Uncle Sam has some new diet and fitness advice for Americans, and it's
not what most of us want to hear. Think you get enough exercise,
eat a good variety of healthy foods, and keep dietary splurging
to a minimum? Think again.
"Ask Lucy," health@mit's popular health-advice column, is planning a move to a new home on the MIT Medical website. Along with the move, Lucy will be assuming a new work schedule, with plans to answer a new question every month, as opposed to answering two or three new questions a few times a year in conjunction with new issues of health@mit.
In early January, nearly 1,200 members of the MIT community-students,
faculty, staff, affiliates, alumni, retirees, spouses, and partners-shook
off the winter doldrums and got moving. And we mean moving! By the time
it was all over, at the end of March, participants in the getfit@mit fitness
challenge had racked up more than 4.3 million minutes of exercise in 12
short weeks!
The challenge, for teams of five to eight members, was sponsored
by MIT Medical and the MIT Health Plans. Co-sponsors included MIT Medical's
Center for Health Promotion & Wellness, IS&T Web Communications
Services, the Lincoln Laboratory Fitness Center, and the Zesiger Sports
and Fitness Center.
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