The latest on whether older adults and strength trainers need to boost protein intake to pack on muscle Over the last few years, some experts have recommended higher-than-RDA protein intakes…
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Research shows that regular physical activity is essential to slowing arthritis progression and maintaining mobility as you age. “Physicians used to tell people with osteoarthritis to sit down and take…
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.
Nothing beats strength training, or resistance exercises, for building and preserving muscle. That’s why the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that all adults do strength training at…
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…
Researchers randomly assigned 46 young adults to either an active or a passive group. Both groups were shown 90 pictures (but weren’t told that they would later be asked to…
“If you have osteoarthritis, exercise is one of the most effective treatments we know,” says David Felson, professor of medicine and epidemiology at the Boston University School of Medicine. It’s…
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…
We talked on the phone with Bess Dawson-Hughes, the director of the Bone Metabolism Laboratory at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University and…
Nutrition Action Healthletter spoke on the phone with Bess Dawson-Hughes, the director of the Bone Metabolism Laboratory at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts…