12th December 2012
Adults who include at least 150 minutes of physical activity in their routines each week live longer than those who don’t, finds a new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
Data from the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, the National Health Interview Study mortality linkage,...
Categories: Sport & Exercise, Healthy Aging
Read more...30th November 2012
Leisure-time physical activity is associated with longer life expectancy, even at relatively low levels of activity and regardless of body weight, according to a study by a team of researchers led by the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health. The study found that people who engaged...
Categories: Sport & Exercise, Healthy Aging, Metabolic Health
Read more...26th November 2012
Maintaining a healthy lifestyle from young adulthood into your 40s is strongly associated with low cardiovascular disease risk in middle age, according to a new study.
The study, the first to show the association of a healthy lifestyle maintained throughout young adulthood and middle age with low cardiovascular...
Categories: Nutritional News, Sport & Exercise, Healthy Aging, Metabolic Health
Read more...26th November 2012
Regular physical activity may help older people reduce their chances of getting dementia.
In a new study published in the American Heart Association journal Stroke, older, non-disabled people who regularly engaged in physical activity reduced their risk of vascular-related dementia by 40 percent and cognitive...
Categories: Sport & Exercise, Healthy Aging
Read more...31st October 2012
High-intensity interval training makes middle-aged people not only healthier but smarter, shows a Montreal Heart Institute study.
The participants in the study, who all had a body-mass index (BMI) between 28 and 31 (overweight) in addition to one or more other cardiovascular risk factors, followed a four-month...
Categories: Sport & Exercise, Healthy Aging
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