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The average Briton needs about eight hours of good-quality sleep a night to function properly yet many people fall short of that amount. While the causes of sleep loss can be complex and wide-ranging, the solutions can be simple and effective. Dietary habits, for example, can either help or hinder the sleep-cycle so it is important to eat certain foods while shunning others.

Eating food before bed can either aid or obstruct the sleep process, for example, research has shown that high-carb meals may disrupt a good night's rest.

A review of studies concluded that even though a high-carb diet can get you to fall asleep faster, it will not be restful sleep.

Instead, high-fat meals could promote a deeper and more restful sleep, research suggests.

Several studies echo this finding, showing that a high-carb/low-fat diet significantly decreased the quality of sleep compared to a low-carb/high-fat diet with the same amount of calories for both diets.

READ MORE:How to sleep: Four tips to stop you waking up in the night

Foods that are high in lean protein, like cottage cheese, also pack the amino acid tryptophan, which may increase serotonin levels, explained the National Sleep Foundation.

Serotonin is a brain chemical and low levels of it can contribute to insomnia, explains the health body.

Eating foods that are high in lean protein can increase your blood levels of the hormone, helping you sleep more soundly, it added.

Other low-carb/high-fat foods include:

According to the NHS, you should create conditions in your bedroom that will be most conducive to sleep.

Experts claim there's a strong association in people's minds between sleep and the bedroom.

However, as the NHS points out, certain things weaken that association, such as TVs and other electronic gadgets, light, noise, and a bad mattress or bed.

Keep your bedroom just for sleep and sex (or masturbation) - unlike most vigorous physical activity, sex makes us sleepy. This has evolved in humans over thousands of years.

Your bedroom ideally needs to be dark, quiet, tidy and be kept at a temperature of between 18C and 24C, added the NHS.

Additionally, fit some thick curtains if you do not have any - if you're disturbed by noise, consider investing in double glazing or, for a cheaper option, use earplugs, says the health site.

You may find keeping a sleep diary will help to identify the underlying cause of your sleeplessness.

If you see your GP or a sleep expert they will probably ask you to keep a sleep diary to help them diagnose your sleep problems, explained the NHS.

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In our modern-day lifestyle, the ancient school of Ayurveda can offer respite from everyday troubles and stress. Plus, certain roots and herbs prescribed in this holistic healing therapy can also help get rid of diseases and several ailments. While a lot of them are already in use, some of them are still not talked about. Katuki, a traditional herb, originally found in the mountains is rather rare and not as popularly known as other traditional herbs and spices but can offer respite from so many problems that may be weighing down your body. A bitter root with sweet, helpful health benefits, here are some benefits of this ayurvedic plant:1. It is a natural fever pillWhen we are stuck by a bout of temperature and chills, the first thing we all do is pop in a pill to bring the body temperature down. What if we told you, katuki consumed during sick days can cool down the body naturally? The herb contains powerful antipyretic properties that soothe and fight the inflammation responsible for the sudden chills and body heat. Consumed with either warm water or ghee, it can naturally protect the body from seasonal dangers. You can also try adding powdered katuki to your meals to boost your health.

2. Eases respiration and breathingPollution, seasonal woes or viral infections- breathing troubles can spell trouble anytime. Katuki, with its potent anti-inflammatory properties, can open up the passageways, ease congestion and help expel any irritants, naturally. It can also act as a natural aid that can come to the rescue of asthmatic patients by limiting the release of histamine in the body. Studies are also being conducted to test its efficacy in providing respiratory benefits for the body. Plus, it is also touted to carry immune-boosting benefits, which again can prevent the chances of chronic infections happening.

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The nations diet is 25 per cent green, 14 per cent red - and nine per cent beige, according to a study.

Researchers found that far from filling our plates with pasta, potatoes and bread, we are mixing things up with leafy greens and rich reds like tomatoes and peppers.

However, 44 per cent admit there are colours they still avoid - with one in five steering clear of anything purple and one in 20 wary about orange foods.

A spokesman for Birds Eye, which commissioned the study, said: Its been widely understood for decades that a healthy diet is one with a good balance, with many trying to follow the five-a-day rule when it comes to fruit and veg.

