IHPRA Newsletter
July 2006

Click here for the President's Council 
on Physical Fitness and Sports Website

The President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
 has been around for over 50 years.
Click here for a brief history.

More history behind the history

Dwight D. Eisenhower started the organization,
and John F. Kennedy brought it to life.

The PCPFS has been run by both Democrats and Republicans.  
Each party has been historically quick to blame the other 
for the steadily declining physical fitness of our youth.

Bush leads physical fitness initiative

President Bush's Healthier US Initiative

White House weighs in on fitness

DNC: Bush Should Stop Playing Games with Physical Fitness

Getting worked up about Bush's fitness regime

The Center for Science in the Public Interest 
has released a national School Foods Report Card.

TaeKwon Do Times Magazine will host a two-day 
martial arts symposium and black belt seminar 
on 29 & 30 September in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Click here for more info.

For those of you who have contacted the IHPRA to ask 
if Dr. Ed Thomas taught physical education courses and/or was 
the Head Resident of Hillcrest Hall 
at The University of Iowa
in the early 1970s, 
Click Here and go to page 3

News Links

South Korean Children Becoming Weaker

British Primary children face obesity tests

Des Moines activist coordinates statewide health initiative

 

Red meat may cause pancreatic cancer NEW YORK: A diet high in red meat appears to raise the risk developing pancreatic cancer, Swedish researchers report in the International Journal of Cancer. The good news is that consumption of poultry may cut the risk. Pancreatic cancer is one of the most deadly cancers, due, in large part, because it is seldom detected at an early, curable stage. Surgical removal offers the only chance for a cure, but only a small percentage of patients are candidates for this therapy. In many cases, removal is not possible when surgery reveals that the cancer has actually spread outside the pancreas. “Findings from our study”, lead investigator Dr Susanna C Larsson told Reuters Health, “suggest that high consumption of red meat is associated with an increased risk of pancreatic cancer.” Larsson of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm and colleagues conducted a study of more than 61,000 women. The investigators were interested in the possible effects of meat, fish poultry and egg consumption. During 17 years of follow-up, 172 of these women were diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Long-term consumption of red meat was associated with an increased risk of pancreatic cancer, whereas consumption of poultry was linked to a decreased risk.— Reuters

The American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine
Chicago Convention on 14-16 July included many
interesting exhibits.  Here are a few.

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