


Energy expenditure, health and fitness
Another recap Total exercise dose can be calculated as MET minutes1 or MET hours. And one MET, or metabolic equivalent, is the rate at which energy is used by the body at rest. It is expressed in relation to body weight and is taken as 3.5ml of oxygen per minute per...ENCOURAGING EXERCISE part 3
Daily life is full of opportunities for becoming more physically active - here are a few of them to consider.
ENCOURAGING EXERCISE Part 2
It is difficult to get people to increase their physical activity. Doctors should be prescribing exercise but have little incentive to do so.
ENCOURAGING EXERCISE Part 1
Every study which has been performed confirms that the level of exercise taking in the population is lamentably low. The only question is just how low. When exercise performance is estimated from questionnaires the level does not look too bad. In the 2012 HSE report, 34 percent of men and 24 percent of women aged 16 and over met the government guidelines.
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Now is the accepted time to make your annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving the road to hell with them as usual. Mark Twain