A great way of ensuring you get all the nutrients you need is to fill your plate with as much veg as possible, and eat in full colour.

While dark green veg is healthy, eating nothing but broccoli or peas wouldnt give you all the nutrition you need - so its great to mix it up with bright yellow sweetcorn, orange carrots, golden chicken and juicy red tomatoes.

Whether its fresh or frozen, eating vegetables of all colours mean you are then consuming a wide range of nutrients and vitamins.

A video created by Birds Eye has also shown how people are drawn to brighter colours of food.

Plates containing purple, beige and white, red and orange, green, and yellow foods were laid out on a table and six participants were asked to select the dish they thought looked the most attractive to eat.

All chose the red and orange plate of food as their favourite, along with the other vibrant colours of purple and green.

The study also found six in 10 adults now make a conscious effort to have a diet filled with varied colours, although women make more of an effort than men (68 per cent compared to 52 per cent).

Just under half believe they eat just the right amount of green foods, although three in 10 think they could do with more.

Around 45 per cent have even made a conscious effort to eat more food of a certain colour, with green among the most popular.

Colour isnt the only thing that puts Brits off a food though, with 58 per cent skipping something on their plate because of the smell.

Another four in 10 have passed over eating something because they werent convinced by its texture.

But women are more likely to turn their nose up at a food because of its smell, texture or how it looks than men are.

It also emerged that on an average day, Brits eat five different colours of food in total, although a fifth have seven or more.

More than 15 per cent even suggest eating a certain colour food can boost their mood.

Half say a plate with lots of bright colours is more appetising, while a picky 23 per cent only like it if there is an even number of colours on their plate.

But the research, carried out for Birds Eye via OnePoll, found a staggering 80 per cent associate the colour green with healthy food.

And men are more likely to consider beige, black, white or brown food as being healthy than women.

A spokesman for Birds Eye added: Having a healthy, balanced diet means eating a variety of foods to ensure getting all the necessary nutrients.

"Making a meal healthier is as easy as adding more colours to your plate.

"Frozen vegetables are a great way to have nutritious vegetables readily available all year round to eat in full colour.

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For seniors, health benefits of exercise extend to both physical and emotional well-being.

The new year is almost here, which has many people thinking about their resolutions. The most common one, perhaps not surprisingly, is to exercise more. And yet, research shows that very few people actually stick to that resolution, with a substantial number giving up by mid-January.

But not everyone is throwing in the towel quite so quickly. Among those who get to the gym regularly are Bill, Carl and Dalia[1]. Their average age is 77, and their commitment to exercise tells us a lot about how we can improve senior health outcomes by integrating fitness into our care delivery systems.

An abundance of research demonstrates that exercise can improve the health of seniors. One study found that seniors who participated in fitness classes reported significantly better physical and emotional health and lower impairment. Another linked aerobic exercise to cognitive functioning in older adults. Our hearts, our muscles, our immune systems, and our brains: all of them benefit from exercise as we age.

Moreover, by improving health, exercise can also help shrink the cost of care for older adults by reducing the need for expensive hospitalizations. Knowing this, the question for physicians and care delivery organizations is not whether to recommend exercise for our senior patients, but how to hardwire exercise into the care we provide and ensure that our patients heed our calls to step up their physical activity.

One way health systems are encouraging exercise is by offering fitness-related benefits to their members. Just recently, the health insurer Devoted Health announced that it would offer Apple Watches as a fitness benefit. More typically, many Medicare Advantage plans offer programs like Silver&Fit and SilverSneakers, which provide seniors with a variety of benefits including low-cost gym memberships. Unfortunately, the success of these plans varies greatly and opinions about their effectiveness vary.

Nevertheless, in the world of senior fitness, there are success stories. Encore Wellness provides customized fitness programs to seniors under its Nifty after Fifty banner. The company began as a subsidiary of CareMore, the health care delivery system that I lead. Today, Encore Wellness is an independent company that serves 20,000 members not all of them CareMore patients at 30 facilities in California, Arizona, Nevada and Virginia. Its leaders say Encore/Nifty has a 20% penetration rate meaning that 20% of eligible people take advantage of its offerings.

