Health, Exercise & Sports Sciences

We’ve all been there – reaching for another heap of potatoes or ambrosia, sampling everything on the dessert tray, maybe one too many eggnogs, and suddenly we’re more stuffed than the rib roast and feeling guilty. Don’t beat yourself up, it happens to...

Students in the Exercise Science program at the University of New Mexico have created a lifestyle program, “Don’t Sit, Get Fit,” that encourages people to stay active in all aspects of their life.

Join the University of New Mexico Cancer Center for the fifth annual Advocacy for Cancer Patients Seminar presents Cancer Patient Navigation Standards & Training Friday, Oct. 9 in the UNM Cancer Center Auditorium.

The popular Summer Youth Sports Program (SYSP), housed in the UNM College of Education's Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences, returns this summer. Titled "Healthy U at the U," is designed as an activity-based program open for all youngsters ages 8 –...

Comadre a Comadre started out 12 years ago as a community-based program co-founded with six Hispanic/Latina breast cancer survivors and their loved ones along with Dr. Elba L. Saavedra. The survivors shared their experiences about both, the lack of culturally sensitive psychological support available to them, and their own lack of knowledge of services once they were diagnosed with breast cancer.

The Health, Exercise and Sports Science Department (HESS), in the UNM College of Education, hosts the Spring Fling Triathlon, Kids Race and Wellness Fair on Sunday, April 12 in celebration of the UNM School of Medicine’s 50th Anniversary.

If you are passionate about fitness and physical activity and want to share that passion with a variety of youth from diehard athletes to couch potatoes, you might want to consider the Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE) degree program at the ...

University of New Mexico researchers are studying a newly discovered hormone that releases from muscle after exercise. Irisin, named for the Greek “messenger” goddess Iris, may prevent breast cancer and boost the effects of chemotherapy drugs used in...

After numerous studies, it appears that scientists are beginning to unravel some of the secrets of aging. Genes certainly play a role in longevity, but it’s been determined that only 35 percent of those living well into their 90’s and 100’s possess ...

The University of New Mexico Alumni Association and Lobo Living Room present, “The Secrets of Longevity” on Thursday, Jan. 22 at 6 p.m. at the Hodgin Hall Alumni center. Len Kravitz, UNM College of Education associate professor of Health, Exercise and Sports Science (HESS), delivers an interactive presentation regarding the science behind longevity.