Objective To examine the association of leisure-time physical activity with mortality from influenza and pneumonia. Methods A nationally representative sample of US adults (aged ≥18 years) who ...
About one-quarter of women report leisure-time activity meeting recommendations for both aerobic and muscle-strengthening physical activity, according to research published in the Dec. 18 issue of the ...
Objective To examine the associations of accelerometer-measured physical activity and sedentary time with all-cause mortality in older Japanese adults. Methods A total of 1723 independent Japanese ...
Even moderate physical activity has a positive effect on the brain. Researchers deduce this from examinations of 2,550 participants of the Bonn 'Rhineland Study'. According to the study's findings, ...
Why Is Physical Activity Important? Physical activity is an important component of a healthy lifestyle and can improve health outcomes across the lifespan. When we are healthy, we’re more capable of ...
Engaging in everyday physical activity has immediate benefits for brain health. Middle-aged people who participated in everyday movement showed improvement in cognitive processing speed equivalent to ...
Growth differentiation factor 11 (GDF11) may be a useful biomarker for predicting physical activity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which could help physicians better ...