fitness

El Sereno Middle School celebrates grand opening of UCLA Health Sound Body Sound Mind fitness center.

Free classes provided daily for UCLA staff and faculty at convenient locations on campus throughout the day.

Claude Bruni has 98 marathon races under his belt, including every Los Angeles Marathon since 1986. Nothing can keep Bruni, who’s 80, from running. Not even major surgery, as it turns out.

All departments across UCLA benefit from a stronger, healthier workforce that is able to perform at its best, thanks to the WorkStrong program.

UCLA study shows that people participating in workplace fitness programs also see improved mental health.

If you spend hours commuting to work and sitting at your desk all day, recent studies about the health hazards of too much sitting probably have hit home.   

UCLA researchers found that physical activity particularly affected the size of the hippocampus, which is the part of the brain controlling short-term memory.

School’s out for summer and that means no PE classes for students. But PE teachers affiliated with UCLA suggest ways to keep kids fit during the break.

The League of American Bicyclists ranks UCLA as a Silver Bicycle-Friendly University. A holder of that distinction since 2011, UCLA is one of just 10 schools to move up in standing over the last year.

Combining workouts with traditional behavioral therapy helped people who were addicted to methamphetamine.

Psychology professor A. Janet Tomiyama notes that some 34.4 million of the 70 million-plus Americans categorized as “overweight” by BMI were perfectly healthy.

In fitness-crazed Southern California, two UCLA Anderson School of Management classmates developed a business using DXA scanners that give people a comprehensive analysis identifying both the amount and location of fat and lean tissue in their bodies.

UCLA-led study draws data from national database of more than 100,000 people treated for heart failure between 2005 and 2014.

How to get proper exercise while traveling: Guidance from a UCLA Health physical therapist.

Students’ confidence levels, P.E. enjoyment, and knowledge about fitness also increased following the program.

The UCLA campus has become a place where mind-body programs are being developed to help people deal with stress as well as maintain a healthy lifestyle through the Healthy Campus Initiative.

Adult obesity rates varied widely by county: San Francisco County had the lowest, 11.3 percent, and Imperial County the highest, 41.7 percent.