Tips from the Department of Kinesiology
Between the shopping, cookie baking and holiday travels, fast food may seem like a cheap and speedy way to feed the family. In this article, Antonio Williams, a fitness and marketing expert in the IU School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, discusses how to make healthy choices and ways to use the holiday break to model healthier behavior for children. "We need to create a united front and then people won't indulge as much," Williams says.
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Today's athletic trainers are employed in a wide range of fields, including performing arts, motor sports, and the military. As athletic training majors in IU's School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation prepare themselves for what some describe as a "recession proof" career, they continue a long tradition of helping area high schools meet their student-athletes' health and fitness needs. "It ultimately benefits the parents because it assures there's someone in place who is appropriately trained to care for their child and to take a very different approach than a coach might," said John Schrader, coordinator of the School of HPER's athletic training programs.
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Chen Zhong and Zhu Dan know a little something about dedication, elite athletic performance . . . and pain. As Olympic champions in China, both endured a host of injuries during their highly successful athletic careers. As visiting scholars at IU, they can take a long -- and less painful -- view of athletic injuries, physical education and the important balance between athletics and academics. And getting away from the big city wasn't so bad, either. "Before I came to the U.S., I thought Beijing Sport University had a lot of trees," said Zhu Dan, silver medalist in rhythmic gymnastics. "Then I saw IU."
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Researchers from IU's School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation and Kelley School of Business examined the effectiveness of a weight-loss program delivered in a 3D virtual world. The findings are promising. "The virtual world program was at least as beneficial as the face-to-face program and in some ways, more effective," said Jeanne Johnston, assistant professor at the School of HPER. "It has the potential to reach people who normally wouldn't go to a gym or join a program because of limitations, such as time or discomfort with a fitness center environment."
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Russia is known for its chess champions. China for its table tennis. The U.S. has won more than three times as many Olympic swimming medals than any other country. What makes a country an international powerhouse in a given sport? Researchers from IU's School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation crunched some numbers to find out.
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A new study by motor control and psychology researchers at Indiana University suggests that postural control problems may be a core feature of bipolar disorder, not just a random symptom, and can provide insights both into areas of the brain affected by the psychiatric disorder and new potential targets for treatment.
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