Category: Health

Making cycling and walking safe, convenient and fun in Delaware

Imagine: Bicycling Between Wilmington and Newark

By Karl Hassler – Can you imagine what it would be like to wake up on a beautiful morning and be able to ride safely from your Newark-area home to your job in Wilmington on a 12 mile bike trail? You get to work and feel like you’ve already had a vacation!  You passed people…
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June 4, 2012 1

The Day After Tomorrow

Steve Curtis gave us a heads up about this recent New Yorker cartoon: Is it a joke….or just the day after tomorrow?


April 30, 2012 0

Obesity Costs Delaware $207 Million Every Year

Dr. Karyl Rattay, Director of the Delaware Division of Public Health spoke on Thursday at the Walkable Bikeable Delaware Summit in Dover on the cost to Delaware of obesity related diseases. In her remarks, Dr. Rattay noted that obesity causes diabetes, heart disease, several types of cancer, sleep apnea, joint problems, liver and gallbladder diseases and gynecological problems; and…
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April 28, 2012 0

Physical Activity May Help Kids’ Grades, Too

By KIM CAROLLO | Good Morning America Published Jan 2, 2012 While physical activity is known to improve children’s physical fitness and lower their risk of obesity, new research suggests it may also help them perform better in school. Dutch researchers reviewed 14 previous studies from different parts of the world that looked at the…
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January 6, 2012 2