News tagged with sedentary lifestyles


Longer exercise provides added benefit to children's health

Twenty minutes of daily, vigorous physical activity over just three months can reduce a child's risk of diabetes as well as his total body fat - including dangerous, deep abdominal fat – but 40 minutes ...

Health created Sep 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

In body-conscious Brazil, half are now overweight

One of the world's most body-conscious countries, Brazil is now threatened by growing obesity rates, with half of the population already overweight.

Overweight and Obesity created Sep 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Children's physical activity levels are not enough to counteract sedentary lifestyles

Children who spend more than three-quarters of their time engaging in sedentary behaviour, such as watching TV and sitting at computers, have up to nine times poorer motor coordination than their more active peers, reveals ...

Health created Aug 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Should doctors treat lack of exercise as a medical condition? Mayo expert says 'yes'

A sedentary lifestyle is a common cause of obesity, and excessive body weight and fat in turn are considered catalysts for diabetes, high blood pressure, joint damage and other serious health problems. But what if lack of ...

Health created Aug 13, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Physicians' focus on risks for stroke and dementia saved lives, money

Fewer people died or needed expensive long-term care when their physicians focused on the top risk factors for stroke and dementia, according to research reported in the Journal of the American Heart Association (JAHA). ...

Cardiology created Jul 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Exercise program improved health of lung transplant patients and cut cardiovascular risk

Lung transplant patients who took part in a three-month structured exercise program when they were discharged from hospital improved their health-related quality of life and reduced their risk of cardiovascular problems.

Health created Jun 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Jack Spratt' diabetes gene identified

Type 2 diabetes is popularly associated with obesity and a sedentary lifestyle. However, just as there are obese people without type 2 diabetes, there are lean people with the disease.

Genetics created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers validate the potential of a protein for the treatment of type 2 diabetes

Researchers at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona, Spain)) have discovered that deficiency of a single protein, Mitofusin 2, in muscle and hepatic cells of mice is sufficient to cause ...

Diabetes created Mar 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Magnesium lowers blood pressure

(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers from the University of Hertfordshire have found that magnesium supplements may offer small but clinically significant reductions in blood pressure. In a paper published in the European Journal of ...

Health created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Heavy rucksacks storing up back problems for many school-kids

Significant numbers of teens regularly carry rucksacks for school which top 10 to 15 per cent of their body weight and risk back pain and other related disorders, finds research published online in the Archives of Disease in ...

Health created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Walking may lessen the influence of genes on obesity by half

Watching too much TV can worsen your genetic tendency towards obesity, but you can cut the effect in half by walking briskly for an hour a day, researchers report at the American Heart Association's Epidemiology and Prevention/Nutrition, ...

Health created Mar 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Stopping low back pain: Researchers discover molecular mechanism responsible for vertebral column degeneration

Italian researchers at the Catholic University of Sacred Heart in Rome found an important molecular mechanism responsible for low back pain and other acute vertebral problems like cervical axial pain, all due to aging and ...

Medical research created Mar 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mayo Clinic releases book with action plan to help beat heart disease

Heart disease is the nation's No. 1 killer for both men and women. But what's most astonishing is that almost 80 percent of heart disease is preventable, and even small lifestyle changes can have a big impact.

Health created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Active lifestyle associated with less Alzheimer disease-related brain change among persons with APOE epsilon4 genotype

A sedentary lifestyle is associated with greater cerebral amyloid deposition, which is characteristic of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), among cognitively normal individuals with the ε4 allele of the apolipoprotein E ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US baby boomers feed need for joint replacements

US baby boomers are fueling a wave of joint replacement surgeries, hoping to use new artificial knees and hips to stay active as they get older.

Other created Dec 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0