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5.24.2013
The Cooper Institute Signs Agreement With Hungarian School Sport Federation
4.5.2013
An Inaugural Funding Opportunity
3.4.2013
General Mills Foundation Donation Expands the Reach of NFL PLAY 60 FITNESSGRAM
2.5.2013
Higher midlife fitness can impact brain health in later life.
1.4.2013
The Cooper Institute Launches More Than Fifteen New Courses
12.13.2012
The Cooper Institute Launches Continuing Education Courses for Health Professionals at TodayIWill.com.
12.11.2012
Study examines the impact of fitness and alcohol intake on metabolic syndrome
12.11.2012
Study confirms the benefits of physical activity outweigh risk of musculoskeletal injury
12.10.2012
Study shows cardiorespiratory fitness and LDL are predictors of coronary heart disease.
10.1.2012
Illuminating New Perspectives
9.24.2012
The Cooper Institute Mourns the Loss of Chief Executive Officer, Fred Meyer
9.17.2012
NFL Charities Awards $2.2 Million to The Cooper Institute
9.14.2012
The Cooper Institute® Marks Texas Obesity Awareness Week with Tom Thumb Check Presentation Event
8.27.2012
New Study Shows Higher Midlife Fitness is Key to Healthier Aging
8.15.2012
Apply to our Personal Training Education Advisory Board
7.27.2012
Youth Program Leaders to Speak at National Physical Education Institute
6.21.2012
Personal Trainer Recognition Programs Launched
6.13.2012
Fitness in Middle Age Lowers Medical Costs Later: Study
6.11.2012
NutriGram Offered at No Cost
6.11.2012
CI Ambassador Program Launched
5.7.2012
CI Gives Back at Get Kidz Fit 2012
4.11.2012
Nutrigram's The Quest to Lava Mountain mentioned in Edge magazine
4.11.2012
Watch Andes plane crash survivor, Nando Parrado, and Dr. Cooper
2.3.2012
Kevin Levar Set to Perform at Church Benefit for “The Longest Swim” Cancer Research Mission
1.17.2012
Military Exercise Leader Course At Buckley AFB, Colo
1.11.2012
Low vitamin D levels linked to depression, UT Southwestern psychiatrists report
1.11.2012
Reflecting on Video Games, Learning and Nutrition
1.11.2012
Starting Early for Heart Health
1.11.2012
Skip the calorie counting: To lose weight, seek foods that satisfy
1.10.2012
Are Your Kids in the Healthy Fitness Zone?
12.5.2011
BEN LECOMTE TO SWIM ACROSS PACIFIC OCEAN FOR CANCER RESEARCH
11.17.2011
DALLAS LECTURE - My Aging Brain
11.17.2011
CI's Benjamin Willis Presents at AHA 2011 Scientific Sessions
11.15.2011
New Study Links Fitness and Fatness to Blood Levels of Vitamin D
11.10.2011
Statewide Results from NutriGram
®
Confirm Need for Healthy Eating Education
11.2.2011
Ben Lecomte Mimics His Epic Cross- Pacific Swim at Cooper Aerobics Center
10.11.2011
Honoring Ray C. Robbins, Our Dear Friend
10.11.2011
Visit CI at Mayor's Youth Fitness Initiative Celebration
10.10.2011
Tyler Cup Invitational XXXVI
10.10.2011
Upcoming FitnessGram Webinars
9.27.2011
Troy Aikman Joins United Way and Cooper Institute to Honor Healthy Zone Schools
9.9.2011
918 Women: 1 Goal - The WIN Study
7.8.2011
Recruiting Practitioner Medical Advisory Board
7.5.2011
Texas school children to learn about nutrition via video games
6.22.2011
The Cooper Institute® Appoints Don Disney as FITNESSGRAM® National Program Director
6.15.2011
Texas Police Games
6.5.2011
6th Annual Autos in the Park Car Show
5.25.2011
Future of Dallas' Children Conference
5.20.2011
The ABCs of health: Program teaches kids Nutrition 101
5.20.2011
New exercise leaders will bring group fitness into squadrons at March
5.13.2011
Eating right: Elementary students take launch test to evaluate their lunch
5.13.2011
Burks Elementary: Healthy School Recognized
4.30.2011
Get Kidz Fit Fest 2011
4.29.2011
Volunteers Needed - Research at UT Southwestern
4.25.2011
Biobank featured in Dallas Business Journal
3.30.2011
Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Adiposity, and Cancer Mortality Paper Published
3.28.2011
Burks Elementary Named First Healthy Zone School
3.22.2011
United Way & Cooper Institute Name First Healthy Zone School
3.22.2011
Teaming Up For Healthy Kids Luncheon
3.21.2011
Apply for Healthy Zone School Recognition Program
2.24.2011
2011 Texas ACSM Annual Meeting
2.23.2011
The Cooper Institute® Developing Weight Management Cancer Prevention Program
2.1.2011
Paper Published on Vitamin D Levels in Men
1.27.2011
Come Visit The Cooper Institute at NFL Experience
1.1.2011
The State of Georgia Recognizes The Cooper Institute
12.2.2010
Visit CI at The Athletic Business Conference & Expo
11.8.2010
The Entertainment Software Association Foundation Gives $50K to The Cooper Institute
11.5.2010
Tyler Cup Invitational XXXV
11.1.2010
Study Links Cardiorespiratory Fitness to Lower Death Rate in Women
9.23.2010
The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Speaker Series
9.22.2010
United Way & The Cooper Institute Launch Steps Toward a Healthier Community
9.10.2010
Win a $10,000 NFL PLAY 60 health and wellness grant and a visit from an NFL player for your school!
