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LOADED within the joint boundaries of the cities of Pasig, Mandaluyong and Quezon, Ortigas Center is undoubtedly one of the busiest districts in Metro Manila. But between the crazy traffic and overwhelming number of people crossing the streets of this business district, youll easily find nearby fitness centers to help you sweat away the stress and stay fit.

To help turn your crazy day into a productive one, weve put together some of the health and fitness centers around Ortigas that you can choose from.

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A perfect choice for gym-goers with erratic or non-regular working schedule, Anytime Fitness conveniently provides its members with 24/7 access to free weights, functional areas and cardio machines. It also offers personal training packages, as well as group exercise programs ranging from yoga sessions to dance classes.

Membership at Anytime Fitness automatically allows you access to all their branches nationwide.

Rates: P1,000 one-time joining fee, P2,500 one-time key fob fee, P2,700 monthly dues for 6-month membership contract, P2,500 monthly dues for 12-month membership contract, P2,300 monthly dues for 18-month membership contract

2nd Floor El Pueblo Real de Manila, Julia Vargas St. Corner ADB Avenue, Brgy. San Antonio, Ortigas Manila, 721-88-83, anytimefitness.ph

Operating hours: Mon to Sun, 24 hours

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Crazy about mixed martial arts? UFC Gym has you covered. They offer top-notch classes on boxing, kickboxing, muay thai, Brazilian jiu jitsu and taekwando, led by high-caliber coaches. On days when you feel like working out solo, they also have traditional gym equipment available for members.

Rates: P30,500 for 1 year with unlimited access to all classes and other UFC Gym branches (Promo for Dec. 2019: ?14,500)

G/F Robinsons Galleria, EDSA Corner, Ortigas Ave, Ortigas Center, Quezon City, +63917 124 0474, ufcgym.com.ph

Operating hours: Mon to Sat 6:00am-10:00pm, Sun 6:00am-9:00pm

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Take spinning to the next level by trying out the choreographed and heart-pumping exercises at the Cyclehouse Indoor Cycling MNL. Tone legs, get a good sweat going, have fun.

They offer classes with different difficulty levels: Kickstart Ride, an introduction to the basics of indoor cycling for beginners; Fun Ride, a choreographed, rhythm-based pumps, sprints, climbs and lightweight body exercises for intermediate level practitioners; and, for experienced cyclists, Spin + HIIT workout, an endurance ride with a High Intensity Interval Training finisher.

Sign up at their website to get a one-time free trial ride, but make sure to check the schedule of classes online first before heading to the studio.

Rates: P600 for single ride, P5,000 for unlimited ride valid for 30 days

8/F Padilla Building F. Ortigas Jr. Road, Ortigas Center, Pasig, Metro Manila, +63916 614 3888, cyclehouse.com.ph

Operating Hours: Mon to Fri 6:45am-10:00pm, Sat to Sun 9:00am-5:00pm (operating hours may change depending on scheduled classes per day)

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One of the largest health and fitness clubs in the country, Fitness First has a ton of zones and equipment for all your workout needs from a free weights area and freestyle areas, to a group exercise studio, a spinning studio, a mind and body studio, and a lounge area.

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Here, members get unlimited access to around 20 group exercise classes scheduled everyday: Spartan workout, Body Combat, Body Attack, indoor cycling, aerial flow yoga, Body Jam, Zumba, freestyle group HIIT training, and more. Yes, FF invests on group workout programs that are accessible to members at almost any time of the day.

The energy of the crowd attending group exercise classes at Fitness First - Megamall, particularly in my Body Attack class, is unbelievable! From the youngest to the more mature members, all are so engrossed in sweating it out, said Rico Comia, LesMills BodyAttack Program Head Philippines.

Rates: Monthly membership fee starts at ?2,500 (they offer different membership packages)

4th Level, Bldg A, SM Megamall, Edsa, Ortigas Center, Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, fitnessfirst.com

Operating hours: Mon to Fri 6:00am-10:00pm, Sat 10:00am-10:00pm, Sun 10:00am- 9:00pm

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Want to focus on developing a mix of strength, coordination, balance and grace while working out? Polecats Manila is the place for you. Open for men and women, this aerial arts and pole fitness studio offers Pole Fitness, Aerial Hoop, and Aerial Silks classes regularly.

Myla Tan Santiago, Polecats Business Development Manager, said they highly encourage non-professional dancers with zero experience in pole dancing to attend their classes because our programs are really designed for those who are starting from scratch, including those in their late 30s, just like most of us here in Polecats!

Rates: P800 per class, P2,000 unlimited access to all classes for 7 days, P7,000 unlimited access to all classes for 30 days

22nd Floor, Strata 100 F. Ortigas Avenue, Ortigas Center Pasig, Metro Manila, 631-08-18 l +63917 700 7653, polecatsmanila.com

Operating hours: Monday to Friday 12nn-9pm, Saturday 10am-6pm

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Unleash your inner warrior and learn the proper jabs, uppercuts and hooks by trying out a boxing session at Elorde that promises to give you your moneys worth. Their well-known boxing programs are priced at an affordable rate. Elorde also offers Muay Thai training.

Rates: P250 for members & P600 for non-members per session for Boxing / ?350 for members & P700 for non-members per session for Muay Thai

The Upper Deck, 6th floor, Technopoint Bldg., Ortigas Home Depot, Julia Vargas Avenue, Quezon City, 900 0951, facebook.com/elordeortigas

Operating hours: Mon to Sun 7:00am-9:00pm

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Save yourself from the nightmare of entering an overcrowded gym by heading over at Elite, which offers an immense space for you to train Boxing or Muay Thai with certified coaches. They have a large-sized boxing ring and over 20 punching bags that allow you to practice freely.

To add variation to your workout routine, you can also use their circuit training tools.

Rates: Annual membership fee P2,500 / P250 per session, P2,400 for 12 sessions, P3,000 for unlimited sessions for Boxing / P350 per session, P3,360 for 12 sessions, P4,500 for unlimited sessions for Muay Thai

8th Floor Padilla Bldg, F. Ortigas Jr Rd, Pasig, +63905 477 1888, eliteboxing.com.ph

Operating hours: Mon to Sun 6:30am-10:00pm

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If youre into dancing and are interested in attending various dance classes including ballet classes for adult first-timers head over to JNA Dance & Fitness Center. They also offer other dance programs, including zumba, jazz, hip hop, belly dance, and kids dance pop.

As the SEA Games proved, dance is a showcase of physicality, and JNA Business Development Manager Sarah Vinoya said its never too late to become the dancer that youve envisioned yourself to be. Our instructors here are trained to teach beginners as long as joiners are dedicated to take several classes a week for better progress, she pointed out.

