3 School of Human Health and Social Sciences, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia 4 School of Health and Exercise Science, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, ...

A new Finnish study shows that adults who remain physically active throughout adulthood have a markedly lower prevalence of metabolic syndrome at the age of 61 than those whose leisure-time physical ...

Objectives To examine the joint associations of accelerometer-measured physical activity and sedentary time with all-cause mortality. Methods We conducted a harmonised meta-analysis including nine ...

Share on Pinterest New research shows how physical activity and good sleep work together to promote health. Justin Paget/Getty Images Study shows physical activity and quality sleep have synergistic ...

We’ve stepped into a new year, which for many people means new resolutions. And this story was supposed to tackle a big one: the best exercise people can do to be healthy. There’s just one small ...

If you look at a graph showing population physical activity chronologically (in the U.S.), you'll see very high levels in childhood followed by a slow decline in high school that continues throughout ...

Richard Metcalfe receives funding from The Diabetes Research and Wellness Foundation. Most people probably don’t think of everyday activities – such as hanging out the washing or putting away the ...

As far as physical activity goes, American kids are mostly C and D students. And “everything is graded on a curve,” says Jordan Carlson, a professor of pediatrics at Children's Mercy Hospital in ...