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Fitness Boosts Brain Power

Exercise not only strengthens your heart and muscles – it also boosts your brain power.

 

Dozens of studies now show that aerobic exercise can increase the size of critical brain structures and improve cognition in children and older adults.

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How physicians view the causes of obesity may impact the advice they give their patients.
 
The findings are from a new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health who compared the relationship between primary care physicians’ beliefs about the causes of obesity with the frequency of nutritional counseling. Continue reading »

 

Oregon State University research suggests the health benefits of small amounts of activity – even as small as one- and two-minute increments that add up to 30 minutes per day – can be just as beneficial as a trip to the gym. Continue reading »

 

Even as policy makers and health experts point to an increased need for exercise, more than half of four-year colleges and universities in the United States have dropped physical education requirements compared to historic levels. Continue reading »

 

Watching TV and not getting enough exercise at age 16 is associated with the risk of developing metabolic syndrome at 43 years of age.

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A University of Montreal study discovers information that could eventually help people who have attention issues.

 

English Premier League soccer players, NHL hockey players, and even elite amateur athletes Continue reading »