Study: Morbidly Obese Sedentary For More Than 99 Percent of Day
Public Release: 25-Mar-2009 - On average, 23 hours and 51.6 min per day were spent sleeping or engaged in sedentary activity and the remaining 8.4 minutes were spent in moderate…
Use weights, not aerobics, to ease back pain
Public release date: 11-Dec-2008 People who use weight training to ease their lower back pain are better off than those who choose other forms of exercise such as…
Exercise increases brain growth factor and receptors, prevents stem cell drop in middle age
Public release date: 18-Nov-2008 BETHESDA, Md. (Nov. 18, 2008) - A new study confirms that exercise can reverse the age-related decline in the production of neural stem cells in the…
Vigorous activity protects against breast cancer
Public release date: 30-Oct-2008 Normal-weight women who carry out lots of vigorous exercise are approximately 30% less likely to develop breast cancer than those who don’t exercise vigorously. A…
Research supports correlation between finger lengths and stress hormones
Public release date: 16-Sep-2008 Edmonton—If you find yourself lacking in motivation to go for a run or hit the gym, you may want to check your fingers. According to a…
Older people who diet without exercising lose valuable muscle mass
Public release date: 16-Sep-2008 Exercise improves fitness, reduces fat BETHESDA, Md. (Sept. 17, 2008) - A group of sedentary and overweight older people placed on a four-month exercise program not…
Study: Regular walking nearly halves elderly disability risk
Public release date: 15-Jul-2008 Athens, Ga. – Older adults can decrease their risk of disability and increase their likelihood of maintaining independence by 41 percent by participating in a walking…
New breathing exercises help manage asthma
Public release date: 27-May-2008 A presentation that demonstrates breathing exercises designed to help reduce the use of asthma inhalers is today available to the general public for free…
Exercise cuts cancer death in men
Public release date: 29-May-2008 [PRESS RELEASE, 29 May 2008] Men who exercise often are less likely to die from cancer than those who don’t exercise, according to a new…
Sedentary lifestyles associated with accelerated aging process
Public release date: 28-Jan-2008 Individuals who are physically active during their leisure time appear to be biologically younger than those with sedentary lifestyles, according to a report in the January…
4 health behaviors can add 14 extra years of life
Public release date: 7-Jan-2008 People who adopt four healthy behaviours – not smoking; taking exercise; moderate alcohol intake; and eating five servings of fruit and vegetables a day –…
MU study finds that sitting may increase risk of disease
Public release date: 19-Nov-2007 COLUMBIA, Mo. – Most people spend most of their day sitting with relatively idle muscles. Health professionals advise that at least 30 minutes of activity…
Exercise improves thinking, reduces diabetes risk in overweight children
Public release date: 22-Oct-2007 Just three months of daily, vigorous physical activity in overweight children improves their thinking and reduces their diabetes risk, researchers say. “Is exercise a magic wand…
Creatine in addition to exercise enhances strength in older adults
Public release date: 2-Oct-2007 Hamilton, ON (Oct. 1, 2007) – Lower muscle mass and an increase in body fat are common consequences of growing older. While exercise is a proven…
The impact of physical activity on weight-bearing knee joint
Public release date: 28-Sep-2007 Exercise for cardiovascular health keeps knee cartilage healthy, too, suggests long-term, community-based study The world’s most common joint disease, osteoarthritis (OA) is a major…
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