Physical exercise
hidePhysical exercise is any bodily activity that enhances or maintains physical fitness and overall health. It is performed for many different reasons. These include strengthening muscles and the cardiovascular system, honing athletic skills, weight loss or maintenance and for enjoyment. Frequent and regular physical exercise boosts the immune system, and helps prevent the "diseases of affluence" such as heart disease, cardiovascular disease, Type 2 diabetes and obesity. It also improves mental health and helps prevent depression. Childhood obesity is a growing global[citation needed] concern and physical exercise may help decrease the effects of childhood obesity in developed countries.
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News tagged with physical activity
World-first trial proves exercise helps memory
Sep 02, 2008 |
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West Australian health experts are urging older people to get active after proving for the first time that just 20 minutes of activity each day can prevent memory deterioration.
Vigorous activity protects against breast cancer
Oct 31, 2008 |
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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 study of more than thirty thousand postmenopausal American ...
Regular sprints boost metabolism
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A regular high-intensity, three-minute workout has a significant effect on the body’s ability to process sugars. Research published in the open access journal BMC Endocrine Disorders shows that a brief but intense exerci ...
Exercise and rest reduce cancer risk
Nov 17, 2008 |
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Exercise is good for more than just your waistline. A recent study presented at the American Association for Cancer Research's Seventh Annual International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research suggests that ...
How much are you really exercising?
Oct 04, 2008 |
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People struggling with obesity often underestimate how many calories they are actually consuming, which can hinder weight loss efforts. It should follow that the same person would overestimate the amount of exercise they're ...
A little java makes it easier to jive, researcher says
Mar 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Stopping to smell the coffee - and enjoy a cup of it - before your morning workout might do more than just get your juices flowing. It might keep you going for reasons you haven’t even considered.
Increased food intake alone explains the increase in body weight in the US
May 08, 2009 |
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New research that uses an innovative approach to study, for the first time, the relative contributions of food and exercise habits to the development of the obesity epidemic has concluded that the rise in obesity in the United ...
Occupational therapy gets people with osteoarthritis moving
Sep 29, 2008 |
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Physical activity is the cornerstone of any healthy lifestyle – and especially for people with osteoarthritis as exercise helps maintain good joint health, manage their symptoms, and prevent functional decline. Osteoarthritis, ...
The key to a healthy lifestyle is in the mind
Jan 16, 2009 |
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The main factors influencing the amount of physical exercise people carry out are their self-perceived ability and the extent of their desire to exercise. A study of 5167 Canadians, reported in the open access journal BMC Pu ...
Can Nintendo Wii Tackle Child Obesity?
Nov 06, 2008 |
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Millions of people around the world jump around their living room as they wrestle with the controls of a Nintendo Wii. But can playing a simulated sport on the computer actually be GOOD for your health?
Current exercise recommendations may not be sufficient for overweight women to sustain weight loss
Jul 28, 2008 |
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In addition to limiting calories, overweight and obese women may need to exercise 55 minutes a day for five days per week to sustain a weight loss of 10 percent over two years, according to a report in the July 28 issue of ...
1 in 2 adults at risk for painful knee arthritis
Sep 03, 2008 |
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A landmark government study suggests nearly one in two people (46%) will develop painful knee osteoarthritis over their lifetime, with the highest risk among those who are obese. According to the Arthritis Foundation, the ...
Keeping the weight off: Which obesity treatment is most successful?
Dec 08, 2008 |
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Severely obese patients who have lost significant amounts of weight by changing their diet and exercise habits may be as successful in keeping the weight off long-term as those individuals who lost weight after bariatric ...
New model system may better explain regulation of body weight
Jan 14, 2009 |
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A new mathematical model of the physiological regulation of body weight suggests a potential mechanism underlying the difficulty of losing weight, one that includes aspects of two competing hypotheses of weight regulation. ...
UK and US guidelines on kids' physical activity levels need rethinking
Jun 30, 2008 |
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UK and US guidelines on how much physical activity children need to boost their health and stave off obesity need to be revised, conclude researchers in a study published ahead of print in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.
