Workouts today could help you avoid depression later in life, Science Daily reports. And it’s not just the exercise that counts, researchers said. Wanting to work out, and feeling good at it, were associated with a lower risk of future depression in a study funded by the European Union.
Commercial weight-loss programs such as Weight Watchers were found to be more effective and less costly than programs run by doctors and specially trained staff, according to a University of Birmingham study published in the British Medical Journal. After 12 weeks, study participants who tried Weight Watchers lost an average of 10 pounds, while those who tried the expert program lost an average of three pounds.
101 Revolutionary Ways to Be Healthy offers wellness tips such as “ignore labels” — that is, dubious nutrition claims on processed food — and “beware artificial hunger” that’s actually stress or anxiety in disguise.