How Encore convinced members to come in the door and keep coming back is a story that offers important lessons for those of us who care for seniors. Originally, the company made a fairly typical pitch, explaining that it could help them lower their blood pressure, shed pounds and stave off diabetes. It landed with a thud, says Michael Merino, Encore Wellness / Nifty After Fifty president and CEO.

Merino says the company decided to poll regular customers to find out what kept them coming back. Most said they enjoyed seeing their friends and meeting the staff in the fitness centers. So Encore decided to make its programs more social. It started offering group exercise classes, monthly movie matinees (with free popcorn), Wii bowling competitions, and monthly themed potluck parties. Weve transitioned from the fitness place where people also socialize to the social place where people also exercise, he says. Either way, weve found theres net more exercise going on and at the end of the day, thats our objective.

Moreover, in an age when an astonishing 43% of older adults report feelings of loneliness, which studies show can have the same effect on early mortality as smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day, Merino says Encores social programs are valuable in their own right as an effective way to alleviate the loneliness that adversely affects the health status of seniors.

But if friends and flicks get people in the door, its much more than that that keeps them coming back. In a traditional gym, seniors often face an intimidating barrage of loud music, toned bodies in Yoga pants, inattentive trainers, and unfamiliar equipment. At Encore Wellness centers, the machines are easy to use and customized for the needs of seniors.After members are personally evaluated, theyre given an electronic key-card. When inserted into the machines, a display tells the member how many reps to do and at what resistance level.

In addition, each member receives one-on-one attention from specially trained wellness coaches who remain in contact with the members physician to discuss their needs and individual progress. If a member doesnt show up for a scheduled workout, they get a friendly phone call reminding them to show up. Each workout is computer monitored and personally supervised and constantly evaluated, says Sheldon Zinberg, a physician who founded both CareMore and Encore Wellness. And thats what makes the difference.

To see that difference in action, one need look no further than Carl, who is 80 and has been diagnosed with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. After he was hospitalized for his illness and then admitted to a skilled nursing facility, Carls wife Dalia convinced him to come to the gym. As he spins the wheels on one of Encore Wellnesss custom exercise bikes, he explains that, when he got out of the nursing facility, he couldnt walk. Now Im getting around, he says proudly. Dalia is quick to add that hes gotten strong enough to carry his own oxygen cylinder around.

Next to Carl, Bill, 78, works out his knees on another machine. Bill started coming to the gym for physical therapy after knee replacement surgery. Now he comes three times a week. When you get older, if you dont use it, you lose it, he says.

Encore Wellness notes that its efforts to help people like Carl, Dalia, and Bill stay healthy results in significant cost savings. Falls are the most common cause of nonfatal, trauma-related hospital admissions among older adults. Nationally, they result in more than 800,000 hospitalizations each year, which cost more than $50 billion to treat a number thats expected to rise to $67.7 billion by 2020.

But Encore Wellness notes that Nifty after Fifty members experience 89% fewer falls and 80% fewer fractures than non-members which the company says saves the health system between $724 and $1,929 per member per year, largely due to reduced hospitalizations.

Many health care providers say exercise is a drug, and that we should integrate it into patient care like we do other medications. I appreciate the sentiment, but I beg to differ. Unlike many medications, when done appropriately and under a physicians supervision, exercise has almost no negative side effects. And unlike expensive new drugs, as Encore Wellnesss model shows, exercise can reduce costs in the health care system. For these reasons, its time for physicians, nurses, and health care organizations systems to make their own new years resolution to prioritize exercise as an intervention they prescribe to their patients.

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The first time I met Joe was in an empty chapel in Palo Alto, Calif. Id come there because one of his students, a friend of mine, told me he was a medical mystery. A 77-year-old Parkinsons patient whod had the disease for at least 11 years but, with only a small dose of medication (carbidopa-levidopa), was able to drastically improve his motor skills and quality of life beyond what even his physicians could believe. He was now teaching Qigong and Tai Chi in the community on Wednesday afternoons in a spacious, wooden room in a church on Cowper Street.

The chapel had no pews, only a single carpet in the center. Joe, the only other person in the room, stood on the border between concrete and carpet, with a walker. Today, no other students showed up; it would just be Joe and me. Joe had been diagnosed with Parkinsons disease (or as his neurologist Helen Bront-Stewart calls it, PD), a neurodegenerative disorder that correlates with depletion of dopaminergic neurons in the central nervous system, resulting in slow movement, rigidity, tremors and postural instability.

