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News and Upcoming Events
Dr.
Sheri Colberg-Ochs, Author of Books on Exercise & Diabetes
Lifelong Exercise Institute Events:
Spring 2010-Dr. Sheri's sister organization, the Lifelong Exercise Institute, is offering 5 FREE Healthy Living Reports, delivered weekly to your e-mail inbox. These free reports cover the gamut from demystifying physical activity myths, to giving you tips on easy weight loss tips, how to eat healthy on a budget, how to do 10 easy core training exercises to keep you strong and fit, and how to assess how well you are really aging. Sign up today to start receiving them!
March 2010-The Lifelong Exercise Institute announces the launch of its personalized 52-week fitness plan, delivered once a week to your e-mail inbox at a total cost of less than 50 cents per week. Can you really afford not to sign up?
November 2008--The Lifelong Exercise Institute partners with Insulite Laboratories to offer its exercise programming as part of their new Diabetes Program. Visit their site to view their newly-offered Advanced Diabetes Management Program, as well as their other programs for pre-diabetes, PCOS, metabolic syndrome, and weight loss here.
New books by Dr. Sheri:
Diabetes? No Problema!: A Latino's Guide to Living Well with Diabetes!
This comprehensive diabetes management book is the ultimate guide to living long and well with diabetes or preventing it if you're Latino/Hispanic. Co-authored with Mexico-born and trained diabetes physician, Dr. Leonal Villa-Caballero, who heads the Latino diabetes intitiative for "Taking Control of Your Diabetes" in San Diego. Foreword by Latina celebrity Chef LaLa, an author of healthy Latin cuisine cookbooks and diabetes advocate for the Latino community.
Diabetic Athlete's Handbook: Your Guide to Peak Performance.
This book for the active person with any type of diabetes contains entirely new athlete examples from over 350 diabetic exercisers, an additional 15 sports and activities (bringing the new total to over 100), examples from type 1, 1.5, and 2 diabetic athletes using the newest medications and regiments, brand new chapters on thinking like an athlete and sports injury treatment and prevention, 10 athlete profiles (including ones on a pro surfer, pro snowboarder, dog musher, ultra-distance runner, travel soccer kid, 95-year old Senior Olympian, mountaineer, elite cyclist, etc.), along with the latest research on diabetes and exercise, fitness, nutrition, and more. A must-have book for anyone who exercises with type 1 or type 2 diabetes.
Matt Hoover's Guide to Life, Love, and Losing Weight: Winner of "The Biggest Loser" TV Show!.
This "Biggest Loser" weight loss guide is the ultimate story about weight loss by someone who struggled with it himself--in front of a national TV audience. Filled with funny stories about Matt's experiences and plenty of "Fact or Fiction" mythbusters and other proven tips from exercise physiologist Dr. Sheri Colberg, this book is certain to convince you that if Matt Hoover can lose weight and keep it off, you can, too.
Check out what Matt Hoover is doing now on his Web site and online blog. Matt appeared on OPRAH with other "Biggest Loser" veterans and trainers on October 30, 2008, and on a "Biggest Loser Reunion" show on November 25, 2009.
Exercise-Related Events of Interest:
Launch of the Lifelong Exercise Institute
Its mission is to improve the health of anyone suffering from diabetes, pre-diabetes, or obesity, and to enhance lifelong health with physical activity and related lifestyle improvements.
Its goal is to be the premier resource for educational materials and take-charge, action plans with the potential for lifelong adherence that combat the health effects of diabetes, pre-diabetes, obesity, and unhealthy lifestyles.
It is offering services like the following:
Free healthy living reports (via e-mail delivery)
Free educational articles and videos (on web site)
Personalized physical activity/exercise and fitness plans for beginners and current exercisers
Corporate consulting (educational programs for employees at their workplaces)
Seminars conducted on location and via the internet or purchased CDs (coming soon)
Webinars associated with TV programming (coming soon)
Information about safe exercise with health issues (e.g., diabetes, heart disease, and more)
January 2010--Get involved in the May 3, 2010 launch of the National Physical Activity Plan in Washington, D.C.! The Plan is closely allied with first lady, Michelle Obama's, efforts to prevention obesity in children called "Let's Move," aimed at getting children off the couch and eating healthier food. To find out more about the Plan and how to get involved, visit their web site at www.physicalactivityplan.org.
The American College of Sports Medicine launched its "Exercise Is Medicine" campaign in the United States. Learn more about the notewothy "Exercise Is Medicine" campaign and how to get yourself or your organization involved in spreading the word about the health benefits of physical activity and fitness.
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