and Ak Hafiy Tajuddin Pg Rosita at a ceremony held at Fitness Zone's Kiulap branch yesterday.

The event was also attended by Gob Kiat Chun (Wu Chun), Managing Director of Fitness Zone and Yasmin Abdullah Chin, Manager of Loyalty Marketing of Royal Brunei Airlines.

At the prize presentation, Ho was represented by her representative.

During the promotion period of June 1 until July 31, Royal Skies members earned 10 miles for every BND$1 spent at Fitness Zone and a chance to win an award ticket to London.

Ahmad Fakhri, a Fitness Zone member for seven years said, "Winning this air ticket to London is too good to be true. I would like to thank Fitness Zone and Royal Skies for this wonderful gift."

Meanwhile, Ho, a lawyer who has been a member of Fitness Zone since 2004 said, "I miss UK but I never expect to win this prize when I renewed my membership for one year. I am really glad being a member of Fitness Zone and Royal Skies at the same time."

For more information on Fitness Zone and Royal Skies membership, members of the public can visit http://www.fitnesszone.com.bn and to http://www.bruneiair.com respectively.

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Judi Mason walks for exercise in Piedmont Park in Atlanta, Ga. More people walk these days than they did five years ago, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The greatest increase was in the South.

More Americans are going for a walk, a promising trend to help fight obesity and improve overall health, according to a new study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Overall in the United States, 62 percent of people reported walking at least once for 10 minutes or more during the previous week in 2010. That's up from 56 percent in 2005.

And while the percentage of walkers in the South still lags behind other parts of the country, it saw the largest jump in walking, according to the CDC. In the region that includes Georgia, 15 other states and Washington, D.C., 57 percent of people walked in 2010, up from 49 percent in 2005, according to the CDC. People in the West are most likely to walk, with more than two-thirds of people there regularly walking.

Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the CDC, said walking for as little as 10 minutes a week is a great first step toward meeting the recommended amount of 150 minutes per week of physical activity.

"Physical activity really is a wonder drug," Frieden said during a recent news conference. "It makes you healthier and happier; you live longer." Frieden listed a slew of health benefits from walking and other forms of aerobic exercise. They included lowering the risk of heart attack, stroke and diabetes, and helping get a better night's sleep.

Even if you don't lose weight from walking, walkers can still reap health benefits from this low-impact form of exercise.

Walking, he said, has a

The CDC study found walkers are nearly three times more likely to meet exercise recommendations than those who don't walk at all.

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GRAND RAPIDS, MI Three African-American churches that made fitness and health a priority emerged as the winners in the 2012 Body & Soul Community Challenge.

True Light Baptist Church placed first among the large churches; St. Luke AME Zion was the winner of the medium-sized churches; and Davis Memorial Church of God in Christ took first place for the small churches.

Fifteen churches took part in the competition, sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and the American Cancer Society. In the 12-week program, 589 church members logged 123,000 miles of physical activity. Many also attended classes about health and nutrition.

The goal was to raise awareness of the health issues facing African Americans, who have the highest mortality rates in the U.S. for most forms of cancer, and to emphasize lifestyle changes that can prevent illness. The results were phenomenal, said Cle Jackson, a community liaison with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan.

The competition wrapped up Aug. 25 with an event at the Ray & Joan KROC Center that drew 300 people, and included fitness classes and cooking demonstrations.

The winners were determined by a point system that took into account miles logged and attendance at health classes and events.

The top three churches in each category received funds to help their health ministries: $1,250 for first place, $750 for second and $500 for third.

Here is a list of all the winners:

Large Churches 1st Place -- True Light Baptist Church 2nd Place -- Messiah Baptist Church 3rd Place -- Brown Hutcherson Ministries

Medium Churches 1st Place -- St. Luke AME Zion 2nd Place -- Grace for the Nations

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Cambridge Healthcare has clinched an exclusive partnership agreement with Microsoft Health UK that sees its award winning How are you? health record technology integrated with Microsofts HealthVault platform.

The partnership will allow for the first time health and fitness data to be transferred automatically from devices such as heart rate watches and blood pressure monitors into an individual's personal health record as well as monitoring of patients outside conventional clinical settings, increasing access to care and decreasing healthcare delivery costs.

The partnership couldnt have come at a better time as the NHS begins to roll out telehealth technologies in millions of homes; with a potential saving reported to be 1.2 billion, the Government is keen to collaborate on the rollout with the private sector.

Prime Minister David Cameron said telehealth, which allows patient health to be monitored by clinicians remotely through broadband enabled technologies, had proven to be a "huge success" after trials.

