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Twenty minutes of daily, vigorous physical activity over just three months can reduce a child's risk of diabetes as well as his total body fat - including dangerous, deep abdominal fat – but 40 minutes works even better, researchers report. "If exercise is good for you, then more exercise ought to be better for you and that is what we found for most of our outcomes," said Dr. Catherine Davis, clinical health psychologist at the Institute of Public and Preventive Health at Georgia Health...

NEW YORK, June 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Aegis Media today announced it has named Catherine Davis as President of Vizeum USA. Davis has served as a thought leader in senior client roles for top brands such as Diageo, Discover Card, Morgan Stanley and Harrisdirect (prior to its acquisition by E*TRADE). Known for her creative approach to solving business issues, she began her career on the agency side at Leo Burnett. Most recently Davis served as president of Think First Consulting, which...

Regular exercise improves the ability of overweight, previously inactive children to think, plan and even do math, Georgia Health Sciences University researchers report.They hope the findings in 171 overweight 7- to 11-year-olds "“ all sedentary when the study started - gives educators the evidence they need to ensure that regular, vigorous physical activity is a part of every school day, said Dr. Catherine Davis, clinical health psychologist at GHSU's Georgia Prevention Institute and...

Regular exercise seems to reduce anger expression in overweight but otherwise healthy children, researchers said.The first published study on the topic looked at 208 typically sedentary 7- to 11-year-olds who participated in a 10-15 week afterschool aerobic exercise program or maintained their usual inactive routine. The Pediatric Anger Expression Scale, used to gauge common anger expressions such as slamming doors and hitting, was given before and after the program."Exercise had a...