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Taking Fitness Outside

Being physically active is good for your body and mind, but new research is showing additional mental health benefits when you exercise outdoors. In this YP4H webinar, learn the unique benefits of being physically active outdoors and learn some great tips for making outdoor physical activity a part of your daily life! View Webinar Here: http://go.osu.edu/FitnessOutside   

WRITTEN BY: Shawna Hite, Healthy People Program Specialist, OSU Extension Family & Consumer Sciences

REVIEWED BY: Donna Green, OSU Extension Educator, Family & Consumer Sciences, Erie County

Ready to Ride?

May is National Bike Month! Established by the League of American Bicyclists in 1956, National Bike Month is an opportunity to celebrate the many benefits of cycling and encourage more folks to give biking a try. What are some of the benefits of biking? It’s a non-weight-bearing aerobic activity. Biking burns more calories than walking, […]

WRITTEN BY: Jenny Lobb, MPH, RD, LD, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, OSU Extension, Franklin County

REVIEWED BY: Michelle Treber, MA, LD, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, OSU Extension, Pickaway County

REFERENCES:

  • Harvard Medical School (2010). Harvard Health Publications: Getting Back on the Bike. http://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletter_article/getting-back-on-the-bike.
  • Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2016). 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans Summary. http://health.gov/paguidelines/guidelines/summary.aspx.
  • The League of American Bicyclists (2016). National Bike Month. http://bikeleague.org/bikemonth.
  • The League of American Bicyclists (2016). Rules of the Road. http://bikeleague.org/content/rules-road-0.

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