Hi,
Just to let you know that we are preparing for the BLACKMORE’S running festival on the 19th of September this year. There is a 4km, 9km, Half Marathon and Full Marathon. We are entering a team, so please come and join us. We are training for it now. Most are doing the 4km or 9km, but if you would like to do more please let me know.
People say that exercise can be addictive, but here are some other addictions that may be more lifestyle based and fashion based. Worse still they are a product of society.
• Indoor tanning: Students who used tanning facilities frequently had slightly higher levels of anxiety symptoms, as well as higher rates of alcohol and marijuana use, according to the study by researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and the State University of New York, Albany. Previous studies on tanning have found that as many as half of young adults and beachgoers share signs with substance-related disorders. Research has also linked tanning and cigarette smoking.
• Cellphones: In 2008, the BBC reported that two children in Spain were admitted to a mental health institution to be treated for addiction to their mobile phones. A 2007 survey by Queensland University found that one in five Australians, ages 16 to 84, are potentially addicted to their cellphones, spending an average of one hour a day on their mobiles.
• Internet: The Computer Addiction Study Center at Harvard University’s McLean Hospital reports that between 5 percent and 10 percent of Web surfers suffer some form of Internet dependency. The Center for Internet Behavior says people who overindulge online can experience time distortion, instant gratification and other mood-altering effects. Internet addiction is classified as a compulsive-control problem that can include excessive viewing of pornography, over-involvement in online relationships, online gambling or compulsive surfing, according to the Center for Online and Internet Addiction in Pennsylvania. A treatment facility claiming to be the United States’ first detox center solely for Internet addicts opened last year in Fall City, Wash.
• Video games: A 2009 study by an Iowa State University psychology professor found pathological patterns of video game addiction in a sampling of young people, ages 8 to 18. Gamers who played 24 hours per week were more likely to have trouble paying attention in school, poorer grades and more health problems than those who played fewer hours. An American Medical Association committee has proposed that video game addiction be listed as a mental disorder in the American Diagnostic and Statistic Manual of Mental Disorders. I can also tell you that many, many students spend up to 3 hours a day using a computer for recreation purposes . e.g games downloading, mailing. This is as opposed to studying and/or researching. Is this the way we want our society to end up? Spending taxes on the cure instead of prevention?? Are there ways which we can change the system??
Yours in Health and Fitness,
ALIVE PT
0405 014 629
alivept1@yahoo.com.au
