Calories in = eating.
Articles, downloads, and links to help you make the most of the calories that you eat.
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WHAT'S IN
WHAT'S OUT
Calories out = physical activity. Articles, downloads, and links to help you find ways to stand up and move more.
Check out the latest resources in our What's Out, Active Living Library.
CALORIE NEEDS
THE COOPER INSTITUTE BLOG
FOOD PRICES AND CALORIES
There’s a big beverage brouhaha brewing in New York state. It has nothing to do with coffee or beer. A proposed tax on soda is at the center of this storm.
Local (e.g., Philadelphia) and state governments such as New York are looking to raise revenues and reduce waistlines by taxing sweetened beverages. The proposed taxes range from 12 to 24 cents per...
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY: IT DOES A COLON GOOD
You may be aware that March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month. Among cancers that affect both men and women, colorectal cancer is the third most common diagnosed cancer and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. According to the American Cancer Society, almost 150,000 new cases of colorectal cancer were diagnosed and approximately 50,000 people died from the...
ATTACK YOUR SNACKS
Eating on the run. Dashboard dining. Surfing and snarfing. Viewing and chewing. These are all ways to describe our modern eating patterns. Especially our snacking habits. Research suggests we are doing a lot more of that today than 30 years ago. I know, it doesn’t surprise you given our hectic lives. But do you know just how much we snack? ...
CALORIC EXPENDITURE OF THE WINTER GAMES
The 2010 Winter Olympics, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada ended yesterday. There were fifteen sports and 85 medal events. These events were split up into three categories of ice sports, alpine skiing/snowboarding and Nordic events.
Here at The Cooper Institute in Dallas, Texas I felt a little bit more connected to the games this year... Most due to the actual winter blasts we’ve had....
WHAT WE STAND FOR
The Stand Up & Eat site is an educational and participatory site to help people balance the calories they eat with the calories they burn each day by making active living and healthy eating choices.
GET ACTIVE!!!
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If you are a total couch - or mouse - potato, the Get Active program will get you moving.
Each week for 12 weeks, you will receive an email guiding you through a step to becoming more active. Don't worry, you don't have to belong to a gym for it to work for you!
The program restarts at the beginning of each quarter (July, October, January, and April). To sign-up for the Get Active program, click here. You will get your first email soon after the first of January.
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