Rates: For Ballet: P750 for 1 session (1-hr per class), P5,200 for 8 sessions (1-hr per class), P900 for 1 session (1 .5hr per class), P6,400 8 sessions (1 .5 hour per class); For other dance classes: P650 per session, ?2,300 for 4 sessions, P3,800 for 8 sessions

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Level 5 Shangri-La Plaza Mall, Ortigas Center Mandaluyong, 633-7871, jnadance.com

Operating hours: Mon to Sun 11:00am-9:00pm

Avail of a membership at YogaPlus Ortigas if you want stress-relieving exercises that improve both your mind and body. After all, this place is branded as a safe space for your physical, emotional and mental transformation.

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With 36 yoga classes every week to choose from, including ashtanga, yin, and hot yoga classes, book a slot to improve your bodys flexibility, focus, balance and overall well-being. Ready to get addicted? They offer 1-week free unlimited pass for newbies.

Rates: P2,249 one month unlimited access to all classes (promo for first-timers) / Regular rates: P1,600 unlimited access for 1 week, P4,499 unlimited access for 1 month

Level 4, The Podium, Ortigas Center, ADB Ave, Ortigas Center, Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, +63998 866 9259, yogaplus.ph

Operating hours: Mon to Fri 6:00am-10:00pm, Sat to Sun 9:00am-10:00pm

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If you hit a workout plateau and stopped seeing results, try out the workout of the day (WOD) at CrossFit Ortigas. Theres a new one every day, and these varied functional movements, performed at a high intensity level, will really put your fitness to test.

The movements they incorporate in their programs include, among others, gymnastics, rowing, bodybuilding, weightlifting, powerlifting, running, plyometrics, and calisthenics.

Rates: P3,400 for 6 sessions for 1 month, P4,700 unlimited sessions for 1 month / P1,500 2-hour Foundations class

Unit 105 Emerald Mansion, Garnet Road, Ortigas Center, Pasig City, +63998 530 2093, cfortigas.com

Operating hours: Mon to Sat 6:30am-9:30pm

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Project Lifestyle Manila centers on Brazilian jiu jitsu, a martial art and combat sport based on grappling and ground fighting.

Gym manager and BJJ coach Carl Fontiveros said their classes are open for students of different skill levels, thanks to the gyms supportive community. We are like a family here and we try to be as cool and chill as possible para hindi intimidating for newcomers. When somebody enters the door, regardless if he is a first-timer or a black-belter, he is welcome. We treat everyone equally, he shared.

Rates: P800 per session, P3,500 monthly for unlimited classes

Unit 1418 AIC-Burgundy Empire Tower, ADB Avenue corner Garnet St. Ortigas Center, Pasig, Metro Manila, 0917 576 4898, facebook.com/projectlifestylemanila

Operating hours: Opening and closing hours change weekly depending on schedule of classes. Check out their Facebook page for updated schedules.

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WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Dec. 13, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Calian Group Ltd. (TSX: CGY) has partnered with Saulteaux Tribal Nation L.P., a First Nations-owned and operated company in Manitoba, to deliver emergency management services and best practices to other First Nations in the province.

Calian and Saulteaux are formalizing the unique partnership at a signing ceremony today. The unique agreement is designed to help Manitobas First Nations increase resilience and emergency management independence, and to build community capacity and economic opportunity.

The partnership represents the changing nature of Indigenous business relationships in Canada and a collective goal to support the 2015 Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action, which urged the corporate sector to adopt a reconciliation framework and commit to meaningful consultation and respectful relationships with Indigenous peoples.

Communities in remote or isolated areas can be disproportionately affected by emergencies or disasters. They can face logistical difficulties in their access to emergency services, for instance. After a flood or storm, infrastructure like roads, electricity and telecommunications networks can take longer to bring back online than communities in less isolated areas. In recent years, First Nations in Alberta, British Columbia, and Manitoba have faced evacuations and states of emergency due to wildfires, storms and floods, highlighting a clear need to increase local resilience and preparedness.

It is an honour for Calian to be part of such an important partnership, which evolved from our groundbreaking work with the six nations of the Interlake Reserves Tribal Council. I look forward to working with Saulteaux to increase community resilience and capacity in the province, said Donald Whitty, VP Learning, Calian. These vital services and capacities are needed for communities facing a rising number of disasters.

We recognize that, in this day and age, partnerships work very effectively for the private and public sectors to provide necessary capacity. We are excited about the possibility of helping First Nation communities in Manitoba and Canada build resilience and preparedness for any emergency. We recently faced an emergency disaster where we saw the results of our partnership with Calian. With their expertise combined with the capacity of our Interlake Reserves Tribal Council staff, Calian was instrumental in delivering results in response to the snowstorm and power outage that occurred on Thanksgiving weekend. This is all about getting our communities to where they need to be: protected and emergency-ready, stated Cornell McLean, Saulteaux Chairman and Chief from Lake Manitoba First Nation.

Karl Zadnik, Chief Executive Officer, Saulteaux, added: We have worked with Calian for the past two years, which has helped us immensely in building the necessary capacity to help weather any future emergency events. With this knowledge and ability, we want to help all communities be ready in an emergency. Most First Nation communities dont have the infrastructure that all big cities enjoy, which places them at a disadvantage. Having a strong emergency management plan is essential.

I would like to congratulate both our Emergency Management team and the Interlake Reserves Tribal Council for leading this meaningful work, for building a strong relationship over several years, and for securing this important agreement for First Nations and Manitoba, stated Kevin Ford, President and CEO, Calian. Thank you to all of the Chiefs, Elders and community members who helped make this possible. I am hopeful this is only the beginning as we work towards a long-lasting, results-oriented partnership.

About Saulteaux Tribal Nation L.P.

Saulteaux Tribal Nation L.P. is a First Nations-owned and operated company whose purpose is to bring emergency management best practices to Manitoba First Nations in partnership with Calian Emergency Management. Saulteaux is a subsidiary of the Interlake Reserves Tribal Council Inc. (IRTC), a partnership of six Manitoba Interlake communities working together to advance the collective well-being of members from the following communities: Dauphin River First Nation; Kinonjeoshtegon First Nation; Lake Manitoba First Nation; Little Saskatchewan First Nation; Peguis First Nation; and Pinaymootang First Nation.

About Calian Emergency Management

Calian Emergency Management helps people, organizations, governments and communities prepare for events where the consequences of failure are unacceptable. Having undertaken some of the largest and most complex emergency management and security exercise programs in Canada, we combine subject matter expertise with the rigor, resources, and consulting capabilities of a large corporate organization, as well as proprietary tools to deliver a high-quality learning environment. Our team of accredited experts offers a holistic suite of complex, multi-agency, multi-jurisdictional emergency management solutions tailored to the needs of any organization. We help clients in their journey to enhance resilience and improve their capabilities and capacity to prepare, respond and recover from emergencies.

