More than three months after a Covid-19 infection, an individual's exercise capacity appeared similar to someone ten years older.... Read More
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Walking and Weight
IF YOU WANT TO PREVENT ADULT WEIGHT GAIN, walk at least 8,600 steps daily. Are you already overweight and want to dodge obesity? You need to boost your step total by... Read More
Does Exercise Help Memory?
Individuals who exercised more intensely — doing activities such as running or HIIT workouts — had a higher probability of performing better on spatial memory tasks.... Read More
Exercise and Weight
Did you guess A or B? You may be surprised to learn that obesity is, to a very large extent, encoded in our genes. Identical twin studies reveal that the heritability of obesity ranges between 70 to 80 percent. Not many body characteristics have a very high number (height has a higher heritability).... Read More
How Exercise Works
Get regular physical activity, and you can reduce your risk of becoming obese, developing diabetes, suffering from cardiovascular disease, dodge particular cancers, and more. But how does exercise work its physiological magic?... Read More
Exercise and Alcohol
Excessive drinking is associated with one in 10 deaths among working-age adults aged 20 to 64. ... Read More