Jake Ross's blog

An important aspect to understand is that what works for somebody else may not always work for you, and vice versa. However, sometimes trying something NEW can work some muscles or spread some nutrients that your body has never used before!

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A run on the treadmill, push-ups and sit-ups, or even a walk around the block. All great ways to get your exercise for the day. However, they aren't the most exciting tasks to do when you are by yourself.

If you're starting a new diet, it is absurd to think that taking out snacks would be beneficial to your health. Besides making yourself go crazy with your cravings, it is not even a healthy lifestyle choice. Mid-day or after dinner snacks could actually be great in keeping your energy level high, while keeping your cravings for high sugar & high fat foods low.

Being thrown into a school setting for a year, I have discovered one of the main agents of the teen obesity crisis is apathy. Teens find it very difficult to care about something that is not affecting them in the immediate present.

The HealthCorps Challenge is not strictly about becoming nutritionally healthier but about breaking out of comfort zones. It sometimes is tough to break habits such as eating unhealthy foods.

The HealthCorps Challenge is not strictly about becoming nutritionally healthier but about breaking out of comfort zones. The benefit of working with students in a school setting is being able to see where and how their habits are developed. The students participating in the challenge are being influenced by their friends, family, and media, whether or not they know it.