About Calian

Calian employs over 3,300 people in its delivery of diverse products and solutions for private sector, government and defence customers in North American and global markets. The Companys diverse capabilities are delivered through four segments: Advanced Technologies, Health, Learning and Information Technology. The Advanced Technologies segment provides innovative products, technologies and manufacturing services and solutions for the space, communications, defence, nuclear, government and agriculture sectors. The Health segment manages a network of more than 1,800 health care professionals delivering primary care and occupational health services to public and private sector clients across Canada. Learning is a trusted provider of emergency management, consulting and specialized training services and solutions for the Canadian Armed Forces and clients in the defence, health, energy and other sectors. The Information Technology segment supports public- and private-sector customer requirements for subject matter expertise in the delivery of complex IT and cyber security solutions. Headquartered in Ottawa, the Companys offices and projects span Canada and international markets.

For investor information, please visit our website at http://www.calian.com or contact us at ir@calian.com

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Certain information included in this press release is forward-looking and is subject to important risks and uncertainties. The results or events predicted in these statements may differ materially from actual results or events. Such statements are generally accompanied by words such as intend, anticipate, believe, estimate, expect or similar statements. Factors which could cause results or events to differ from current expectations include, among other things: the impact of price competition; scarce number of qualified professionals; the impact of rapid technological and market change; loss of business or credit risk with major customers; technical risks on fixed price projects; general industry and market conditions and growth rates; international growth and global economic conditions, and including currency exchange rate fluctuations; and the impact of consolidations in the business services industry. For additional information with respect to certain of these and other factors, please see the Companys most recent annual report and other reports filed by Calian with the Ontario Securities Commission. Calian disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. No assurance can be given that actual results, performance or achievement expressed in, or implied by, forward-looking statements within this disclosure will occur, or if they do, that any benefits may be derived from them.

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Want to learn more about this initiative? Check out the Wicked Hot Boston series, Parts One and Two. Want to address climate hazards in your community? Head over to SciStarter.org to find a citizen science project.

This post was co-authored by Emily Hostetler, Caroline Nickerson, David Sittenfeld, and Sara Benson.

Its true: the world is getting hotter, and Boston is becoming WICKED hot.

This past summer, the Museum of Science, Boston (MOS) team and local citizen scientists began to measure extreme temperatures. They used sensors provided by CAPA Strategies to make an ambient air temperature map of Boston, Cambridge, and Brookline, MA.

This map shows the modeled ambient air temperatures for the Boston area. The high absolute air temperature recorded at Logan Airport for the day was 92 F. However, this study showed that in different areas of the city, the high temperature in Dorchester recorded by volunteers actually reached 102.6 F. (Credit: Museum of Science, Boston)

You can explore the above map here.

The MOS team and area citizen scientists also contributed their qualitative and quantitative data about heat in Boston through ISeeChange, a citizen science platform that leverages community members as the experts in their own backyards to study how the climate and weather are changing around them. For the Wicked Hot Boston project, ISeeChange created an extreme heat investigation with MOS. Citizen scientists contributed over 100 observations to this investigation after reading instructions on SciStarter.org/NOAA.

After activating these citizen science efforts over the summer, the MOS team hosted a community forum on climate hazard resilience, called Wicked Hot Boston, on the evening on Tuesday, September 24 2019, specifically focusing on extreme heat.

MOS forum programs engage participants in deliberative, inclusive conversations about issues that lie at the intersection of science and society, gathering museum visitors, scientists, and policymakers to share their perspectives and learn from one another. The forums can span the realms of human health, outer space, climate hazards and beyond.

The Climate Hazard Resilience Forum templates address four environmental hazards: extreme heat, extreme precipitation, sea level rise, and drought. The forum deliberations create a simulated resilience planning experience, guiding public participants through discussions that involve making tough decisions to protect the city, and encouraging open dialogue with local resilience planners.

Darlene Cavalier, Founder of SciStarter, speaking about citizen science at the beginning of the forum. (Credit: Museum of Science, Boston)

For this extreme heat forum, funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the MOS team drew preliminary conclusions from the citizen science data, which were presented in a poster session to the members of the public as they walked into the Museum of Science. Soon after, the participants went upstairs to engage in the extreme heat deliberation. Participants included people who had collected the citizen science data with MOS and people who wanted to learn about and discuss extreme heat.

Chris Mastroianni, a veteran of multiple MOS forums, talked to the SciStarter team about what keeps him coming back. Its the opportunity to learn more things, and then the ability to have a more engaged way of speaking about the issues.

In terms of what he learned at the Wicked Hot Boston forum, Mastroianni said before the forum, he wasnt as aware of the different concerns various stakeholders have.

Forum participants and a facilitator beginning the forum deliberation. (Credit: Museum of Science, Boston)

Participants made decisions about mitigating the effects of extreme heat for an anonymized city. Trained facilitators directed small groups at different tables to allocate limited resources among three different resilience plans: cool the city, protect infrastructure, and ensure safety. The plans were made by taking into account varying community priorities, manifested in profiles of different stakeholders such as local business owners and residents.

To balance the concerns of different stakeholders, Mastroiannis table decided to equally allocate their money to each of the given resilience plan options. Then, through ESRI Storymap visualizations, they visualized the results of their plan. Because they made small interventions in a number of areas, their impact was dispersed for better or worse.

Stephanie Smallegan, assistant professor of Coastal Engineering, came in from the University of South Alabama to explore how the Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center in Mobile, Alabama can host a similar forum focused on an environmental hazard. She stepped in as a facilitator, and she said that her table was very practical.

I had a surgeon, computer engineers, and a business owner at my table. They thought about things from a realistic perspective taxes, property values but they gave very little weight given on the social perspective, she said.

Smallegan said her main contribution as a facilitator was to stimulate discussion by asking prompting questions, while staying neutral about the outcome of the exercise. I brought up hypothetical perspectives and impacts on social aspects.

As Executive Director of OARS, an organization that works to protect and improve the Assabet, Sudbury, and Concord rivers, Alison Field-Juma is intimately familiar with environmental issues. She was excited by the citizen science maps she helped create as a volunteer.

The map is based on real temperature readings from people driving around in their cars, so people connect with that better, she said. The value is added by the data being immediately sensed, not remotely sensed. It is what people would feel walking down the street.

This map shows the real-feel heat index model for the Boston area. This map includes heat and humidity values. The highest predicted heat-index value using this method across the urban study area was 108.6F. This is 17.7degrees warmer than the minimum modeled temperatures, demonstrating the tremendous variation in what people experience during these kinds of heat wave events. (Credit: Museum of Science, Boston)

Field-Juma appreciated following up the experience of being a citizen scientist with the forum. She said she was able to exercise a different part of her mind calling the forum deliberation both challenging and interesting.

With this game, you have to make a series of difficult choices, she said. You have to figure out what matters to each person with limited resources, working in an austerity economy. The decision-making is rigorous. For example, how can you say you dont care about public safety?

After the forum deliberation on extreme heat, John Bolduc, Environmental Planner for the City of Cambridge; Nancy Smith, Program Manager for Community and Resilience Engagement for the Office of Public Health Preparedness, a division of the Boston Public Health Commission; and Kara Brewton, Economic Development Director for the Town of Brookline, spoke on a panel to answer community questions.

