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Older people who diet without exercising lose valuable muscle mass
Sep 17, 2008 |
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A group of sedentary and overweight older people placed on a four-month exercise program not only became more fit, but burned off more fat, compared to older sedentary people who were placed on a diet but did not exercise.
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Rough day at work? You won't feel like exercising
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 24, 2009 |
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Have you ever sat down to work on a crossword puzzle only to find that afterwards you haven't the energy to exercise? Or have you come home from a rough day at the office with no energy to go for a run?
Study shows difficult to read instructions decrease motivation
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 30, 2008 |
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It is not surprising that people are more willing to participate in a task if it does not require too much effort. What is interesting, however, is the way we determine just how easy a task will be and therefore, how motivated ...
Health campaigns that promote exercise may cause people to eat more
Feb 27, 2009 |
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New research from the University of Illinois suggests that weight-loss campaigns that promote exercise may actually cause people to eat more.
Second, more realistic estimate can reduce planning and purchasing errors
Feb 26, 2009 |
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The next time a contractor tells you the kitchen remodeling will be done in six weeks, you might ask him to get real and reconsider his estimate.
Mental barriers hamper obese women's efforts to get exercise
Oct 06, 2008 |
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For arachnophobes, it's difficult to kill a spider as it scurries across the floor. Those who are scared to fly might not ever set foot on a plane. While nothing physically stops people with these aversions, a mental barrier ...
Got sugar? Glucose affects our ability to resist temptation
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Dec 03, 2007 |
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New research from a lab at Florida State University reveals that self-control takes fuel — literally. When we exercise it, resisting temptations to misbehave, our fuel tank is depleted, making subsequent efforts at self-control ...
Muscling in on type 2 diabetes
Feb 26, 2009 |
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Research by kinesiology investigator Dustin Hittel, PhD, has proven that muscle in extremely obese individuals produces large amounts of a protein called myostatin, which normally inhibits muscle growth--suggesting that for ...
Mental fatigue can affect physical endurance
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Feb 24, 2009 |
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When participants performed a mentally fatiguing task prior to a difficult exercise test, they reached exhaustion more quickly than when they did the same exercise when mentally rested, a new study finds.
Heavy drinkers exercise to burn off alcohol: British study
Nov 26, 2009 |
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More than a quarter of drinkers in England who exercise regularly do so in an attempt to make up for bingeing on alcohol, according to a survey published Thursday.
Why we procrastinate and how to stop
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Jan 12, 2009 |
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It's a new year and many of us have started thinking about various resolutions: updating that resume, cleaning out the attic, starting that exercise routine. But the sad reality is that most of us will not follow through ...
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