Objective To understand the associations of trajectories and accumulation of physical activity (PA) over adulthood with all-cause, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and cancer mortality. Design Systematic ...

While humans evolved to perform routine endurance activity, recent secular trends in the United States and globally have resulted in a dramatic rise in the amount of time spent inactive in both ...

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Sitting for too long can lead to weak muscles and increase the risk of health problems. Taking short activity breaks every 20-30 minutes can help improve health. Physical activity is an essential part ...

“Sean the Science Kid” is sharing his love of all things science with his massive social media following. Of course, you would expect a kid like this to have some pretty lofty career goals. When asked ...

Physical activity (PA) has been widely recommended to improve health. Uncovering upstream determinants of PA can help identify useful, modifiable targets to increase PA participation. We investigated ...

Few middle-aged and older adults engage in regular leisure-time exercise. Incidental physical activity (IPA) encompasses activities of daily living outside the leisure-time domain. No dose-response ...

Objective To examine the associations of accelerometer-measured physical activity and sedentary time with all-cause mortality in older Japanese adults. Methods A total of 1723 independent Japanese ...

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Regular exercise makes us fitter and stronger, boosts energy and mood, and can help us to live longer. But not everyone can, or wants to, take part in structured exercise. New research, however, ...