When asked about how the citizen science data could aid him in resiliency planning, Bolduc answered, with satellite maps, you dont take into account climatic factors like wind or breezesthis data reflects this and adds richness.

Smith emphasized the public educational value of citizen science data and outreach, saying that having this data brings it to a level that people can understand.

After discussing a multitude of plans for a fictionalized city throughout the night, participants wanted to know what they can do in their communities when they leave the forum. Brewton advised attendees to talk to people outside of your circlewhatever your experience, knowledge, or interest isbe willing to go to other meetings. For example, public health experts could help with an urban forestry plan.

Kara Brewton presenting preliminary citizen science data about Brookline. (Credit: Museum of Science, Boston)

The day after the forum, the Museum of Science and its partners, including representatives from NOAA, Arizona State University, Northeastern, ISeeChange, and SciStarter, gathered with science centers from across the country to explore how they can host forums on different environmental hazards, linking citizen science with resilience planning through various citizen science projects. What will they pick? Will it be extreme heat, drought, extreme precipitation, or sea level rise?

Eric Havel, of the Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland, California, said his institution was leaning toward drought, but also considering addressing sea level rise and extreme heat. He said all three of the hazards were applicable to the Bay Area.

For example, drought hits home at a hyper-local level when community members think of the redwood forests. He said patrons can step outside and realize the impact of drought, and drought is a near-term concern, with air quality from wildfires being in the news.

Havel also thought that drought would be a great avenue for working with outdoor partners and programming, as well as a good way to build on previous efforts. He was particularly excited to use technological tools, like ArcGIS, GoogleEarth, and the Chabot Centers planetarium to tell earth science stories.

We did drought and sea level forums from earlier this year, and we had over 50 participants, with 20% of attendees being teachers, Havel said. The event was well-received: we played games, hosted planners who addressed the redwood forest and the coast and did a visualization piece in our planetarium.

Do you also want to address climate hazards with citizen science? You can start today! Head over to SciStarter.org to learn how you can get involved.

The Climate Hazard Resilience Forum was developed in partnership with Arizona State University and Northeastern University and supported by a NOAA Environmental Literacy Grant, with materials created by the Museum of Science, Boston under the awards NA15SEC0080005 and NA18SEC0080008 from the Environmental Literacy Program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U.S. Department of Commerce. The statements, findings, conclusions, and recommendations within are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views

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Boston Could Become WICKED Hot. This is What They're Doing About it. - Discover Magazine

Father and son pair Terry Leskiw and James Leskiw love lots of common family activities hunting, fishing, watching sports, and now, doing medical studies together.

The duo are both participants in the Alberta Cancer Exercise (ACE) study at the U of A Cancer Rehabilitation Clinic, which aims to understand how exercise can support cancer treatment and how best to incorporate exercise into the routines of cancer patients.

When James Leskiw, 42, was diagnosed with a brain tumour last November, he began the program to help mitigate the side-effects of radiation and chemotherapy.

Terry Leskiw, 73, vowed to drive him to both weekly sessions, every week, and was soon drawn into the program when study leads learned he was a prostate cancer survivor himself.

Ive never been familiar with gym techniques and approaches and I just could not say how much it has done for me from the health (stand)point, said Terry Leskiw at the centre on Tuesday. I cannot believe what this program did for me and how good it makes me feel.

The program offers twice-weekly guided exercise sessions for cancer patients and survivors at all stages from diagnosis to three-years cancer-free over the course of 12 weeks. It is currently at 18 sites in seven cities in Alberta and has had more than 1,500 participants.

Study lead Margaret McNeely, a professor in the U of A faculty of rehabilitation medicine and director of the centre, says the pair highlight how exercise can support treatment in different ways.

Weve been able to look at the different cancer types and see how the exercise programs may help them the best, she said Tuesday.

Terry Leskiw, 73, who is a cancer survivor and his son, James Leskiw, 42, are participating in the Alberta Cancer Exercise (ACE) program at the University of Albertas Cancer Rehabilitation Clinic on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019. Shaughn Butts/Postmedia

For Terry Leskiw, the program is more about building exercise into his routine to prevent reoccurrence of cancer. But for his son, its helped him keep up his active lifestyle while undergoing treatment.

It spurred me to start to get active, said James Leskiw, who said activity became difficult after he suffered a tumour-related seizure several months ago. Once you start, it becomes part of your life.

Both father and son said the program has been a bonding experience and they are both set on continuing as James Leskiws current round of chemotherapy finishes soon.

The two of us feed off of each other. We enjoy each others company and the health and wellness is so important to both of us, said Terry Leskiw.

This way, if anything else arises down the line, Ill be prepared to take it head on, said James Leskiw.

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Family duo face cancer together through exercise in U of A study - Calgary Herald

Have you ever wanted to help somebody who resisted your help? Have you ever felt completely helpless and powerless against something that was slowly, menacingly draining the life out of either you, a loved one, or a friend?

I have.

For the past several years, I have watched some of my closest peers suffer from either anorexia, a form of self-harm known as cutting, or both. These are conditions which are surprisingly common amongst teenagers and yet rarely discussed in school if ever.

This past October, my former middle school held its first ever Wellness Fair to educate students and their families on the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle. The school had 29 exhibitors promoting nutrition, mindfulness, and fitness, and one exhibitor Samaritans providing information on suicide prevention.

While I commend the school for addressing teenage suicide, I found it extremely disheartening that not one booth addressed eating disorders or self-harm conditions that demand just as much attention as teenage suicide.

Yet, its not just the Wellness Fair that failed to address these issues its also the schools. Yes, schools talk about nutrition and warn students about the dangers of obesity yet they never touch upon the life threatening complications caused by eating disorders like anorexia or bulimia.

Yes, schools talk about the importance of physical fitness and exercise yet they never cover the dire health consequences of exercise compulsion (also known as exercise bulimia or anorexia athletica), which is characterized by excessive and/or compulsive exercising to burn fat and calories.

And yes, schools alert students about the negative repercussions of vaping and consuming alcohol and drugs but they never once discuss the dangers of self-harm. This needs to change.

Many educators, parents, and students alike dont understand the severity of eating disorders, but eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness including depression with a person dying every 62 minutes.

According to the Foundation for Research and Education in Eating Disorders (FREED), 50 percent of teenage girls engage in unhealthy weight management behaviors such as skipping meals, fasting, excessive exercising, smoking cigarettes, and using laxatives. Thats half of all teenage girls in the country.

By failing to address eating disorders and opting, instead, to focus on the consequences of being overweight, schools are inadvertently sending a faulty and downright harmful message to self conscious, impressionable adolescents that being thin at any cost means being healthy.

