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Study: Children's physical health in schools linked to poor professional d
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
A team of University of Cambridge researchers conducted a study to examine the training given to in-service teachers who are charged with implementing new physical education lessons, sports, active breaks and other programmes designed to promote physical activity in schools
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Excess physical activity, less screen time linked to better function in to
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
"Executive function underlies your ability to engage in goal-directed behaviors," said University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign kinesiology and community health professor Naiman Khan, who led the study with graduate student Arden McMath and food science and human nutrition professor Sharon Do
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Study: High aerobic fitness does not protect children from metabolic syndr
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 21 (ANI): A study has found that high aerobic fitness does not protect children from metabolic syndrome. The study also found that the amount of fat tissue in the body has distorted the results obtained in several previous studies on the protective effect of aerobic
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In order to be less sedentary, one might need a more active friend
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 20 (ANI): A new mathematical model incorporates the influence of social interactions on community exercise trends, implying that interacting with moderately active people may influence sedentary people to become more active.
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Study finds more physical activity, less screen time linked to better exec
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 19 (ANI): A new study found that 24-month-old children who spent less than 60 minutes looking at screens each day and those who engaged in at least 60 minutes of daily physical activity had better executive function than their peers. Executive function includes the a
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Exercise enhances cardiorespiratory fitness during and after treatment: St
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 19 (ANI): According to research published in JACC: CardioOncology, physical activity intervention during chemotherapy is safe, it increases long-term cardiorespiratory fitness, and alleviates some of the side effects of cancer treatment. If exercise is not possible d
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Research: More physical exercise and less screen time linked to better exe
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Illinois [US], September 29 (ANI): A new study explored whether adherence to American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines for diet and physical activity had any relationship with toddlers' ability to remember, plan, pay attention, shift between tasks and regulate their own thoughts and behaviou
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Bariatric surgery opens the door to a healthier life: Patients
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], September 21 (ANI/PRNewswire): Obesity is a common issue in today's society, raising the risk of many life-threatening health issues, including heart, kidney, and liver disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, arthritis, sleep apnea, and certain types of cancer.
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During pandemic, women's mental health was more susceptible to exercise th
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 18 (ANI): Women's mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic was more likely to be impacted by physical activity frequency than men's, according to recent research from Binghamton University, the State University of New York.
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State-of-the-art Obesity Clinic inaugurated in Pune City
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], September 14 (ANI/PNN): The Chellaram Diabetes Institute has launched an Obesity clinic whose aim is to make a beneficial impact on treatment of people with obesity.
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Women's mental health more sensitive to exercise than men's during pandemi
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 14 (ANI): According to recent research from Binghamton University, State University of New York, women's mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic was more likely to be impacted by physical activity frequency than men's.
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Researchers find DNA linked with physically active lifestyle
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], September 8 (ANI): Researchers from Uppsala University identified DNA regions connected with physical activity or leisure screen usage in a big worldwide investigation. The findings show the benefits of physical activity for health and imply that a more sedentary lifestyl
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