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 ...

Health professionals emphasize that brief physical activity breaks throughout the workday help decrease sedentary behavior risks ...

Combined exercise improves blood sugar levels and inflammation without the need for medication in sedentary adults.

A recent research revealed that performing physical exercises regularly may assist protect adults from chronic stress as they ...

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 ...

While the rate of adults who smoke is reportedly down to a record low of 11% and fewer adolescents are vaping, children and adults alike are leading more sedentary lifestyles that can pose a variety ...

Exercise snacks-intentional short bursts of physical activity-may be an effective way of boosting the cardiorespiratory fitness of physically inactive adults, finds a synthesis of the available ...

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 ...

Share on Pinterest To prevent a second heart attack, replace 30 minutes’ sitting time with exercise, a new study suggests. Image credit: Maskot/Getty Images. About one in five people who have ...

Endurance expert suggests drugs could help 'lazy people' exercise. In what has been described as 'doping for lazy people' a University of Kent endurance expert has advocated the use of psychoactive ...