As Lynn Grefe, president of the National Eating Disorders Association in New York, points out, Kids are more afraid of being fat than they are of war and terrorism, so unless otherwise instructed they will engage in unhealthy, dangerous methods to lower their body weight.

Teenagers often assume that it is better to starve themselves and be underweight than risk being overweight, yet for females, ages 15-24, the mortality rate associated with anorexia is 12 times higher than the death rate of ALL other causes of death in that age group combined.

Furthermore, a study by the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders found that 18-20 percent of anorexia patients die within twenty years of developing an eating disorder and only 30-40 percent ever fully recover.

Just as critical and disturbing? The statistics on self-harm amongst teenagers.

More teenagers than ever before are turning to self harm, which includes intentionally damaging or injuring ones body by cutting, burning, hair-pulling and self-poisoning, as a way to cope with stress, anxiety, and/or depression.

It is easy to assume that only a handful of students harm themselves and that students who self-harm have the intention of taking their life, but in actuality, 1 in 4 teen girls and 1 in 10 teen boys harm themselves annually without suicidal intentions, accounting for 20 percent of teenagers nationwide. According to these estimates, there are around 142 girls and 57 boys in my high school - which has approximately 570 students who harm themselves.

Many people treat eating disorders and self-harm as separate entities, but psychologists have recently discovered a link between eating disorders and self-harm. A study from John Hopkins University found that 35 percent of individuals struggling from anorexia engage in self-harm.

Whats more, the study also found that 50 percent of self-mutilators have a history of either anorexia or bulimia.

These are staggering statistics, and students need to know them. It is therefore imperative that schools stop seeing self harm and anorexia as taboo topics and start embracing universal prevention programs.

Several school administrators and teachers have claimed that such programs would put harmful ideas into students heads and lead to an increase in self-harm and eating-disorder behavior, but research has shown otherwise.

Stephanie Haines, a prevention education specialist at Walden Center For Education and Research, counters, The biggest harm any of us can do...is stay silent. Mental health conditions warrant honest and sometimes uncomfortable conversations. But these discussions help.

Its time that schools stop running away from sensitive topics and educate their students about the very real dangers of these conditions. There are many renowned prevention programs that can help programs like the FREED program for eating disorder prevention and the S.A.F.E alternatives program for self-harm prevention.

These programs offer advice and resources from experts who know exactly how educators can broach these subjects with their students. Schools can even opt to have members of these programs come and speak directly to their students.

The FREED program, for example, has made presentations to over 5,500 middle schools and high schools.

The goal of school administrators shouldnt merely be to educate students; it should also be to keep them safe. Schools have an opportunity to make a real difference in their students lives by implementing these prevention programs into their health class curriculum and adding eating-disorder and self-harm exhibits into their next Wellness Fair.

Now is the time for schools to address these issues before it is too late.

If you or someone you know is suffering from an eating disorder or from some form of self harm, please know that you are not alone. Help is just a phone call away. Numerous organizations and hotlines offer anonymous help in the form of emotional support, advice, and referrals. Please call, because you matter.

If you are struggling, you can reach out to these hotlines:

National Eating Disorders Association Helpline: call 1-800-931-2237 or text NEDA to 741741 for support, information, or referrals

Something Fishy: 1-866-418-1207 (offers treatment referrals, provides information about eating disorders, and has an online chat group where people can connect with others who are struggling with an eating disorders)

Hopeline Network: 1-800-442-4673 (offers support and guidance if you have an eating disorder and are considering harming yourself)

Emma Sullivan is a student at Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School.

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Waldorf, MD - December 11, 2019, Three Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) physical education (PE) teachers were recently honored by SHAPE Maryland, an organization that promotes and supports health and wellness.

The state chapter of the Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE) named Michelle Ignaszewski of the F.B. Gwynn Educational Center as Marylands Adapted Physical Education Teacher of the Year. Brittany Aley of Benjamin Stoddert Middle School and Diana Gyuras of Billingsley Elementary School each received the Simon McNeely Award given to those for outstanding teaching and service in health, physical education, recreation or dance.

SHAPE Maryland recently held a convention in Ocean City that allows PE educators an opportunity to network and share ideas.

Teaching lifelong lessons

Ignaszewski went into teaching because she wanted to help other people. Choosing physical education ensures she is giving students skills that they will carry throughout their lives. I found the field of physical education and health to be the most valuable, she said. Everything that you are taught in those two areas you can use for the rest of your life. It doesnt matter what I do in life, Im going to have to be healthy and active to live a long life.

Adapted PE is instruction that has been modified to allow for a person with a disability to participate in a physical activity that is as suitable for them as it is for their peers who dont have a disability.

Some of the modifications include different equipment, a shorter distance or lower targets. Every student I work with is different, each one presents their own challenges. I love the idea of being able to come up with things that work for them, Ignaszewski said. Its not the same thing for every child, but its meeting what their needs are.

Michelle makes Adapted Physical Education look easy, Ivy Hodges, CCPS content specialist for health and physical education, said. She is a leader, an innovator and an all-around go-getter when it comes to education.

Ignaszewski teaches students at Gwynn on Wednesdays and travels around to half the schools in CCPS during the week her colleague, Seth Rak, goes to the other half. They work with students in prekindergarten through 12th grade.

Ignaszewski, who is a National Board Certified Teacher, doesnt only teach children in the school system. She is working with students in the Adult Living Skills programs at La Plata and St. Charles high schools. The students are 18 to 21 years old and may not have the skills to be in the adult independence program. Ive been working with them to utilize community resources, Ignaszewski said. Among the activities are using the fitness course around Lake Tilghman or the Field of Dreams at Laurel Springs Park.

During a recent basketball lesson at Gwynn, middle school students in the STAY program each grabbed a ball and worked on their dribbling and shooting skills. Because they were a small group, the students couldnt play a traditional game instead opting for something called Sharks and Minnows, a dribbling drill.

Our Adapted program would not be where it is today without Michelles genuine concern for students and physical education as a whole, Hodges said.

PE is a great area for students who may learn differently. Students come in and just think theyre having fun and dont realize theyre learning at the same time, Ignaszewski known as Ms. Iggy to students and staff members said. Im a big advocate for having kids be active as much as possible and learning through movement.

Setting the foundation for a healthy life

Gyuras was studying to be a PE teacher, then her father saw her class schedule that read more like a list of games and sports. He was footing the bill for school, so Gyuras switched to elementary education, spending 16 years as a first-grade teacher.

It was a blessing in disguise, really. He gave me a great gift, Gyuras said, who is now dually certified to teach in a classroom and a gym. She has been a PE teacher for nine years spending eight at J.C. Parks Elementary School before moving to Billingsley Elementary School which opened its doors to students on Sept. 3.

Its an exceptional place to be, Gyuras said of becoming a Bobcat. Our principal is building a tremendous community at Billingsley. There is so much excitement coming from everyone. It has reignited my love for being a teacher.

