Posted on 10/29/2010 7:47:42 PM PDT by fightinJAG
Not putting the clocks back this weekend but still putting them forward in the spring would be a simple and effective way to vastly improve our health and well-being, says an expert in the online British Medical Journal.
Mayer Hillman, Senior Fellow Emeritus at the Policy Studies Institute, argues that the effect of doing so would be to increase the number of 'accessible' daylight hours and thus encourage more outdoor activity throughout the year.
A major public health problem contributing to the incidence of chronic illnesses in the UK is caused by lack of exercise, writes Hillman. Adults are recommended to engage in at least 30 minutes of moderate or vigorous activity daily and children at least one hour. However, surveys have revealed a trend towards declining fitness and it has been predicted that over half the population will be clinically obese by 2050.
Although most people are aware of the benefits of taking up more physical activity -- a lowered risk of coronary heart disease, obesity, diabetes, hypertension and some cancers -- this routine features in few people's everyday lives, and the school curriculum allocates insufficient time for this, he adds.
Research shows that people feel happier, more energetic and have lower sickness rates in the longer and brighter days of summer, whereas their mood tends to decline during the shorter and duller days of winter.
(Excerpt) Read more at sciencedaily.com ...
We’ve actually been doing it at least a couple years now here in Indiana after Mitch pushed it hard.
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Gaza Strip - All locations Gaza
West Bank - All locations Bethlehem
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Tel Aviv
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New Zealand - Most locations Auckland
Wellington
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Sep 26 at 11:00:00 Midnight Sat-Sun forward to Sun 1:00 AM Samoa - All locations Apia
Sep 30 at 21:00:00 Midnight Thu-Fri back to Thu 11:00 PM Egypt - Some locations Cairo
Oct 2 at 15:30:00 Sun 2:00 AM forward to Sun 2:30 AM Australia - Some of locations observing DST Lord Howe Island (Lord Howe Island)
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Hobart (Tasmania)
Melbourne (Victoria)
Sydney (New South Wales)
Oct 2 at 16:30:00 Sun 2:00 AM forward to Sun 3:00 AM Australia - Some of locations observing DST Adelaide (South Australia)
Oct 3 at 04:00:00 Midnight Sat-Sun forward to Sun 1:00 AM Paraguay - All locations Asuncion
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Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro)
Sao Paulo (São Paulo)
Oct 17 at 04:00:00 Midnight Sat-Sun forward to Sun 1:00 AM Brazil - Some of locations observing DST Campo Grande (Mato Grosso Do Sul)
Oct 23 at 14:00:00 Sun 2:00 AM forward to Sun 3:00 AM Fiji - All locations Suva
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Kamchatka
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Omsk
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Perm
Ufa
Yekaterinburg
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Moscow
Murmansk
Novgorod
Saint-Petersburg
Samara
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Russian Federation - Some locations Kaliningrad
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Spain - Some locations Las Palmas (Canary Islands)
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Cardiff (Wales)
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Frankfurt (Hesse)
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Kosovo - All locations Pristina
Liechtenstein - All locations Vaduz
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Monaco - All locations Monaco
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Netherlands - All of locations observing DST Amsterdam
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Geneva
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Istanbul
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Odesa
Oct 31 at 05:00:00 Sun 1:00 AM back to Midnight Sat-Sun Cuba - All locations Havana
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Aguascalientes (Aguascalientes)
Guadalajara (Jalisco)
Mexico City (Federal District)
Veracruz (Veracruz)
Oct 31 at 08:00:00 Sun 2:00 AM back to Sun 1:00 AM Mexico - Some of locations observing DST Mazatlan (Sinaloa)
Nov 7 at 02:31:00 Sun 12:01 AM back to Sat 11:01 PM Canada - Some of locations observing DST St. John’s (Newfoundland and Labrador)