9.6.2010
Announcing the Janet and Tedd Mitchell Endowed Chair for Healthy Aging
9.1.2010
Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Hosts Experts on Exercise, Student Performance and Brain Development
9.1.2010
Positive and Negative Influences of Large-Scale Fitness Assessment: Results of Testing with 3 Million Texas Youth
8.26.2010
CI Partners with Texas Department of Agriculture to Improve Health of Texas Children
8.17.2010
CI Launches Personal Training Education Course Online
8.1.2010
Online Personal Training Course Now Available!
7.15.2010
Win a $10,000 NFL PLAY 60 health and wellness grant and a visit from an NFL player for your school!
7.14.2010
Phys Ed: The Men Who Stare at Screens
7.9.2010
Charles L. Sterling: An epidemic of fitness malpractice
7.9.2010
Most Texas school kids failing in fitness
6.3.2010
Dallas-area physicians on board with first lady's initiative to tackle childhood obesity
5.17.2010
Overtraining Syndrome can hurt athletes who work out too much
5.7.2010
Give trainer's credentials, references a good workout.
4.24.2010
Get Kidz Fit Fest 2010
4.20.2010
Luncheon pays tribute to fitness pioneer Kenneth Cooper
4.20.2010
Watch this Video!
4.7.2010
Tom Brokaw hosts The Cooper Institute 40th Anniversary Luncheon on April 29
3.9.2010
Fitness May Boost Kids' Grades
3.9.2010
To Double the Odds of Seeing 85: Get a Move On
2.24.2010
WIN 2 Super Bowl XLV Tickets
2.22.2010
Susan Johnson Sterling Scholarship Recipient
2.13.2010
Girls' Day Fit to Move 2010
2.2.2010
Discounts on Courses - CALL BY FEB. 5!!!
1.10.2010
Shop at Whole Foods and Support Cooper Institute
12.2.2009
Weight Management Leadership Available Online!
12.1.2009
NFL Charities Awards $1.8 Million To The Cooper Institute's FITNESSGRAM
11.3.2009
How a Clinical Trial Can Help With Type 2 Diabetes
11.3.2009
Research Study: Media & HPV Vaccine
11.2.2009
Latest exercise gear and routines reflect body's real-life movements
10.30.2009
The Oak Cliff Center Open House
10.28.2009
2nd Annual Passport to Health Expo & Luncheon
10.27.2009
Join a Focus Group
10.24.2009
Check Me For Diabetes - Passport to Health
10.19.2009
Employee Health Fair
10.6.2009
The 6th Annual Board, Spouse & Friends Luncheon
9.26.2009
Feria De Salud: Por Tu Familia ("Health Fair For Your Family")
9.3.2009
CI Mentioned in the Air Force Times
8.3.2009
Certified Personal Trainer (CI-CPT) Exam Launches Nationwide
7.15.2009
The Cooper Institute Signs Exclusive Contract with Pearson VUE
7.15.2009
NYC - Physical Fitness Associated with Higher Academic Achievement
6.14.2009
The 4th Annual Autos in the Park
6.5.2009
*** SHARE YOUR STORY ***
5.20.2009
Dallas Giving Day-DonorBridge
5.1.2009
Millie and Dr. Kenneth Cooper honored by Dallas Legends of Service
5.1.2009
NOW ONLINE - Providing Dietary Guidance Course
4.29.2009
H1N1 Flu Update
4.25.2009
The Cooper Institute to Participate in Get Kidz Fit Fest 2009
4.22.2009
Can You Change Your Risk? The Link Between Diet and Cancer at UTSW
4.17.2009
The Cooper Institute Newsletters
4.5.2009
CI Bookstore Offers 20% Discount on Selected Products on April 8th
3.8.2009
Texas Education Agency Releases FITNESSGRAM® Results
2.27.2009
A Gold Medal Cause: Youth Fitness
featuring Mary Lou Retton
2.26.2009
The Cooper Institute and Mary Lou Retton Announce New Youth Fitness Research Project at Signature Luncheon
2.10.2009
TMA Foundation Awards Grant to The Cooper Institute
2.3.2009
The Cooper Institute and UT Southwestern Announce Medical Research Collaboration
1.28.2009
Help CI Plan the New Online Personal Training Education Course
1.27.2009
WEATHER ADVISORY MESSAGE! (1/28/09)
1.22.2009
Participate in New Research Studies
12.2.2008
Karyn Hughes to Speak at IHRSA Convention in March
11.19.2008
GoodSearch for CI
11.11.2008
From Genes to Heart Disease
Helen Hobbs, M.D.
