Raise your hand if you regularly find yourself walking up a flight of stairs. What about carrying heavy bags of groceries? How about picking up your child or grandchild? Most of us would raise our hands to doing at least ...
Oct 16, 2023
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As the world digs in for the second wave of COVID-19, flu season and winter, people also face a serious risk from reduced physical activity—especially older adults. Developing a plan to be physically active now will help ...
Nov 30, 2020
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Elite athletes—like Jakob Ingebrigtsen, who won gold for the men's 1500m race at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics—train almost ten to 14 times per week, clocking up numerous hours on the track and in the gym. But for the rest ...
Aug 25, 2021
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Childhood and adolescent obesity rates in the United States have increased dramatically in the past three decades. Being obese puts individuals at greater risk for developing Type 2 diabetes, a disease in which individuals ...
Mar 26, 2013
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(HealthDay)—A state-of-the-art home gym might not just be beyond the scope of your budget, it also might be beyond the scope of available space. But don't rule out this convenient fitness option so fast.
Jan 8, 2019
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A new study published in Frontiers in Physiology suggests that High-Intensity Interval Training is an efficient, effective way of cutting people's risk of developing type-2 diabetes, regardless of their levels of insulin ...
Aug 16, 2017
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A new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows that individualized and family-based physical activity and dietary counseling considerably slows down the development of insulin resistance, which is a precursor of ...
Nov 5, 2020
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Aerobic exercise is known to prevent type 2 diabetes, and muscle-strengthening alone or in combination with aerobic exercise improves diabetic control among those with diabetes. Although men who weight train have been found ...
Jan 14, 2014
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Injured limbs need rest. They are often kept in a sling or cast to immobilize them as a way to promote healing. But that can mean smaller and weaker muscles several weeks later. It takes a long time to rehabilitate these ...
May 9, 2023
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Progressive strength training using resistance can protect against the detrimental effects of a high-protein diet, according to new research in mice.
Oct 18, 2023
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