Teaching PE to the school systems youngest learners means starting at the beginning. Students learn the fundamentals of throwing and catching. They are taught the importance of exercise and minding their fitness. Sportsmanship and losing gracefully are engrained in almost every activity.

Gyuras stays up to date on subject matter, networking with other teachers and going online to see what students are learning and liking. Gyuras brought back Speed Stacks from the SHAPE conference to use with students. Speed Stacks are used for sport stacking quickly stacking cups in various patterns. The exercise could look like kids goofing off, but it is developing eye-hand coordination and dexterity, skills that translate to other sports and activities. Gyuras would like to start a sport stacking club at Billingsley, eventually competing against teams from other schools.

She points to research that shows a connection between brain development and physical activity. The more active a student is, the better they will do in class, Gyuras said. Exercise boosts their mood and their ability to focus.

Guiding students toward healthy choices

As a student at the University of Maryland, Aley was set on becoming a physical therapist. She always had an interest in anatomy and exercise psychology. One of her professors, Dr. Elizabeth Brown, helped Aley find her niche which led to her becoming a teacher.

Aley knew she liked working with kids and what she was studying in school flowed nicely into physical education and health. After earning a bachelors degree in kinesiological sciences and a masters in curriculum and instruction from Maryland, Aley became an elementary school PE teacher for Anne Arundel County Public Schools.

She started at Benjamin Stoddert Middle School two years ago. The shift from elementary to middle school was a big one. Having learned athletic fundamentals and skills in elementary school, students in middle school start thinking more about strategy and tactics used in different sports while better developing their abilities.

There is also the health component in PE. Aley talks with students about the importance of fitness and making good choices. She talks to them about exercise and how it can benefit them in other areas of their lives physically and emotionally. In middle school, subjects broached could vary from alcohol and substance abuse, to the dangers of smoking and vaping, to puberty and reproduction.

I love middle school, Aley said. Being able to connect with students and having them buy into what Im saying to them. She talks to them about being informed consumers who make choices for themselves.

Aley writes curriculum for CCPS, is a member of the school systems professional development team and teaches at the College of Southern Maryland. She is great instructionally and is always willing to share resources and information across the county when she presents at CCPS in-service activities, Hodges said.

Four other PE teachers with CCPS were awarded scholarships to attend the SHAPE MD conference including Alison Cheney and Rebekah Colatruglio, both of North Point High School, Matt Golonka of Theodore G. Davis Middle School and Kelsey Mills of St. Charles High School.

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Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - December 11, 2019) - IAMGOLD Corporation (TSX: IMG) ("IAMGOLD" or the "Company") today announced that it has exercised its option to increase its undivided interest in the Nelligan Joint Venture Project ("Nelligan" or the "Project"), by a further 24% to now hold an aggregate undivided interest of 75% in the property. Nelligan is held under an earn-in option to joint venture agreement (IAMGOLD: 75%, Vanstar Mining Resources Inc. ("Vanstar"): 25%) with IAMGOLD as the operator, located 60 kilometres southwest of Chibougamau, Quebec, Canada.

The Project hosts Mineral Resources, on a 100% basis, comprised of pit constrained Inferred Resources, totalling 96,990,000 tonnes averaging 1.02 grams of gold per tonne for 3,193,900 ounces of contained gold (see news release dated October 22, 2019). Under the terms of the Option Agreement between IAMGOLD and Vanstar, the Company exercised its option to increase its ownership interest in the property from 51% to 75% by completing a mineral resource estimate as mentioned above and making the remaining cash payments totalling C$2.35 million.

Craig MacDougall, Senior Vice President, Exploration for IAMGOLD, stated, "The exercise of the option to increase IAMGOLD's ownership to 75% consolidates our ownership in this new discovery and further supports our view of the favourable exploration potential for the discovery of additional resources. We look forward to continuing to work with Vanstar as we advance our exploration efforts on the Project."

About the Nelligan Gold Project

The Project is underlain by a portion of the Caopatina segment belonging to the North Volcanic Zone of the Abitibi Belt of the Superior Province. The property is centered on the E-W Druillette syncline with sediments of the Caopatina Formation bounded to the north and to the south by volcanic rocks of the Obatogamau Formation. The Project is transected by numerous regional and local structures and deformation zones which can be important in the localization of gold mineralization.

The Project hosts Mineral Resources, on a 100% basis, comprising pit constrained Inferred Resources totalling 96,990,000 tonnes averaging 1.02 grams of gold per tonne for 3,193,900 ounces of contained gold at a 0.5 g/t Au cut-off grade (see news release dated October 22, 2019).

With its current 75% interest, IAMGOLD retains a further option to acquire an additional interest of 5%, to hold an 80% interest in the Project by completing and delivering a Feasibility Study in accordance with National Instrument 43-101. Vanstar would then retain a 20% undivided non-contributory carried interest until the commencement of commercial production, after which: (1) the 20% undivided interest becomes participating; and (2) Vanstar will pay its attributable portion of the total development and construction costs to the commencement of commercial production from 80% of its share of any ongoing distributions from the Joint Venture. Vanstar will also retain a 1% NSR royalty on selected claims of the Project.

Next Steps

In the coming months, additional metallurgical tests will be completed to provide additional information on the metallurgical recoveries from the various zones of mineralization comprising the Mineral Resources of Nelligan and to help optimize the process flow sheet parameters.

Planning for future drilling programs is ongoing and will involve a number of objectives including: additional infill drilling to improve resource classification and convert Inferred Resources to an Indicated Resource category; evaluate potential resource extensions in the deeper parts of the deposit; and evaluate resource expansions along strike.

Regional exploration will also continue to define and test other priority exploration targets on the property.

Technical Information

The information in this news release was reviewed and approved by Marie-France Bugnon, P. Geo., General Manager Exploration for IAMGOLD. Mrs. Bugnon is a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101.

Forward Looking Statement

This news release contains forward-looking statements. All statements, other than of historical fact, that address activities, events or developments that the Company believes, expects or anticipates will or may occur in the future (including, without limitation, statements regarding expected, estimated or planned gold production, cash costs, margin expansion, capital expenditures and exploration expenditures and statements regarding the estimation of mineral resources, exploration results, potential mineralization, potential mineral resources and mineral reserves) are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are generally identifiable by use of the words "will", "should", "continue", "expect", "anticipate", "estimate", "believe", "intend", "to earn", "to have', "plan" or "project" or the negative of these words or other variations on these words or comparable terminology. Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the Company's ability to control or predict, that may cause the actual results of the Company to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from current expectations include, among other things, without limitation, failure to meet expected, estimated or planned gold production, cash costs, margin expansion, capital expenditures and exploration expenditures and failure to establish estimated mineral resources, the possibility that future exploration results will not be consistent with the Company's expectations, changes in world gold markets and other risks disclosed in IAMGOLD's most recent Form 40-F/Annual Information Form on file with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and Canadian provincial securities regulatory authorities. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made and, except as may be required by applicable securities laws, the Company disclaims any intent or obligation to update any forward-looking statement.