He is among nearly one million Americans who will be diagnosed with Parkinsons by 2020. Parkinsons affects both motor skills, leaving patients shuffling when they walk, and cognitive skills. Unlike the other 4050 percent of people with PD, Joe is not suffering from clinically significant depressive disturbances. His fine motor skills have not deteriorated to the point of a severe loss of independence and control of his own body, leading to a loss of dignity, a progression that can be daunting for many.

Joe was first diagnosed with Parkinsons 11 years ago, in 2008, because one of his Qigong teachers suggested that he should see a neurologist. He had fallen flat on his face several times. He had trouble dialing the phone, and he knew it. When he visited a neurologists office, the first physician said, I am happy to tell you that you have an incurable disease! The physician presumably meant to say, I am happy to tell you we have a diagnosis. Unfortunately, its an uncurable disease, but the words had come out too quickly. Joe, of course, was shocked. The physician never apologized for the impact of his language, but his language prevented Joe from further medical inquiry for some months.

Joe put himself under the care of another physician, one who remains his current neurologist. Bront-Stewart, PD specialist and renowned Stanford researcher on movement disorders, came into the profession from her experience as a former ballet dancer interested in how bodies can understand what we ask of them. She placed him on medication to manage his progressive symptoms like tremors and falls. The medicine, levodopa and carbidopa, replaces the dopamine no longer provided by the dopaminergic neurons. But after half a year of monitoring Joe, she realized something about him was different. Joe remembers her saying to him, Of all of the people I know who have Parkinsons, you handle it better than anyone else I know, besides only one other persona 30-year yoga practitioner.

I had come to see in what ways Joe was different. Joe welcomed me to his class. I walked onto the carpet, shoes off. Joe turned towards the wall to park his walker, knees rolling slightly in and out in a tremor, and his hands quivered as he set the walker down.

We began the Qigong lesson by moving into the first standing pose. Qigong, a moving meditation originally from China, integrates body posture, movement and meditation. It might work to help Joe with his symptoms because his focused attention on his body allows him to still the body. Eastern medicine calls it Qi or Chi (life force); Western medicines full understanding of its biological mechanism is still unclear.

I began to mirror Joes stance, knees slightly bent, spine tucked under. The deeper we got into the standing posture, the more I noticed Joes tremors subside. Within only a few minutes, the tremors had completely dissipated. His entire body opened and closed with his breath, and his movements calmed. I was in awe at the transformation.

I asked Bront-Stewart what the possible mechanism could be for Joes transformation. She remembers 20 years ago, when I first prescribed exercise, my colleagues thought I was nuts. They teased her that she was prescribing yoga all day long. But in 2006 the American Academy of Neurology changed their guidelines based on evidence, recognizing exercise as neuroprotective.

These days, exercise, according to Bront-Stewart, is the buzz word. Exercise has been shown in over 20 studies in both mouse and human models to reduce neurodegeneration and neuroinflammation while increasing the growth and connections of new neurons. Particularly for neurodegenerative disorders like Parkinsons, exercise can help reverse the disease process, Joe being a vivid example of how powerful exercise and movement practices can be.

For her patients, Bront-Stewart doesnt care what type of exercise they do, as long as they enjoy it and feel in touch with their bodies. She prescribes yoga, Tai Chi, tango, boxing, cycling and many other forms of exercise. She says that the most important question for patients is how do you feel your own body? She sends many of her patients to a Rock Steady boxing class where she said, they feel like they can finally do something, and their sense of self is much better.

Even with Tai Chi, patients, she said, get a sense of having a beautiful way of moving again. Especially in light of a shifting body image, this was a powerful feeling for Joe, the feeling of connectedness with his own body, its movement in space, and the flow of life force within his body.

Randomized control trials show that tapping into the mind-body connection via physical exercise rehabilitation programs drastically improve quality of life and motor outcomes for patients with Parkinson's, even leading to Harvard Medical School opening up a 12-week Tai Chi program for Parkinson's. In 2016, Bront-Stewart worked with the architect of the Stanford neurosciences building to include a dance studio for PD patients, now one of the most lively spaces that not only encourage movement but provides a sense of community. Meanwhile, Dance for PD under Mark Morrisons Dance Group, has opened classes in over 25 countries in the world.

