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Sitting for hours on end can hurt more than your back end, say two studies.
British researchers tracked 153 younger and 725 older adults who all had risk factors for diabetes. Each participant wore an accelerometer to measure how much time he or she spent sedentary or engaged in moderate-to-vigorous exercise (like running or brisk walking) for at least a week. The results helped researchers hone in on why sitting is bad for people who are at risk for health problems such as diabetes.
Does it matter if you walk slowly instead of briskly for exercise? Is 30 minutes a day of slow walking good enough, or are you better off walking for an hour?
It depends on what your goals are, says Robert Ross, an exercise physiologist at Queens University in Kingston, Ontario.
In 1999, Arthur Kramer, then at the University of Illinois, reported that healthy sedentary people aged 60 to 75 did better on tests requiring executive function if they were assigned…
Sitting for hours on end may raise your risk of some types of cancer, even if you get exercise at other times of the day. Researchers examined the results of…
A combination of aerobic, resistance, and flexibility training can keep older people on their feet, according to the longest and largest trial to address the question. Researchers randomly assigned 1,635…
Staying active and lean may lower your risk of atrial fibrillation, irregular heart rhythms that are linked to a higher risk of stroke. And if you already have atrial fibrillation,…
Resveratrol, an antioxidant found naturally in red wine, red grapes, and other fruits, may counter the benefits of exercise training. [VS] Scandinavian researchers randomly assigned 27 healthy sedentary men aged…
Lowering your diabetes risk may be as easy as walking to work. Researchers in Japan studied roughly 8,600 middle-aged men who were working for the same company. The men had…
No time to exercise? Here’s how to get more bang for your buck. Two caveats: A short exercise session doesn’t burn enough calories to help you lose weight. And getting…