About IAMGOLD

IAMGOLD (www.iamgold.com) is a mid-tier mining company with four operating gold mines on three continents. A solid base of strategic assets in North and South America and West Africa is complemented by development and exploration projects and continued assessment of accretive acquisition opportunities. IAMGOLD is in a strong financial position with extensive management and operational expertise.

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If you have ever been on a diet, you know the pure vulnerability of getting weighed at the doctors office. Standing on an old metal scale with your shoes off, you might avert your eyes, as if that would prevent the nurse from saying the number out loud as they write it down. But what if weight does not play such an active role in understanding your health?

On this edition of Embodied host Anita Rao examines 'The Health At Every Size Movement' with Christy Harrison, anti-diet registered dietitian, nutritionist and certified intuitive eating counselor, Dr. Louise Metz, and Mirna Valerio, former teacher-turned-sponsored athlete.

Some of the research presented in this show challenges a lot of what we have been told about health and our bodies...possibly even what you have heard from your medical provider. We invite you to listen with an open mind. Linked at the end of this page are studies referenced in the show. This conversation is not a substitute for personal medical advice.

On todays episode of our ongoing series Embodied: Sex Relationships and Your Health, we deconstruct diet culture by examining the holes in the science which props it up. The medical field has puzzled over the obesity epidemic for years with little progress. According to a growing field of doctors and health practitioners, weight is not the end-all-be-all indicator of health. Data shows that a higher body weight is correlated with diseases like osteoarthritis, cardiovascular disease and Type 2 diabetes, but correlation does not imply causation.

History of Diet Culture

Christy Harrison is an anti-diet registered dietitian, nutritionist and certified intuitive eating counselor. After spending much of her life engaged in disordered eating, she found her way out of diet culture. She calls it The Life Thief and defines it as a system of beliefs that worships thinness and equates it to health and moral virtue; promotes weight loss as a means of attaining higher moral and health status; demonizes certain foods and food groups and ways of eating while elevating others; and oppresses people who don't match up with its supposed picture of health and well-being.

In her forthcoming book, Anti-Diet: Reclaim Your Time, Money, Well-Being, and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating (Little, Brown Spark/2019), she traces diet cultures history as far back as ancient Greece and the societys moralistic arguments against fatness.

This was because of the belief system that ancient Greeks had about balance and moderation and all things being seen as a virtue, she says. So fatness was seen as an imbalance to be, quote unquote, corrected.

Though that perspective fell out of vogue for centuries after the fall of Rome, it began to reemerge in the mid-19th century culture, still long before the medical world propagated weight stigma.

Ideas about the value of different bodies and of different people was really in the foreground and that started to lead to a demonization of fatness, she says. Early evolutionary biologists who are working around [the turn of the 19th century] started to point to fatness as a mark of, quote unquote, evolutionary inferiority because people who had more fat on their bodies were supposedly women and people of color and groups that were being demonized at the time.

Harrison says the societal association of fatness with disenfranchised groups like women and people of color attributed to the convergence of weight stigma and medicine. As patients increasingly demanded to be weighed by their doctors and be put on diets, medical professionals bent to their demands. She also points to the emerging life insurance industry as a factor in medicalizing weight stigma.

The life insurance industry, of course, is geared towards making money and making sure that they're having people in their insurance pool who are going to live the longest. And so they're doing this research to determine who's a bigger risk. And they found from their early research in wealthy, white middle-aged men that it seemed to be the larger-bodied men were dying sooner. And so they started to relay this information to doctors. They started to kind of coalesce behind a campaign of telling people not to be fat and having people lose weight as a way of supposedly reducing health risks. The risks are really it was about reducing monetary risks from the insurance industry.

The Obesity Epidemic

The research these early insurance companies conducted relied on measuring body mass index, or BMI. The scale categorizes people as underweight, normal or healthy weight, overweight or obese. BMI is a persons weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters. It was developed in the 1830s by an astronomer as a statistical exercise.

Dr. Louise Metz says it is a problematic way to categorize health. She is a board-certified internal medicine physician specializing in eating disorders and gender-related care. She founded Mosaic Comprehensive Care in Chapel Hill, and it is a weight-inclusive health center.

[BMI] was designed for populations, not for individuals, and was not designed to define health in any way. And then moving on later to the modern age, it was used to begin to define health somewhere in the 1900s, Metz says. And then later on in the late 90s, what we found is that these arbitrary categories for BMI were suddenly changed. So the definitions of obesity and overweight were suddenly decreased and 29 million people suddenly became quote, overweight or obese overnight. And these changes really were not based in any research that shows that there was a direct link between these BMI categories and health.

[BMI] was designed for populations, not for individuals, and was not designed to define health in any way.

The measure is still used today to track changing body weight at a national level. Medical professionals and insurance companies use BMI as a measure of a persons health. Harrison says this contributed to the declaration of an obesity epidemic.

Many other researchers who are in the so-called field of obesity research are financed and funded by the pharmaceutical industry, [and] the pharmaceutical industry [is funded] by the diet industry, Harrison says. Many of them have their own diet plans and programs that they are selling and have this financing that's coming from people with a vested interest in making Americans fear weight gain and think that their body size is a problem.

Weight and Health: Correlation vs. Causation

Still, the CDC links higher body weight to a range of health consequences like high blood pressure, Type 2 diabetes, coronary artery disease and osteoarthritis. There is ample evidence that weight and these health consequences are correlated, but Harrison and Metz caution against implicating weight alone.

We don't have proof that it's the body size causing these health conditions. So there are several other mediators of that. So one could be cardiovascular fitness. We have some data to show that that could be a mediator between body size and health, Metz says. There's one study that looked at this and found that in people who have low cardiovascular fitness levels, mortality rates were higher with higher BMIs. But [in] individuals who had higher cardiovascular fitness, we found that the mortality rates evened out across body size and that in fact, people who are quote overweight or obese and were active cardiovascularly had lower mortality rates in those with a normal BMI who were inactive.

For Type 2 diabetes, a disease widely believed to be preventable by avoiding weight gain, Metz says medical professionals are asking the wrong questions.

There are assumptions behind those questions, and that it is likely not the body size that is causing diabetes again, but there may be other mediators like genetics. So someone might be predisposed to have a higher body weight and have diabetes. And someone might be exposed to chronic dieting and weight cycling As well as weight stigma [that] are increasing the risk of conditions like diabetes.

Why Diets Dont Work

Harrison, Metz and any promoter of the Health At Every Size (HAES) movement will tell you that diets do not work. They are not designed to result in long-term weight loss, but instead trap people in cycles of weight fluctuation. This process is called weight-cycling, and there is evidence that it adversely affects health.

Weight-cycling is this repeated cycle of weight loss and regain that people undergo when they try to intentionally lose weight, Harrison says. And we see in the research that up to 98% of the time when people embark on weight loss efforts, they end up regaining all the weight they lost within five years, if not more. In fact, up to two thirds of people who embark on weight loss efforts may regained more weight than they lost.