Nov 7 at 03:01:00 Sun 12:01 AM back to Sat 11:01 PM Canada - Some of locations observing DST Happy Valley-Goose Bay (Newfoundland and Labrador)
Nov 7 at 04:00:00 Sun 2:00 AM back to Sun 1:00 AM Saint Pierre and Miquelon - All locations Saint-Pierre
Nov 7 at 05:00:00 Sun 2:00 AM back to Sun 1:00 AM Bermuda Islands - All locations Hamilton
Canada - Some of locations observing DST Halifax (Nova Scotia)
Greenland - Some locations Qaanaaq
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Canada - Some of locations observing DST Montreal (Quebec)
Ottawa (Ontario)
Québec (Quebec)
Toronto (Ontario)
Turks and Caicos Islands - All locations Cockburn Town
United States - Some of locations observing DST Atlanta (Georgia)
Augusta (Maine)
Baltimore (Maryland)
Boston (Massachusetts)
Columbia (South Carolina)
Columbus (Ohio)
Concord (New Hampshire)
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Hartford (Connecticut)
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Montpelier (Vermont)
New York (New York)
Philadelphia (Pennsylvania)
Raleigh (North Carolina)
Richmond (Virginia)
Washington DC (District of Columbia)
Nov 7 at 07:00:00 Sun 2:00 AM back to Sun 1:00 AM Canada - Some of locations observing DST Winnipeg (Manitoba)
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Bismarck (North Dakota)
Chicago (Illinois)
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Sioux Falls (South Dakota)
St. Louis (Missouri)
St. Paul (Minnesota)
Topeka (Kansas)
Nov 7 at 08:00:00 Sun 2:00 AM back to Sun 1:00 AM Canada - Some of locations observing DST Calgary (Alberta)
Edmonton (Alberta)
Yellowknife (Northwest Territories)
United States - Some of locations observing DST Albuquerque (New Mexico)
Billings (Montana)
Boise (Idaho)
Cheyenne (Wyoming)
Denver (Colorado)
Rapid City (South Dakota)
Salt Lake City (Utah)
Nov 7 at 09:00:00 Sun 2:00 AM back to Sun 1:00 AM Canada - Some of locations observing DST Vancouver (British Columbia)
Whitehorse (Yukon Territory)
Mexico - Some of locations observing DST Mexicali (Baja California)
Tijuana (Baja California)
United States - Some of locations observing DST Las Vegas (Nevada)
Los Angeles (California)
Sacramento (California)
Salem (Oregon)
San Diego (California)
San Francisco (California)
San Jose (California)
Seattle (Washington)
Nov 7 at 10:00:00 Sun 2:00 AM back to Sun 1:00 AM United States - Some of locations observing DST Anchorage (Alaska)
Nov 7 at 11:00:00 Sun 2:00 AM back to Sun 1:00 AM United States - Some of locations observing DST Adak (Alaska)
Home Depot was selling Philips bulbs in 60 and 100 watt for $2.97 per sixteen count box this week. I bought a lifetime supply of each.
/johnny
Daylight Savings seems like the stupid idea of some bureaucrat. What is the point now, really - except to make it dark at 4pm in the winter in the N. half of the USA?
OK, fine - then we'll turn them back next weekend instead.
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We all have our different challenges... I just stay up later on fall back.... watch a movie... etc.
Your synch is indeed an advantage in the spring-forward mode...
I agree. I hate when we fall back. It is dark at 5:00 p.m.. I hate it.
I wish we could have more daylight in the evenings.
Yes, the 7th. Turn your clock back the night before.
The dude is worried about being an hour off, when he’s actually 168 hours off?
People like this with their braniac ideas who can’t even do some simple fact checking... they don’t deserve the ink!
Jeesh!
It's called, "SAD -- Seasonal Affective Disorder" -- which can become full-blown depression.
Moving from "cabin fever" MA back to sunny Texas was one of the best moves I ever made...
Me too.
Nixon suspended it one year. We walked to the bus stop in the dark but it rocked in the evenings.
Thanks! Change your toothbrush and the batteries in your smoke detector too.
We have freepers from all over the world,and depending on your location the time change could be any time from early October to next week.
BTW most areas of the US turn back their clocks next week.
Thanks, but I still use an old fashion '50s style toothbrush. I will check the smoke detector!
Expert=Swede shoe salesman over 50 miles from home!
I use a 50’s style one too, but they recommend you get a new one (not new style) every six months.
I use a good old Oral B from the dentist.
If it wasn't confusing enough already..
BTW is it, Red touches black, lucky Jack. I always get that one confused too.
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