Technological advances and the habits of modern life have drastically reduced levels of physical activity around the world. The World Health Organisation (WHO) now warns that inactivity and sedentary ...

He and his colleagues have found that even five- to 10-minute bursts of an exercise with an intensity like running, and as ...

Many people find it difficult to take out time to exercise, but the good news is that just two hours a week may be good enough, especially for sedentary people. Here’s how a little goes a long way.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The review analyzed 73 randomized controlled trials involving nearly 5,000 adults with depression, making it one of the most ...

New research shows that increasing physical activity between ages 45 and 65 may reduce dementia risk and strengthen ...