Up to 98% of the time when people embark on weight loss efforts, they end up regaining all the weight they lost within five years, if not more.

People in larger bodies get started on this weight-cycling sometimes as early as childhood. A lifetime of dieting, HAES practitioners argue, contributes to poor health. Our bodies are not designed to diet, and Harrison has an explanation as to why the vast majority of people gain back the weight they lost and sometimes more.

Our bodies are wired to resist starvation. And they have all kinds of biological mechanisms that kick in in a situation of lack of food, right, because the body perceives that as famine, she explains. And so it will do things like turn down your fullness hormones so that you keep eating longer in the presence of food, ramp up your hunger hormones so that you're more likely to seek out food, turn down your body temperature so that you're not burning as much energy, reduce your reproductive function because that requires energy.

To counteract this, Metz never recommends intentional weight loss to her patients. From the HAES perspective, it is more important to focus on things like metabolic levels and other vital signs. As part of the weight-inclusive model at Mosaic, patients are not routinely weighed. If deemed necessary, like in adolescent growth or prescribing weight-determined medication, practitioners will privately weigh the patient and turn the face of the scale away if the patient does not wish to know their weight.

Weight change could be a symptom, and Metz acknowledges its importance when patients bring it to her attention. But overall, she references HAES research in justifying the mostly weight-neutral approach at her practice.

[The] study looked at women who were quote overweight or obese and assigned them either to a diet routine/diet plan or a non-diet Health at Every Size approach. And what they found in these two groups [is] that initially, at the six-month follow-up that they did see improvements in blood pressure, high cholesterol and an increase in engaging and exercise behaviors among both groups, she says. And they saw that weight went down in a diet group. But then if you followed them out to two years, we found that the folks in the diet group actually had all of those numbers revert back to their baseline, and they had no sustained health benefits from engaging in the diet. But in the non-diet group, we found that at two years, they had sustained improved health outcomes across the board, but no change in their weight.

Navigating Diet Culture as a Fat Athlete

Not everyone has access to a HAES practitioner. For people in larger bodies, the weight stigma baked into the medical field can prevent their doctors from seeing past their size and addressing underlying issues.

Mirna Valerio has experienced that firsthand. She is a former teacher-turned-sponsored athlete who runs marathons and ultramarathons. She gained some celebrity in the running community as a large black woman and avid trail runner. Even though she has been running regularly for over a decade, some people still question her validity as an athlete. Her book A Beautiful Work In Progress (Grand Harbor Press/2017) traces her rise as an avid marathon and ultramarathon runner.

Please do not ask me to exercise or to lose weight, she writes on her doctors intake forms. I'm a very, very active person. I run marathons and I work out four to six days a week. I know I'm overweight and I've been working at slow and permanent weight loss for the past five years. Please actually read my chart before you start talking about these things. I would highly appreciate it.

It works for her now, she says. Prefacing her appointments with that note will get most doctors to address her health concerns beyond weight. Still, people on the street question her health.

I'm fat. You don't need to tell me. You don't need to tell me with your body language, you don't need to tell me explicitly or implicitly, I already know that. So it doesn't help me to keep pointing that out, whether I'm out on the trail, whether I'm out on the road, whether I'm just trying to sit in and be me and exist in this world as I am.

She has not weighed herself in years, but her body size has stayed about the same since she started running seriously.

Metz says everyone can take this HAES approach to their own doctors, like Valerio did.

If you're going to your doctor, one thing is that you do not have to be weighed. It is your right to decline to be weighed, she says. And another helpful quote that we learned from Raegan Chastain she will say that if the doctor is recommending weight loss for a condition that you have and you don't think it's appropriate, you can ask Well, what would you recommend for someone in a smaller body? What testing or treatment would you recommend for someone who's thin?

On this edition of our recurring series Embodied: Sex, Relationships and Your Health, host Anita Rao talks with Harrison, Metz and Valerio about diet culture and the stigma larger-bodied people face from the examining room to the running trail.

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Gloucester recently launched a new program to help the citys seniors access healthy food and exercise opportunities. Run by the Health Department, Cape Ann Seniors on the GO is open to residents of the Housing Authoritys Clark, Lincoln, McPherson, Poplar, and Sheedy facilities.

The program includes providing seniors from those sites with free bus service to locations such as the Open Door Food Pantry, the Cape Ann Farmers Market, grocery stores, and the Rose Baker Senior Center, helping ensure their access to healthy foods. They also can ride the bus to various locations for fitness opportunities, such as the Gloucester Boulevard for walking, or a bowling alley.

Activities and the bus schedule will vary during the year based on seasonal weather conditions. The service will use a 16-seat, fully accessible bus operated by the Cape Ann Transit Authority. To reserve a seat, call 978-283-7916.

The program is an outgrowth of the Health Departments partnership with Cape Ann Mass in Motion, a regional initiative that seeks to lower risk of chronic diseases by promoting equitable food access and active living opportunities.

The Seniors on the Go Program will meet a tremendous need for our seniors, and has the potential to dramatically improve their quality of life as they seek healthy food and fitness opportunities, Mayor Sefatia Romeo Theken said in e-mailed comments.

The initiative was made possible by a $20,000 Addison Gilbert and Beverly Hospitals Community Collaborative grant, and an approximately $84,500 grant from the Massachusetts Community Compact Initiative. The two grants also are funding similar programs in Essex, Manchester-by-the-Sea, and Rockport.

John Laidler can be reached at laidler@globe.com.

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When you lean hard into one type of workout, don't be surprised if you start to feel out of balance. That's especially true if you're doing a routine that favors one type of movement pattern over another.

Trainer Charlee Atkins, C.S.C.S. knows this struggleand the solution. "Because I've been doing so much yoga recently, I've noticed that my shoulders have felt achy," Atkins says. "What I really wanted to do was to try some pulling exercises because of all the pushing that we do in yoga."

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Atkins also uses the bodyweight and dumbbell shoulder and back series she designed to combat her achy shoulders as an activation series on her upper body days. "I cannot express enough how important warmups are to your exercise programs," she says. "After some foam rolling and stretching, I always take my clients through a mobility/activation session that can last anywhere from 10 to 15 minutes before the 'bulk' of our workout."

If you think warmups are a total waste of your time, think again. "Activation sessions prime the muscles for bigger movements," Atkins says. "The goal should be to 'turn-on' muscles that stabilize those big movements (i.e. the rotator cuff muscles).

Take on Atkins 15-minute shoulder and back activation workout to do just that before your next upper body workout. All you need is a light set of dumbbells and some room to spread out.

Perform each movement for 30 seconds, then rest for 30 seconds.

Take on each movement for 30 seconds of nonstop reps, then rest for 30 seconds before moving on to the next exercise. Repeat for a total of 2 rounds.

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