Olympic Gold Medalist Preaches Swimming Safety
from The Seattle Times
When 11-year-old David Morgan learned that an Olympic gold medalist had said Morgan had a freestyle stroke that "looks like my stroke," he could barely contain himself. A big smile swept across his face as he ran off to tell friends about Cullen Jones, a U.S. men's 400-meter relay member at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Jones, the first black man to hold a world record in swimming, gave Morgan and four other children free swim lessons at the Garfield Community Center in Seattle, Wash., with Make A Splash, a six-city event series aimed at reducing drownings. Jones' relay set a world record at the 2006 Pan Pacific Championships. More

Fatty Foods Affect Memory and Exercise
from The New York Times
Eating fatty food appears to take an almost immediate toll on both short-term memory and exercise performance, according to new research on rats and people. More

Hey, Time, 'Exercise Won't Make You Thin'? What Were You Thinking?
from the Los Angeles Times
Fitness and health experts say Time magazine got it wrong with its cover story, "Why Exercise Won't Make You Thin." The story argues that even though more people than ever are exercising, obesity rates are still rising. Moreover, the article posits that exercise backfires as a weight-loss tool because people become hungrier and end up eating more. More

Olympic Swimmer Returns to Roots, Raises Funds for Children with Cancer
from The Buffalo News
The last time Kara Lynn Joyce swam in open water, she was about 11 years old and diving into Canandaigua Lake. The experience was not her favorite. This past weekend was a different story, though. Although she had taken a few weeks off from swimming and was a bit nervous about the 600- yard open-water swim, the two-time Olympian was thoroughly enjoying her time at Carly’s Crossing. More

Hutchison Moves to FAST
from the SwimNetwork
Sean Hutchison, head women's coach of the 2009 U.S. World Championships team, will step away from his daily duties at King Aquatic Club in Seattle and move to Fullerton, Calif., to build and run a program of elite-level swimmers, and two of King’s best are moving to Southern California to train with him, he told SwimNetwork.com in an exclusive interview. More

Eat a Whole Grain Breakfast to Boost Metabolism, Enhance Workout
from the Examiner
Eating a whole grain breakfast with fresh fruit can help you burn 50 percent more fat during a workout than you would by eating a refined carb breakfast, according to researchers from the University of Nottingham, as reported Prevention’s September 2009 issue. More

School Nutrition Association Releases "State Of School Nutrition 2009" Survey
from Medical News Today
More than 77 percent of the 1,200 school foodservice directors surveyed state that funding and the cost of food/food preparation are the most pressing issues facing cafeteria programs nationwide as they head back to school this fall. More