written by Nancy Hepp, MS Research and Communications Specialist Exercise and Health Other than diet, exercise is probably the contributor to health that we have the most control over as individuals. Three studies this week provide evidence that exercise affects several aspects of health, sometimes in combination with other factors. As reported in ScienceDaily, Exercise […]
Davis Baltz, MS, and Heather Sarantis, MS Co-Directors of CHE’s Environmental Health Primary Prevention Training Institute As we recognize CHE’s tenth anniversary this year, one of CHE’s newer projects to highlight is the training program offered through CHE’s Environmental Health Primary Prevention Training Institute. Launched in 2010, the three-day training program brings CHE’s expertise in […]
Elise Miller, MEd Director Before Einstein, Bohr and other scientific luminaries started grappling with questions of quantum physics, traditional Western scientific research was based on a number of assumptions. These included the belief that all particles are fundamentally distinct and that the observer has no influence on the outcome of an experiment. With quantum physics, […]
Elise Miller, MEd Director A major study released earlier this week in Pediatrics concluded that girls are starting puberty earlier than ever. (See the New York Times article or the full text of the study). Though early puberty is influenced by multiple and interacting factors, including heredity, socioeconomic status, obesity, premature birth, formula feeding and more, synthetic […]
‘Obesogens’, other environmental factors contribute to metabolic syndrome Based upon the May 7 CHE Partnership Call Conventional wisdom says that the meteoric rise in obesity and related health conditions – the early stages of which are now called metabolic syndrome – is due to the West having a bad case of “couch potato syndrome.” That […]
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