Contact: Carrie Thacker carrie.thacker@heart.org 214-706-1665 American Heart Association The study is the first to show that kids’ cardiovascular fitness has declined around the globe since about 1975: In the United States, kids’ cardiovascular endurance fell an average 6 percent per decade between 1970 and 2000. Across nations, endurance […]
August 21, 2013: The Chinese armed forces is running into problems raising the standards of its officers and specialists. Over the last few years the Chinese have made more of an effort to attract college graduates to the military. Much to the dismay of recruiters, most (at least […]
*EEV Note: Hmmm, I think we have a different opinion on what is meant by Fit. Just 12 minutes of intensive exercise per week is enough to improve your health if you are overweight, a study has found. 12 minutes of high-intensity exercise across three sessions could be […]
Brains’ reactions to exercise could be 50 per cent determined by genetics Some people are ‘benign masochists’ and enjoy the pain of exercise Others have a low threshold and could be tired out by cooking a meal By Emily Davies PUBLISHED: 12:04 EST, 30 March 2013 | UPDATED: […]
Published on Mar 15, 2013 With this segment, I do a quick run through of some hypothetical supplements for heat tolerance. This segment is geared towards those who have to endure harsh temperatures while being physically active. I cover briefly AICAR, Resveratrol, Glycerol, Creatine , Colostrum, Electrolytes, Pine […]
Twenty-one per cent say the last time they were physically active was at school, college and university The typical Brit has given up doing any form of exercise by the age of 56 Report carried out by charity British Heart Foundation By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 11:38 EST, […]
Contact: Stephanie Burns sburns@bmjgroup.com 44-020-738-36920 BMJ-British Medical Journal But 15 or more hours a week of moderate to vigorous exercise improves it Healthy young men who watch TV for more than 20 hours a week have almost half the sperm count of men who watch very little TV, […]
Contact: Press Office info@agenciasinc.es 34-914-251-820 FECYT – Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology Female university students get drunk – on purpose – quicker than their male counterparts, and live a more sedentary life than they do, according to a study by the University of Vigo. Results show that […]
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Melissa Mitchell melissa@illinois.edu 217-333-5491 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — As school districts across the nation revamped curricula to meet requirements of the federal “No Child Left Behind” Act, opportunities for children to be physically active during the school […]
Eating a portion of oily fish such as salmon or mackerel three times a week could help to protect the muscles from deterioration in old age by doubling the benefits of exercise, experts claim. After our mid-thirties our body’s ability to build muscle through exercise alone begins to […]
Contact: Sharon Theimer newsbureau@mayo.edu 507-284-5005 Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn. — A sedentary lifestyle is a common cause of obesity (http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/obesity/DS00314), and excessive body weight and fat in turn are considered catalysts for diabetes (http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/diabetes/DS01121), high blood pressure (http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/high-blood-pressure/DS00100), joint damage (http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/arthritis/DS01122/DSECTION=risk-factors) and other serious health problems. But what […]