While exercise has been shown to help the motor aspects of Parkinsons, some of the next questions for Parkinsons involve the nonmotor symptoms. This is what Joe cares about. Neurologist Kathleen Poston, Stanford researcher on the cognitive and memory problems in people with Parkinsons, recognizes that beyond the physical impairment, much of the emotional stress on a person comes from increasing cognitive difficulties and dementia.

According to Poston, exercise may also contribute to slowing the progression of nonmotor symptoms, though studies have only included nonmotor symptoms as secondary outcomes, those [results] of which are still questionable. Her research focuses on the nonmotor symptoms as the primary outcomes. While we know that the mind-body connection is important, the full pathophysiological understanding of PD is still unclear: We need to push.

For Joe, Qigong and Tai Chi have served a profound role in his life for managing both motor and cognitive aspects of PD. When he is not teaching classes or handling the details of his life, he spends his time reading up on the literature, as noted by his stack of neuroscience, sleep medicine, and Chinese medicine books on top of the chapel piano. I asked Joe, What can you teach doctors about how to best care for patients when theres not always a cure? He replied with confidence, We change what we believe depending on the evidence. If we could all soften our belief systems and be humble about what we believe because in the end, healing is a one-to-one project.

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From shedding weight to paying off debt, New Years resolutions are among the worlds most time-honored traditions. Just as traditional is the habit of breaking of them.

Countless studies have been done on resolutions, and the bottom line is that while most people make them, very few keep them for more than few months, if not weeks.

At the core of most resolutions is a desired change of thought or practice that will lead to positive outcome in ones life, said Tonya Hansel, director of the doctorate program at the Tulane University School of Social Work.

However, for many, when we think of New Years resolutions, failure comes to mind. Changing ones behavior is never easy and the key to success is small steps.

She said her best advice is to select one resolution for the New Year and use the following tips to achieve it in 2020.

Hansel, who holds both masters and doctorate degrees in social work, is available for interviews and can be reached at Tcross1@tulane.edu or by contacting Barri Bronston at bbronst@tulane.edu or 504-314-7444.

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(Editors' Note: This sponsored article is part of Club Industry's report, " Cardio and Strength Equipment Trends, Technology, Purchasing and Maintenance." To download this free report, click here.)

The dynamics of the fitness industry make it hard to keep up withalltraining trendscurrentlyin demand.From fitnesstechnologyto workouts on-demandandCrossFit tohigh-intensity interval training (HIIT) all are popular,but what doclientsreally want?Toprovidesomeinsight,we reviewed threefitness trends reportsthat collecteddatafromfitness professionals, studios and fitnessenthusiasts.

The American College of Sports Medicine(ACSM)began surveying the top fitness trendsabout13years ago and launcheditsfirstWorldwide Survey of Fitness Trends Reportin thefall of 2006.Since then,it has become one of the most referenced reportson the topic for the industry.To get asenseof theindustrysstrongest trends,weexaminedthe top10trends on this listover the life of the survey.

If you throw out the top two trends on the surveypersonal training and employing educated, experienced fitness professionalsas seeming to be a little biased coming from a panel of fitness professionals,thetrendwith the most staying powerisstrengthtraining. It has beenin the top10for12of the past13years.

The 2020 edition,however,changedstrengthtrainingtotraining withfreeweights.Why? The termstrengthtrainingis a broad term. Instead, ACSM uses training withfreeweights,which is defined asexercises featuringbarbells, kettlebells, dumbbells and medicine balls. Body weight training has also been listed in the top training trends for the past seven years andalsocould becategorizedasa type ofstrengthtraining.Based on this information,the shiftwithin thebroadstrength training trend (at least for now)is focused onmore traditionaltraining tools and methods,such as free weights and body weight exercises,as opposed to usingselectorizedstrength machines.

