News from Movement Sciences

• Research by TC's Laura Azzarito Highlights Differences in How Young People See Their Own Bodies (3/1/2013)
  

  Feeling comfortable and confident in sport, health, or PE can be very difficult for some young people who can be seen as a 'risk' of becoming obese. Young people from ethnic minorities, especially girls, are more likely to be physically inactive and unhealthy.
• Study Pinpoints Just How Much Exercise Is Good for Mental Health (10/26/2012)
  

  Researchers in TC's Biobehavioral Sciences Department help show that people who exercise 2.5 to 7.5 hours per week report better mental health - but more can be too much of a good thing
• Andrew Gordon Wins NSF Grant to Study Brain-Hand Connections (3/23/2012)
  

  Gordon and Marco Santello will receive $640,000 from the National Science Foundation for their research on neurological disorders and prosthetic hands.
• Carol Ewing Garber: A Little Exercise is Better than None (12/19/2011)
  

  The Associate Professor of Movement Sciences tells The Washington Post and More magazine that even a little exercise reaps benefits.
• Sweating the Details (10/26/2011)
  

  TC's Movement Sciences program is building the case for why physical education and activity matter -- and how to make them succeed
• TC's Steve Silverman Talks to WNYC About the Importance of Physical Education (10/18/2011)
  

  Stephen Silverman, professor of education, chair of the Department of Biobehavioral Sciences, and coordinator of the Movement Sciences Program, reacted to a recent study showing that many public school students in New York City do not receive state-mandated physical education or physical activity during the school day, despite studies that show it improves academic achievement.
• Committee Led by TC's Garber Issues New Exercise Guidelines (6/30/2011)
  

  New recommendations from the American College of Sports Medicine include suggestions to minimize sedentary activity.

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