Course Will Educate on Benefits of Exercise
A new University of Missouri course aims to counter the 'Freshman 15' weight gain. The course will explore the basic science of a calorie, how to achieve energy balance to maintain weight, the biology of aging, and the link between physical inactivity and chronic disease and its implications for public policy.
Marybeth Brown, a physical therapy professor who will help teach the course, said people can follow the lead of fitness guru Jack LaLanne, who keeps going at age 90, or end up in a nursing home by their early 70s. She wants to teach students how to stay healthy as they age. "You don't suddenly wake up at 65 and find you're old," she said. "The deficits of aging start in your 30s. ...We have enough oomph to get through 85 or 90 years ... but we spend all this time sitting on our rear ends."
Marybeth Brown, a physical therapy professor who will help teach the course, said people can follow the lead of fitness guru Jack LaLanne, who keeps going at age 90, or end up in a nursing home by their early 70s. She wants to teach students how to stay healthy as they age. "You don't suddenly wake up at 65 and find you're old," she said. "The deficits of aging start in your 30s. ...We have enough oomph to get through 85 or 90 years ... but we spend all this time sitting on our rear ends."
posted by JPD at Wednesday, March 09, 2005
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