Whether your job requires that you sit all day, or you find that you just don’t move about for hours at a time, a sedentary lifestyle can be unhealthy, and even shorten your life span. But a new study ...

As we grow older, it is important to stay physically active. Three medical experts offer tips on how to achieve this beyond ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Caught up in day-to-day responsibilities, it’s normal to put exercise on the back burner. Though it's not the best idea. Just like ...

Can’t commit to 150 minutes of exercise weekly? Five minutes of exercise daily, especially if you’re not active, can benefit your health, a new study found.

Exercise snacks-intentional short bursts of physical activity-may be an effective way of boosting the cardiorespiratory fitness of physically inactive adults, finds a synthesis of the available ...

DALLAS — Two years of exercise begun in middle age can restore the heart's elasticity in previously sedentary adults and forestall the development of heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection ...

Simply adding a few more minutes of exercise to your day can make all the difference, researchers reveal ...

While the rate of adults who smoke is reportedly down to a record low of 11% and fewer adolescents are vaping, children and adults alike are leading more sedentary lifestyles that can pose a variety ...

New research pinpointing the critical window for brain health proves that midlife movement is the ultimate insurance policy against cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s.

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Researchers report that vigorous physical activity accounts for only 4% of adults waking time while sedentary behavior accounts for 60%. They say that even light physical activity can increase the ...

It’s no secret that exercise can produce powerful mood-boosting endorphins. But do you really need to break a sweat to reap those benefits? A new study in the Journal of Health Psychology says no: ...