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Smoke them out
Posted: March 5, 2012 at 4:21 pm
The recently concluded health and fitness exhibition featured an interesting workshop that aimed at creating awareness among the kids to ensure their well being.
What was a CAT doing at an exhibition on health and fitness? Well, CAT is actually, Children Against Tobacco. This new campaign launched by the Mary Anne Charity Trust aims to arm children to take on tobacco addiction, with the right kind of information and awareness. This awareness campaign was held at the Valluvar Kottam during the Youth Health Mela. Schools registered for the CAT workshop.
When you look at big companies that are into tobacco manufacturing, they have diversified into other products because of the ban on advertising tobacco products. Their strategy is to make sure that their potential consumers, that is children, who start off by using a pencil or notebook marketed under their brand name eventually move on to their tobacco products as well, says Cyril Alexander. We need to get to these potential consumers before the companies do, he says, speaking of the objective behind this initiative.
Having put up a stall at the five-day health exhibition, CAT saw a lot of schools register for the one-hour workshops conducted throughout the day. Before they could sit for the sessions, the children had their picture taken so that it could be printed along with their certificates.
The workshop included the screening of a short film that had a child narrate how his life was affected because his father smoked, and was followed by a question and answer session to check how much the children had really understood. To convince them further of the ill-effects of smoking, a cancer survivor addressed the children. The person had to speak with the help of a device that is placed near his neck to bring out his electronically-modified voice. He asked the children to talk to adults who smoked or chewed tobacco and urge them to give it up lest they end up like him.
The workshop concluded with the children taking an oath to rid the country of tobacco. And for those who thought they were safe as long as they didn't smoke, Cyril Alexander's proclamation that they were all smokers came as a surprise. Irrespective of whether you smoke a cigarette or not, you are all affected by it as passive smokers, he said.
The children left with their certificates and a lot to ponder over.
MARY, VIII, Chennai High School, Rangarajapuram: The workshop was very informative. I learnt about how it affects our health. My father is a smoker and I will now tell him to quit the habit saying else he will have to suffer the repercussions like cancer and other ailments.
SANTHOSH, VII, Chennai High School, Rangarajapuram: I liked the part where the cancer survivor spoke as it was proof of how tobacco can affect you. My uncle is a smoker. Whenever I ask him to give it up he usually asks me to mind my own business. But now I will try convincing him again backed by what I have learnt today.
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Health and Fitness: Use It Or Lose It
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I shamefully write this column after a couple of weeks of being on hiatus. My apologies. I certainly wish that I could use an excuse like I had no access to the internet! Or, I was away on vacation. But sadly, I cannot. The reason why I have not been faithful to this column lately is the simple fact that I was busy and didn't have time. Or, in simpler terms (and probably more the truth) I did not make time. Work was excruciatingly busy, and by the time I got home, tried to squeeze a run in, eat some dinner, shower, my body was fried, and the creative juices weren't flowing. This is often the same excuse that people use when they don't make time to work out, or take care of their bodies. Now I get why moms and dads don't have the energy or really the time to make it to an exercise class. I also get why some of my colleagues at school who worked part time didn't have time to make it to that 5:30 yoga class.
It got me thinking of routines and falling out of habits; whether it is exercise or things such as taking time at the end of the day to read a book, or call your grandmother. Once something becomes routine, it become engrained in our daily timetable, and there are no questions necessary. But sometimes, you fall out of a routine and your discipline slips. You don't call grandmas as often. You don't cut the grass every Saturday, and in my case, your weekly column, doesn't come out as "weekly "as it should. So what happens to our bodies when we stop out exercise routine? Well, this is what I looked into this week.
Unfortunately, it's a sad but true fact that to maintain your hard-earned workout results, you have to continually exercise regularly. It's not like earning interest on money in the bank where gains are made by doing nothing. We are like a can of pop; let us sit and we lose our fizz. Sorry for the bad metaphors.
I read that in "fitness parlance," this is called the reversibility principle. Basically -- use it or lose it. It can also be called detraining. Detraining or the technical term for cessation of exercise is also a problem for athletes who get injured.
There are many fallacies about what happens to the body when an athlete stops exercising. The most common is that the muscles turn into fat. Apparently, this is impossible because muscle cells are completely different from fat cells. What really happens is that muscle cells become smaller, or atrophy and fat cells become bigger. Too much chocolate cake versus the seven minute mile!
A main effect when you stop exercising is going to be a change in stamina. Cardiovascular benefits will be lost due to detraining. But the good news is that people with a high level of aerobic endurance can retain many of the benefits for a longer period.
Dr. Robert Moffat of the Florida State University and Dr. Randall Wilbur of the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs preformed some studies to test endurance rates amongst athletes. The highly trained athletes showed a rapid drop in aerobic endurance in the first three weeks of detraining but the decline was less rapid in the following weeks. The scientists were surprised by both the rapid initial drop but also by the fact that a significant amount of endurance was retained even after 12 weeks of detraining. Whether this was due to a cumulative effect of high fitness levels, or a genetic factor, is uncertain.
Dr. Edward Coyle from the University of Texas, a leading researcher in the area of detraining, found that muscular strength will return to pre-exercise levels after only four to 12 weeks of detraining. Muscle size is also reduced. This is why many people notice a particular "sag" to their bodies after a few weeks of not exercising.
After about two to three months of doing nothing you will lose at least half your aerobic fitness because your lungs lose elasticity, your blood vessels shrink, your blood volume drops, you use oxygen less efficiently, and your heart pumps less blood per beat. Wow. Is that all? Please note my sarcastic tone.
But I was the most disheartened to find out the fact that your muscles significantly lose strength and fade after just 72 hours of no exercise! What?
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Clinical experts offer pregnancy and new mum tips in free seminar
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Pre and post-natal women will be given expert advice on how to achieve peak health and fitness during a coffee morning hosted in South West London by Pure Sports Medicine.
(PRWEB UK) 5 March 2012
The Pure Sports Medicine team work with elite athletes, but their medical, nutritional and physiological expertise extends beyond sport. This expertise is just as applicable to a mum-to-be as it is an Olympic hopeful: while the purpose is obviously very different, both are seeking to be in optimal condition, and similar evidence-based principles can be applied.
Held at Pure Sports Medicines Raynes Park clinic based at David Lloyd Leisure in Bushey Road, the seminar will take place on Tuesday 13th March from 12.30pm -1.15pm. The session will be hosted by clinical experts who are able to answer questions and give professional advice to both expecting and new mothers about how to achieve maximum health and fitness.
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Drinks and snacks will be provided and babies are very welcome!
To register call 0208 540 7266 or email reception.raynespark(at)puresportsmed(dot)com
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