Cambridge Healthcare, which provides its technology platform free to NHS patients and professionals, believes it is in the perfect position to support the ambitions laid out in Secretary of State for Health Andrew Lansleys NHS White Paper, Equity and excellence: Liberating the NHS.

Dawson King, CEO and founder of Cambridge Healthcare said: The Governments commitment to promoting shared decision-making and information to support informed choices by patients, service users and carers, can only be realised if patients have access and control of their own health records, with the ability to determine who else can access their records.

The partnership announced today brings us one step closer to realising this ambition. We passionately believe that integrated care is essential if the NHS is to the meet the needs of people with long-term conditions, an ageing population and people with complex requirements.

The Microsoft partnership comes only a month after Cambridge Healthcare announced an exclusive licensing agreement that will see its revolutionary technology adopted in China by the largest consumer website and brand, Sina.com.

Sina.com has more than 500 million registered users more than a third of Chinas population. The landmark agreement for the UK company will allow Sina to integrate Cambridge Healthcares technology directly into its health channel, which already provides a number of key services.

Business Weekly understands that another stunning commercial deal for Cambridge Healthcare is close to completion.

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Fitness Together Operating Partner Its amazing how things change once we hit our thirties. Our lives have new priorities and we have new interests. While many things have changed, some things have stayed the same. Being in the field of health and fitness, one thing that I have noticed is how our health and fitness goals have stayed, but the reasons for them have changed. Let me explain.

In our recent Facebook survey, most exercisers said that one of the primary reasons they began exercising and continue to exercise is to improve their appearance. For most of us in our thirties and over, this is one thing that hasnt changed. People at every age are still interested in looking good and exercise is one of the best ways to continue looking good for a lifetime.

Improved energy is another reason that exercisers gave for why they work out, but the over-thirty crowd now gives keeping up with the kids as their primary reason to have more energy. I think we can all agree that there are not many things in life that require as much energy and stamina as keeping up with a young child or two!

Another reason that came in high on the list was improved health. This is a goal that is much more common with the middleaged and senior exerciser than it is with the twenty-somethings. Those of us in our forties and fifties are starting to think about living long enough to see our kids get married, or to stay off of they myriad of medications that often come with aging. These are wonderful motivators and two great reasons to start exercising if you havent yet! Increased strength is a common goal and for the mature exerciser, increased strength gives them the ability to confidently carry the grandchildren and to continue enjoying the sports and activities that they love. An increased quality of life was reported by every exerciser that we interviewed.

Finally, the number one reason that people of all ages exercise is because it makes them feel good. Now whether they feel good because of the natural endorphins that exercise creates, because of the improved confidence and self-esteem that comes from being leaner and stronger or because of the innate feeling of well-being that comes from doing something good for your body; that we do not know. But if you ask me, I dont think anyone really cares about why they feel so good, they are just happy that they do!

If you havent been following a consistent exercise program, it is never too late to start. Your body will respond to exercise at any age, and there is no better way to reverse the aging process than with consistent and fun exercise! Start with simply becoming active and revisiting a sport or activity that you used to love, or contact a local fitness professional who can help design a program for you.

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Coast residents Bob Stanhope, left and Ron Pashkewych, right are pictured with West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country MP John Weston who was in Sechelt Aug. 22 riding the riding and promoting his National Health and Fitness Day bill.

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Member of Parliament John Weston is hoping his National Health and Fitness Day bill will receive unanimous support when it hits the House of Commons on Sept. 24.

The West Vancouver - Sunshine Coast - Sea to Sky MP said he has planned a walk from the steps of Parliament Hill to Ottawas city hall for that day, a symbol of the co-operation needed between different levels of government in order to improve the health of Canadians.

On a personal level I just saw when I reached Ottawa how unhealthy was the lifestyle that MPs lead so much time on airplanes and in committees and sitting in Parliament, Weston said, explaining the inspiration for his second piece of non-partisan legislation. I just resolved that if I was going to remain productive and useful to the people who voted me in, I needed to work at staying healthy.

Weston hopes that one day Canadian calendars will mark National Health and Fitness Day on the first Saturday of June. The bill encourages local governments to open the doors to their recreational facilities, something Weston hopes will help combat the sedentary lifestyle of Canadians.

He pointed to data released by Statistics Canada and public health agencies as indicators that the health of Canadians has declined since 1981 in terms of obesity, a risk factor for heart disease and even cancer.

Its not a silver bullet, he said, but the hope is that by filling recreation facilities across the country, more people will be encouraged to live a healthier lifestyle. There could also be economic benefits, Weston argued.

Were looking at a direct financial hit of $4.3 billion to our healthcare system relating to over-weightness and obesity, he said.

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