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Questions tagged [health]

The state of being well, without disease or dysfunction.

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What happens when you tend to lay in bed all day?

My father is over 60 years old and now retired due to problems with his eyesight (amblyopia, glaucoma, cataract). Other than that he's always been fairly healthy and active. However I am concerned because since the retirement he tends to just lay in…
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Is there a medical condition that prevents running laps but allows all other exercise?

There is an 11 year old kid on the football team that I coach that has a slip from his doctor that states that he is unable to run laps. He is permitted to do everything else, and can even run as many sprints as we want. I am very uncomfortable…
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Left side weaker than the right side

I'm having this strange problem. My left side is much weaker than my right side. While my right leg is perfect, my left leg feels comparatively weaker, meaning that I don't feel like putting my left leg on the ground, and feel like having a constant…
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How much should a normal person exercise and what type of exercises he should do to be fit?

Consider a person who don't want to be a bodybuilder/powerlifter/etc and have a daily sitting job , how much and what exercises he should do to maintain his body ?
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can Tai chi have any health benefits for elderly people?

The movements of Tai Chi is pretty slow and I doubt that it can bring any health benefits for elderly people. So can Tai chi have any health benefits for elderly people?
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Does CDC define moderate and vigorous exercise quantitatively?

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), they recommend 150 minutes of "moderate-intensity" or 75 minutes of "vigorous-intensity" exercise per week for most adults. However, I have no real way to know if an exercise is…
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How do I know whether or not a stretching exercise could actually hurt my body?

It's not as if you should stretch your muscles at every possible location. There are definitely some stretching exercises that can exacerbate the situation. Even excessive slouching, after all, is a form of stretching, as is excessive hunching. And…
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How realistic are those 1 month or 21 day body makeover?

If it unhealthy to lose too much fat, build too much muscle too fast? What would be a health and realistic pounds of fat reduction or pounds of muscle gain in a week?
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How to be healthy in irregular schedule?

I am a high school student, and from few days my regular schedule is disturbed. Means sometimes i need to wake up early while some time I sleep more than I need.That has affected directly to my physical health. I will not able to follow any…
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Standing desk mat with office chairs?

We have standing desks and office chairs with wheels. I want to get a mat to stand on, but if I had one under my desk i'd have to move it every time I wanted to sit in my chair. Are the're standing desk mats that wheeled office chairs can roll over…
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TDEE has increased?

Is it normal for a person's TDEE to increase during cold weather? This week has been brutally cold over here and I have noticed that even though I am eating more calories I am losing weight (fat and muscle). Why is this?
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Guidance for the people who sit a lot

People I am working on internet and so i have to sit all day and night to do my Job. This has brought many disadvantages in me such as increase in thigh and belly weight, in activeness boredom and etc. But last but not the least i think i getting…
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Can therapeutic training be dangerous?

Kinda depressed and the only thing that gets me through is training. spend about 5 hours training everyday, because when I don't train, I think... And when I think shit goes south and I just want to sleep forever. Stuff is getting worse,thinking…
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Is there any supplement for improving lung health?

Is there any supplement or natural remedy for improving lung health? i have been a smoker for 15 years and i have been off of it for 3 months. and i am wondering if there is anything that could help with the recovery. (Mostly past all the withdrawal…
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I have a bit of a tummy. To avoid it getting larger, can I do gym exercises only for my abdomen?

If I do gym exercises only for my abdomen, will it affect other parts of my body like biceps, triceps, etc?
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