Want to Turn Back Time? Try Running a Marathon
The new year means it’s time to set resolutions for 2020 and new research from the Journal of the American College of Cardiology suggests running a marathon for…
Where should older people’s physical performance and physical activity be measured?
An aging research, recruiting people with poor health and function is challenging. A recent study conducted at the Gerontology Research Center, at the University of Jyväskylä in Finland,…
Elderly people should aim to keep up step count this winter
Just two weeks of inactivity increases body fat and harms muscles and bones
Adolescents with high levels of physical activity perform better in school over two academic years
Previous cross-sectional studies have reported that physically more active children and adolescents achieve better school grades than their less active peers do, but there are few longitudinal studies…
Exercise during pregnancy can give child stronger bones
Vitamin D is important to enable calcium to be absorbed into the intestine. During pregnancy, vitamin D is especially significant because extra calcium is needed to build the…