When it comes to building total-body strength, it takes a bit of balance. That’s why we love unilateral exercises, which is what we’ll be focusing on today. With traditional strength training, we tend to focus on working both sides of our body at once, like with a squat or a chest press. But with unilateral exercises,…
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Say hello to today’s New Year’s Challenge workout, full of four lower-body exercise moves for you to master. We know that it’s not always easy to carve out time to work out—and that sometimes, well, you just don’t feel like working out. But you have been showing up, and here you are for another round.…
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Human infections decline in Norway but pathogens stable in food-producing animals
by Sue JonesMost pathogens decreased in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic and reduced travel, according to a report published by the Norwegian Veterinary Institute. Diseases transmitted between animals and humans are called zoonoses. The decline in humans was highest for campylobacteriosis, salmonellosis and E. coli infections, mainly because of fewer travel associated cases. Occurrence of most…
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Publisher’s Platform: Message to Public Health — It is time, past time, to change views on hepatitis A vaccines for food handlers
by Sue Jones– OPINION – I will spare you the list of hepatitis A cases that I have been involved with since 1998 when I represented 30 people exposed in a Seattle, Washington Subway restaurant, including one child who suffered acute liver failure requiring an emergency liver transplant. There have been dozens in the last 24 years,…
“When we do a glute bridge, we’re moving in the horizontal plane or vector,” Miklaus says. “This stimulates different muscle fibers than moves like squats, lunges, or step-ups do.”Why are strong glutes important?Strong glutes have a carryover to more than just your workout. Sure, they’ll help you squat more weight or deadlift more weight, but…
When it comes to working out, you want to make sure to show all of your muscles some love. This full-body workout does just that, challenging all of your major muscle groups in your upper and lower body: back, shoulders, chest, quads, hamstrings, and glutes. In the circuit, you’ll be alternating between upper-body and lower-body…
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) in the United Kingdom has published research into how attitudes and behaviors on food safety vary between different audiences. Food and You survey data was used to create seven groups based on people’s attitudes about food and their reported hygiene and food safety behaviors. The FSA said it was important…
Scientists from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Nanyang Technological University Singapore have developed a biodegradable food packaging material that kills harmful microbes and could extend the shelf-life of fresh fruit by two to three days. Having an antibacterial and biodegradable alternative for food packaging could be hugely beneficial for waste reductions and…
How much you should have saved up depends on the field you’re in and your personal financial needs, but Woodruff-Santos recommends having about three to six months’ worth of expenses saved, possibly up to 12 months’ if you’re starting a new business from scratch.Do you have to quit in person?So, you’ve decided you’re ready to…
Your chest is one of the biggest muscle groups in your upper body and it helps you perform tons of important movements. So if you’re looking for some chest workouts to show this area the love it deserves, well, we get it.That’s why we’ve rounded up the 10 best chest workouts that target these frontside…