WIN Wyoming

Thought Bullets
for
December 1999

These Thought Bullets come from the July 1999 issue of Fitness (pp. 100-104).   I find great encouragement that quotes embracing the principles of WIN Wyoming can now be found in popular magazines.  The article is written by Jan Sheehan. Note that one of the quotes is from a speaker* scheduled for Shaping a Healthy Future: A Rocky Mountain Conference on Weight Realities**, April 26-28, 2000, in Jackson, Wyoming.  

• New research shows the road to fitness is wider than you think. New research debunks the idea that being fit equals being thin.

• "Fit bodies come in all shapes and sizes. When it comes to overall health, it’s very clear that fitness matters more than thinness."  - Glenn Gaesser, PhD, associate professor of exercise physiology at the University of Virginia

• A study of 7,080 women reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that fit women of all weights had death rates almost half those of unfit women.

• "It is difficult to alter your basic body shape. You inherit that."  - Lawrence Golding, PhD, professor of exercise physiology at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas

• The advantages of healthy individuals losing weight may be over estimated. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta conducted a study in 1995 with 43,457 women and found healthy women between the ages of 40-64 showed no mortality improvements by losing weight. Women with weight-related health problems did decrease their risk of early death by 20% by losing weight. The good news? Even small weight losses provided big health gains.

• "There will always be tall, skinny people and short, stocky people. That’s out of our control. What we can do is exercise regularly, follow good health practices, and live life to the fullest."  - Steven Blair, PED, director of research at the Cooper Institute for Aerobics Research in Dallas

• Quote from Cinder Ernst, one of the individuals spotlighted in the article: "Size is irrelevant. To me, fitness is functional. Can you function with joy and ease in your life? Do you have the endurance, strength and flexibility to fully participate in life the way you want to?"
  

* Dr. Steven Blair, director of research, Cooper Institute for Aerobics Research
** For more information on this conference please click here.

Compiled by Betty Holmes, MS, RD

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