Tag: Health Promotion and Wellness

The landscape of casual sex

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Hookups, or casual sexual encounters, have been happening for decades on college campuses. However, has something changed over the course of time?

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Students will receive an invitation to take part in the National College Health Assessment in their ISU email in mid-February. Information collected from this important survey helps identify health and wellness priorities that drive resources and services for Illinois State University students.

Promoting physical activity as a vital sign of health in campus community

Exercise is Medicine on Campus outreach on ISU Quad

Helping individuals become physically active is the goal of Illinois State University’s Exercise Is Medicine On Campus (EIMOC) program, a referral-based system linking Student Health Services (SHS), Student Counseling Services (SCS), Health Promotion and Wellness (HPW), Campus Recreation (CR), and the School of Kinesiology and Recreation (KNR).

DASH your way to heart health

Reggie gets his blood pressure checked at National Walking Day

Just like any muscle, the heart can be strong, weak, or overworked under certain circumstances. If a disease or injury weakens or overworks your heart, you will not move blood throughout the body very efficiently.

Getting physical throughout your day

physical wellness

Gym memberships have grown over almost two decades from 32.8 million in 2001 to 60.87 million in 2017. This is an encouraging statistic from the perspective of more individuals choosing to invest in their physical activity. However, making your way to a gym or any form of deliberate exercise can have its barriers, such as