Preface Given my post of last week about the role of exercise and weight loss, this is an interesting summation of a study by US researchers conducted almost 10 years ago! Article The prevalence of youth overweight has risen dramatically over the past three decades in the US and now represents an epidemic. Since 1970,… Read More
Fructose Rich Drinks & Risk of Obesity
If you feed fructose ad libitum to non-human primates, they get fatty livers within six weeks (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2013,doi:10.3945/ajcn.112.057331). The effect of fructose rich beverages on human adolescents is a lot harder to judge, given that you cannot cage teenagers and feed them a controlled diet – however much you may sometimes… Read More
The Determinants of Mortality
Robert Lucas once famously said regarding the determinants of economic growth, “once one starts to think about them, it is hard to think of anything else.” The same could be said for the determinants of mortality, since the length of life is as critical a measure of our well-being as is our income. In “The… Read More
Past Training Philosophies vs the Modern Battlefield
Research Paper Title Strength Training for the Warfighter. Abstract Optimising strength training for the warfighter is challenged by past training philosophies that no longer serve the modern warfighter facing the “anaerobic battlefield.” Training approaches for integration of strength with other needed physical capabilities have been shown to require a periodisation model that has the flexibility… Read More
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How Useful Are Medical E-Databases on Deployment?
Research Paper Title Special Operations Task Group Regimental Aid Post Presentation. Background The Australian Defence Force (ADF) Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan, is supported by a Primary Health Care Team (PHCT) which provided health care through its Regimental Aid Post (RAP). Purpose To identify and analyse the types of injuries and… Read More
TV Programmes to Watch this Week.
The are a number of food related programmes on the UK TV this week: Season 04 of The Great British Bake Off on BBC2, Monday @ 8pm: another series of this great baking programme. Brendon should have definitely won the last series. Welcome to the World of Weightloss on BBC2, Wednesday @ 9pm: over the… Read More
Boot Camp & Military Fitness Institute 