By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – It’s that time again, when people start thinking about New Year’s resolutions and ways to improve their lives. If exercising more and eating healthier are among your goals for 2019, there’s a University of Nebraska at Kearney program that can help. Building Healthy Families is a 12-week program that works with participants to identify better food choices, modify unhealthy behaviors and increase physical activity. The free program, entering … [Read more...]
Lopers working, serving McCook this summer through Rural Futures Institute Student Serviceship
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWbWVBpSoTA Three University of Nebraska at Kearney students will return to McCook this summer for another round of McCook THETA camps - “Teaching Health, Exercise, Technology and Aquaponics.” Tyan Boyer of Plainview and Collin Fleecs of Sutherland kicked off the pilot of the program led by UNK professors Greg Brown and Nate Bickford last summer. This year, they will be joined by fellow exercise science major Bradley Schoch of Marquette. THETA Camp is … [Read more...]
Strength training, Nutrition, Exercise Science: Brown’s findings are practical to people, impact lives
By ANDREW HANSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – In the 2000s, video games as a source of exercise and physical activity were taking over American basements and living rooms. Dance Dance Revolution. Nintendo Wii and Wii Sports. Kinect for Xbox. It was a new phenomenon, said Greg Brown, professor of Kinesiology and Sport Sciences at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. But after four or five years of research on the subject, Brown’s work stymied. “Two things happened. One, those video … [Read more...]
