Medically reviewed by Mallory Christopherson, DC Key Takeaways Aerobic exercise can include different activities like power ...

Why Is Physical Activity Important? Physical activity is an important component of a healthy lifestyle and can improve health outcomes across the lifespan. When we are healthy, we’re more capable of ...

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Health Education & Behavior, Vol. 36, No. 5 (October 2009), pp. 829-845 (17 pages) This review critically examines Transtheoretical Model (TTM)-based interventions for physical activity (PA) behavior ...

Qualitative research may be able to provide an answer as to why adults and children do or do not participate in sport and physical activity. This paper systematically examines published and ...

Regular physical activity, including lighter intensity activities such as walking, is associated with reduced risk of hip and total fracture in postmenopausal women, according to new UB research.

Decades of research have established a significant link between physical activity and health, influencing agenda setting, policy making and community awareness.1–4 However, the field continues to ...

Kathleen A. Martin Ginis receives funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Praxis Spinal Cord Institute, CIBC and Canadian ...

A study of university students and recent graduates has revealed that writing on physical paper can lead to more brain activity when remembering the information an hour later. Researchers say that the ...