Sowhat are themost popular forms ofcardiotraining?If HIIT wasfirst to pop into your mind, youare correct.Again, looking over the history of the ACSMFitness TrendsReport,the first timethe ACSM mentions atraining type thatwould be categorized ascardiovascular-basediswhen is mentionsHIIT, which appearedin the topspotin 2014. Ithas been in the top three ever since.The benefits ofHIIThave beenresearched and validated over the years. Fromtheafterburn effectmade possible byEPOCto themost effective workout to do in a time crunch, HIITis still on top and making an appearance in many programs:Tabata drills, sprints,timed max intervals all aimed atthe goal of producing all-out effort in a short time frame.

Another survey on cardio comes from MINDBODY.People whoworkout in a group exercise environmentprefer to get their cardio and/or HIITina danceorcyclingclass, according toMINDBODYs 2019 survey,Fitness in America: Behaviors, Attitudes, and Trends. Thereportshares thatcardio machinesarepopularcardiovascularmodalities for group exercisers,confirmingthatgroup classesthatimplementcircuit-styletrainingwith bodyweight or free weight strength exercisespaired with HIIT intervalsoncardio machineshavepaved theway fortreadmills, bikes and rowing ergometersto enter the group training space.

The third report examinedpopulartraining typesfor fitness enthusiastsby region.Strengthtrainingis the most popular activity by cityacrosstwo-thirdsorapproximately67percentof the United States, according to a study byClassPassof people who use the companys services.Unfortunately, strength training was never specifically defined,butif you cross-reference with ACSMs most recent trends report,you might assume thatthese classes likelyusefree weights, kettlebellsandbarbellsas their strength-training tools of choice.It did not appear thatclassesdefinedascardio-basedwere as popular forthose usingClassPass. Yoga was thenext most popularwithcycling cominginadistant third.

Speaking of surveys, if you still arent sure what equipment or program to invest innext,conducting a member surveymight be a good nextmove.Members like to be heard and acknowledged, and offering them aquestionnairespecific to yourtraining spacemightprovide thefinaldirection you needto choose whats next for yourfacility.

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Elisabeth Fouts serves as the education coordinator forPower Systemsand is their primary content contributor for blogs and articles on a variety of subjects from personal training and group fitness programming to product spotlights and health club operations. She holds a B.S. in exercise science and has more than 12 years of experience in the fitness industry as a personal trainer and group fitness instructor as well as regional level fitness management. Fouts is also a master trainer forPowerWaveMaster and holds industry group fitness certifications with ACE and Les Mills.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --Tivity Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: TVTY), a leading provider of nutrition, fitness and social engagement solutions, announces the launch of its Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). The role of the Tivity Health SAB is to review and advise on product strategy and new product concepts to provide an objective, external perspective in the context of proven evidence, emerging research, and trends in nutrition, exercise and social sciences.

The Tivity Health SAB is comprised of eight experts in the fields of nutrition, obesity and weight loss, fitness and exercise, aging, social health, and precision medicine. Its members include former Nutrisystem SAB members Arthur Agatston, M.D.; Caroline Apovian, M.D., FACN, FACP, FTOS; Ted Kyle, RPh, MBA; and Jay Satz, Ph.D. who are joined by new board members Evan Forman, Ph.D.; Sandro Galea, M.D., MPH, DrPH; Chris Mason, Ph.D.; and Christine Rosenbloom, Ph.D., RDN, FAND.

"We are excited to announce the new Tivity Health Scientific Advisory Board, and we are grateful for their commitment to the Tivity Health mission," said Donato Tramuto, Chief Executive Officer, Tivity Health. "These distinguished professionals help us evolve our products and ensure that we are delivering highly impactful solutions to improve the health and vitality of our members and customers."

Tivity Health is actively addressing the social determinants of health, (SDOH) defined by the World Health Organization as the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age. With its family of healthy life-changing solutions, Tivity Health's goal is to transform the aging experience and reduce factors that lead to serious health issues and high medical costs; including chronic conditions, obesity, inactivity, social isolation, and loneliness.

The Tivity Health SAB will ensure product strategies and solutions to impact SDOH are supported by scientific evidence. They will also advise the company's research strategy and approaches to test and optimize product effectiveness and value.

The former Nutrisystem SAB was instrumental in the success of programs and products such as Turbo10, Lean13, Turbo13, and DNA Body Blueprint, as well as the development of the South Beach Diet program.

