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.
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LOL! It's next weekend, sickoflibs.
Oh-Oh! depression coming on.
Congress moved it a week a few years ago didnt they? I had to disable the change on my VCRs.
Same amount of daylight either way. It’s all nonsense.
OK, it used to be before Halloween, The last Republican congress moved it a week. Thanks.
Daylight Saving Time dates 2010
Sunday 14 March 2010 2am local time
until Sunday 7 November 2010 2am local time
http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/usa/eastern-time/
Is your calendar one week different than mine?
It was apparently : #64
I had my hopes up, especially after just losing 3 hours traveling back from CA. Guess I have to wait a week, darn !
My sympathies to you.
I think one or two of my co-workers thought the "fall back" was this weekend, too, sickoflibs. That's why they scheduled me, the new kid on the block for this weekend. Ha-ha!
I hate going off daylight savings time. I like walking the dog while it’s still dark in the morning.
In can see that. Then you don't have to use that bag :)
I like it light in the morning so I don't accidently leave a light on at home when I leave for work.
Shhhhhh ;)
Darn...just leave the clocks alone,. We in AZ do not change the time and are doing just fine.
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.
Amen.
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