Health
On teens, nutrition, and exercise: How to encourage healthy habits
Ask a teenager whether they're eating healthy or getting enough exercise, and you might get a blank look.
Apr 10, 2024
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Focusing on built environments over muscles and gears can boost athletic performance
The field of sports science has gained significant momentum in recent years, with the primary goal of research being directed towards optimizing athletic performance. However, achieving this goal is currently challenging, ...
Apr 10, 2024
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Weight training improves symptoms of anxiety and depression in old people, study confirms
Weight training can help reduce body fat and increase muscle strength and mass in older people, contributing to functional autonomy and avoidance of falls and injury. Furthermore, recent studies have shown that it can also ...
Apr 10, 2024
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Health
Study finds the time of day you move your body makes a difference to your health
Undertaking the majority of daily physical activity in the evening is linked to the greatest health benefits for people living with obesity, according to researchers from the University of Sydney, Australia who followed the ...
Apr 10, 2024
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Call for parents and youth sport coaches to get on the same page
Parents and youth sport coaches need to have positive relationships to foster positive sporting experiences and enable young people to reach their sporting potential—but there's currently no clear direction about the best ...
Apr 10, 2024
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Pediatrics
Scientists say blood protein could help detect delayed concussion recovery in children
Researchers have discovered a blood protein that could help detect which children will experience ongoing concussion symptoms more than two weeks after an injury.
Apr 9, 2024
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Diabetes
Study suggests light physical activity as a child is key to reducing risk of type 2 diabetes
Increased sedentary time from childhood is associated with a significant increase in blood insulin concentration and therefore the risk of type 2 diabetes, a new study has found.
Apr 9, 2024
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Pediatrics
Promoting healthy movement behaviors in children under five in Europe
The SUNRISE European Study Group, led by experts in physical activity and children's health, is urgently appealing to countries across Europe to take specific measures to promote healthy movement behaviors in children aged ...
Apr 9, 2024
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Health
Researchers say progressive resistance training not superior for hip osteoarthritis
Progressive resistance training (PRT) is not superior to neuromuscular exercise (NEMEX) for improving functional performance in patients with hip osteoarthritis (OA), according to a study published online April 9 in the Annals ...
Apr 9, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
A friendly pat on the back can improve performance in basketball
A free throw in basketball will have every eye glued to one person. It's an intensely stressful situation. A research team led by the University of Basel studied whether a friendly tap on the shoulder increases the odds of ...
Apr 8, 2024
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