Preventing Chronic Disease and Disability
A weight loss study from WFU’s Health and Exercise Science (HES) Department featured prominently on Good Morning America. Dr. Steve Messier led the study, which looks at weight loss and joint pain. Specifically, the study suggests that a 20% weight loss can reduce joint pain by up to 25% in obese people with one of the most common joint disorders….
WFU Health & Exercise Science faculty Dr. Kristen Beavers won the 2018 WFU Graduate Student Association Faculty Excellence Award.
Seeking to become a professional yoga teacher or deepen your yoga knowledge and practice? Join a community dedicated to awakening insight, cultivating holistic health and becoming yoga! Campus Recreation is proud to offer Becoming Yoga! The 200 Hour Wake Forest Teacher Training Program. Graduates will emerge ready to teach yoga at the professional level…
Dr. Kristen Beavers was one of the featured presenters at the Dean of the College’s “New Ideas” series on Thurs. Jan. 18. Here she discussed lifestyle and pharmacologic intervention strategies her group is developing to minimize bone loss with weight loss in advanced age. For more information and to see upcoming events, visit WFU’s New…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OFFF-mWsYE&index=2&list=PLgLuWnvJzFfn40a4nuUvKasMRCaFsYxOt/
http://news.wfu.edu/2017/10/31/lose-fat-preserve-muscle-weight-training-beats-cardio-older-adults/
© 2020 Wake Forest University. All Rights Reserved.