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May 24, 2025, 08:02 PM - 5 min read
It was found that patients who averaged more than 15 hours of sedentary behaviour daily — which does not include sleep — were more than twice as likely to experience more heart problems or die in the year after discharge than patients who accrued a daily average of 12 hours of sedentary time.
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November 12, 2024, 09:09 AM - 7 min read
While it’s easy to see how strength training is important for youth who play sports, there are also incredible health benefits for kids who may not be into organised sports.
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October 21, 2024, 09:06 AM - 6 min read
Getting in the habit of exercising isn’t easy. Not only is finding the time to exercise a major deterrent for people, the fear of aches, pain and injuries is also a reason that people put off starting a new exercise regime.
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October 18, 2024, 07:56 AM - 6 min read
While there are plenty of supposed hangover “cures” out there – from eating a greasy breakfast to the ill-advised “hair-of-the-dog” – a recent paper suggests that regular exercise may be the key to alleviating these dreadful mornings.
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October 16, 2024, 02:49 PM - 6 min read
A recent study shows that your specific genetic profile may also have a dominant effect on how well you lose weight through exercise. This might explain why two people who do an identical workout will see very different results.
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October 14, 2024, 10:10 AM - 5 min read
Lactate is formed in our muscles during exercise, but this is not the only source of it in our bodies. It is also produced by many of the microbes that live in our gut as they grow.
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June 7, 2024, 02:32 PM - 2 min read
In this study, researchers at Wake Forest University, US, examined how physical activity impacted the risk of mild cognitive impairment in older people with hypertension.
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