The new Tivity Health SAB has the expertise to ensure a strong scientific foundation for effective, differentiated products for healthy living and aging across all Tivity Health brands including SilverSneakers, Nutrisystem, South Beach Diet, and the recently announced Wisely Well, a new meal delivery program that will offer fully prepared meals to meet the dietary needs of older adults.

For more information on Tivity Health's SAB and its members, please visit http://www.tivityhealth.com/scientific-advisory-board.

About Tivity Health, Inc.

Tivity Health (Nasdaq: TVTY) is a leading provider of healthy life-changing solutions, including SilverSneakers, Nutrisystem, Prime Fitness, Wisely Well, South Beach Diet and WholeHealth Living. We are actively addressing the social determinants of health, defined as the conditions in which we work, live and play. From improving health outcomes to reversing the narrative on inactivity, food insecurity, social isolation and loneliness, we are making a difference and are transforming the way we do health. We are also proud to host an annual Connectivity Summit that brings together stakeholders from all over the United States to discuss and create opportunities for older adults to live their best healthy lives. Learn more at TivityHealth.com

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A 90-year-old great grandmother who can deadlift 25kg like she's picking up packed suitcases has a new lease on life thanks to the University of Southern Queensland's (USQ) Sport and Exercise Clinic.

Margaret Loveday's main form of exercise used to be a gentle walk around a sports oval, up until she joined the Ipswich clinic at the start of the year as part of her rehabilitation for a badly compressed spine.

She had never stepped foot in a gym, but within a year of joining the clinic, she's now able to deadlift half her body weight, squat while wearing a 10kg weight vest, and shoulder press with a 5kg dumbbell in each hand.

Margaret said increasing her strength, balance and movement have had a dramatic impact on her daily life.

"The fall I had more than 12 months knocked my confidence quite a bit because I was worried I would never feel well again, but going to the clinic has helped my state of mind, as well as my body," she said.

"These exercises have done wonders for the pain and given me a lot more confidence in my abilities and what I can do. It's changed my life."

Margaret attends the clinic every week and said working out makes her feel stronger and happier.

"It's what I look forward to every week," she said.

"Exercise is something everyone should do, no matter how old you are - it's never too late to start."

Helping her every step, lift and squat of the way has been USQ fourth-year student Frazer Turner, who she credits for the confidence she gained both inside and outside of the clinic.

The pair recently had their last session together, as Mr Turner has now completed his studies and is set to graduate with a Bachelor of Sport and Exercise Science honours degree in Clinical Exercise Physiology next year.

During his degree, Mr Turner undertook placements at the clinic, where he performed supervised assessments and exercise programs for a wide range of clients, including Margaret.

He also works as a resource manager at the Enoggera Army Barracks in Brisbane where he runs exercise programs for soldiers.

They're a far cry from the workouts he puts Margaret through, which have been adapted to accommodate her health needs and physical abilities.

Margaret Loveday with USQ Sport and Exercise student Frazer Turner during their final session together.

However, Mr Turner said Margaret's determination and dedication was unmatched, and an inspiration to young and old alike.

"Margaret is hands down one of my favourite clients," he said.

"She turns up on time, every time, and has only missed two sessions since she started in January.

"She makes progress every week and is always prepared to learn. At 90, you need to be eager to learn new things, not only to get yourself physically active but also to keep your brain active at the same time.

"Her face lights up every time she walks in because she knows that despite how hard the session might be for her, she can see the benefits and feel the rewards.

"One day when she told me she was no longer in pain really made my day because that's the main reason why I do this."

Margaret Loveday with USQ Sport and Exercise student Frazer Turner during their final session together.

Margaret turns 91 on December 23 and while she has a new student leading her program, she has no plans to slow down.

"I will continue to go until I feel 100 per cent again, and at my age I will probably never be 100 per cent, so I won't be giving it up," she said.

The USQ Sport and Exercise Clinic provides the University's students with the chance to develop and practice their skills while providing the community with a low-cost exercise rehabilitation service.

For more information, contact 3812 6104 or visit http://www.usq.edu.au/hes/school-of-health-and-wellbeing/sport-and-exercise-clinic.

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