"Wednesday Phew " [wenz-dey-fyoo]
definition: A moment that brought a sigh of relief, sarcastic or not.
Being quite the worrywart, I fear for the odd most days. Will there be enough tooth picks? Will my shoe laces split just when there is no time to replace them? What if the zip lock fails and my sandwiches lose their freshness? Another odd worry is that those in charge of doing "studies" will run out of things to "study." What will we do if they are forced to do "studies" about the obvious things in life, the ones that are mostly common sense?
I find this threat especially true with the exuberant number of studies being done in the field of healthy lifestyle choices. But thankfully I took a big sigh of relief today, sarcastic or not, when I read about the new study that suggests less couch surfing equates to less junk food being consumed.
In a study done by researchers at Northwestern University's Feinberg School Of Medicine, they discovered that if you do not sit in front of the television for long periods of time, you could possibly lose weight without even trying. The professor and lead author of the study, Bonnie Spring, spoke with ABCNews.com and said: 'People can change their unhealthy eating... by focusing on two targets: increasing fruits and vegetables and cutting down leisure screen time.'
Phew! But as always, whether it is worthy of a 'Wednesday Phew' moment, sarcastic or not, that is up to you.
If you would like to read more about this study, it can be found in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
definition: A moment that brought a sigh of relief, sarcastic or not.
Being quite the worrywart, I fear for the odd most days. Will there be enough tooth picks? Will my shoe laces split just when there is no time to replace them? What if the zip lock fails and my sandwiches lose their freshness? Another odd worry is that those in charge of doing "studies" will run out of things to "study." What will we do if they are forced to do "studies" about the obvious things in life, the ones that are mostly common sense?
I find this threat especially true with the exuberant number of studies being done in the field of healthy lifestyle choices. But thankfully I took a big sigh of relief today, sarcastic or not, when I read about the new study that suggests less couch surfing equates to less junk food being consumed.
In a study done by researchers at Northwestern University's Feinberg School Of Medicine, they discovered that if you do not sit in front of the television for long periods of time, you could possibly lose weight without even trying. The professor and lead author of the study, Bonnie Spring, spoke with ABCNews.com and said: 'People can change their unhealthy eating... by focusing on two targets: increasing fruits and vegetables and cutting down leisure screen time.'
ABCNews.com further supported the study by speaking with Dr David Katz, the director of the Yale Prevention Center. He even went as far as labeling the couch surfing situation ''the perfect storm' and that while people sit on the couch they are not getting enough exercise.
Phew! But as always, whether it is worthy of a 'Wednesday Phew' moment, sarcastic or not, that is up to you.
If you would like to read more about this study, it can be found in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
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