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Although a recent study involved children, I think the message is important for all of us.
The study of 28 healthy, normal-weight children found that doing three minutes of moderate-intensity walking every half hour over three hours of sitting led to lower levels of blood sugar and insulin, compared to another day when the children sat for three hours straight.
According to the study published i...
Exercise is a highly metabolic process in which the muscle tissues increase their demand for oxygen and the secretion of waste products such as carbon dioxide. In response to these demands, the amount of blood pumped by the heart increases.
This increase in blood flow not only affects the muscle tissues but also reaches the brain, supplying more oxygen and fuel, enabling ...
In the largest study ever to look at relationships between body weight and likelihood of developing dementia, researchers found that being too thin appears to carry the greatest risk.
Among nearly two million people in the U.K. observed over time, those who were underweight had the highest dementia risk in old age, and the risk continued to drop with rising body mass index (BMI) - a measure of we...
With overweight and obesity skyrocketing around the world, researchers are working hard to identify the causes so we can help those people whose weight is increasing and those whose attempts to lose weight fail.
The standard answer - calories in exceed calories out - sounds reasonable, but in practice the conscious restriction of calories does not seem to work very well for controlling weight and...
You may have read an article in the last week or so about some Sydney researchers reporting on where fat goes when you lose weight.
The researchers from the University of New South Wales stated that despite a worldwide obsession with diets and fitness regimes, many health professionals cannot correctly answer the question of where body fat goes when people lose weight.
According to the scientist...
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