Every bit of activity counts when it comes to heart health. (Getty Images) Nearly half of American adults have high blood pressure, a condition that raises the risk of heart attack and stroke. Of ...

In primary schools, the most popular school-based physical activity intervention is The Daily Mile, which involves 15 minutes ...

Back pain is a common experience that can be chronic and lead to challenges in living everyday life. Researchers are interested in finding the most successful strategies to help people who experience ...

Everyday habits can shape your future health more than you might realize. A new study now offers fresh evidence that simply moving more—whether you're cleaning the house, walking to the store, or ...

In a rare, longitudinal study, researchers from Aalto University and the University of Oulu tracked one person's brain and behavioral activity for five months using brain scans and data from wearable ...

Associations of personality traits with physical activity and sedentary behavior were observed in a study. Individuals characterized by high conscientiousness and extraversion are more likely to ...

This is the era of more mental labour than manual labour for the youth. Sitting behind the screens for hours, then rewinding either at the gaming console or on the couch while binge-watching a series ...

Health experts say the U.S. flu season appears to be waning with two straight weeks of decline in measures of flu activity.