11.6.2008
Cooper Institute Teaches Military Exercise Course
10.1.2008
Online CI-CPT Practice Test for Personal Trainer Candidates - First of Many Online Offerings Planned
9.23.2008
The Eyes Have It - Natural and Traditional Remedies
Robert Abel, M.D.
6.30.2008
Texas Tests the Fitness of 2.6 Million Students; Finds Elementary Students are in the Best Shape
5.6.2008
We've Come A Long Way, Baby!
Prof. John F. Banzhaf
5.4.2008
2nd Annual Super Saturday/Super Sábado at Bukhair Elementary School
5.4.2008
The Cooper Institute Launches Calorie Balance Web Site –
StandUpandEat.org
4.26.2008
Super Saturday at Bukhair Elementary School with The Cooper Institute
4.7.2008
National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) Honors The Cooper Institute
3.26.2008
Building a Brain to Last
Sandra Bond Chapman, Ph.D.
2.21.2008
Jackie Joyner-Kersee Provides
A Life Rx for Health
to Benefit Dallas Kids
2.20.2008
A Life Rx for Health
1.16.2008
New Study Shows That Fitness Trumps Fatness in Determining Risk of Cancer Death in Men
12.9.2007
The Cooper Institute Pioneers Law Enforcement Occupational Fitness
11.29.2007
Athletic Business Conference 2007
Roger Reynolds
11.12.2007
New Fire Service Course Helps Firefighters Become 'Fit for Duty'
11.8.2007
Illinois WISEWOMAN Program Recognized by CDC as a National Model
11.7.2007
Omega-3's and Your Heath
Bruce Holub, Ph.D.
11.3.2007
Our Kids Health 5K Fun Run
Cooper Aerobics Center at Craig Ranch
10.19.2007
Tyler Cup Invitational XXXIII
(Oct. 19-20, 2007)
10.18.2007
The Cooper Institute 2007 Scientific Conference
9.26.2007
Dr. Cooper Presents at Latest Lecture Series Event
9.26.2007
FITNESSGRAM Selected as Statewide Fitness Tool
9.20.2007
Development Advisory Board Establishes 2008 Goals
9.19.2007
What Are We Doing To Our Kids, Texas?
Kenneth H. Cooper, M.D., M.P.H.
8.23.2007
Kudos to The Institute Board of Trustees Members
8.13.2007
New Cooper Book Released Nationally
7.29.2007
CHAMPS Sport Camp Gives Children New Hope
7.19.2007
The Cooper Institute Bookstore Opens for Business
7.12.2007
Dr. Cooper Among Honorees for Lifetime Achievement
6.25.2007
Women Net Positive Results in AHA's Choose To Move
6.24.2007
Mandatory PE in Texas Schools is Victory for Kids
6.5.2007
DREW Primary Outcomes Paper Published in JAMA
5.13.2007
Dr. Daniel Amen Speaks at Lecture Series Event
5.8.2007
Brain Health: How To Maintain It
Daniel Amen, M.D.
4.25.2007
Super Saturday/Super Sabado at Bukhair Elementary
4.24.2007
Institute Showcases Services at ACSM and IHRSA
4.21.2007
Super Saturday at Bukhair Elementary School with The Cooper Institute
4.19.2007
Northwood Woman's Club - Smart Shopping for Healthy Eating Habits
4.17.2007
Cooper Institute Trustees Recognized and Honored
3.27.2007
Innovations in Cardiovascular Care
Tony Das, M.D.
2.15.2007
The Charitable IRA - A Non-Taxing Way to Give
1.22.2007
Institute Earns National Accreditation from NCCA
1.1.2007
The 2007 Lecture Series Schedule Released
4.27.2000
Dr. Cooper's 21st Century Medicine Lecture
2.26.2000
Our Kids' Health - Video
2.22.2000
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
A Life Rx for Health
Photo Gallery
2.20.2000
A Life Rx for Health
Jackie Joyner-Kersee