16 APS exercise research highlights, from reduced flu mortality to proteomics & obesity
...ctors.CVD risk factors trended down in overweight, sedentary people after exercise with negative energy control...er and metabolic capacity in COPD patients towards sedentary control levels, yet even during isolated small muscle mass exercise, provide evidence of attenuated ...Females may be more susceptible to overindulge 'sweet tooth' cravings than males
...nswer could be yes. Overeating (hyperphagia) and sedentary behavior are known risk factors for obesity, but r...-induced hyperphagia has been studied primarily in sedentary male rats, the researchers' goal was to investigate the effects of gender and exercise on caloric in...Regular physical activity really does boost immune system in older men
..., IgG, IgG1 and DTH but not IgG2 compared with the sedentary older group. Experiment one found that the anti-KL...oved antibody and DTH response compared with older sedentary subjects that is equal to that of younger subjects. The changes in anti-KLH IgG production are prima...Joslin Diabetes Center releases new low impact exercise video
...s very important since they otherwise tend to lead sedentary lives," said Cathy Mullooly, M.S., R.C.E.P., C.D.E., Clinical Exercise Physiology Specialist at Joslin. "This is a unique resource, especially for those with type 2 diabetes. It is also beneficial for those struggling with their weight and who eith...Highlights of the July Journal of the American Dietetic Association
... portions, increases in daily calorie intake and a sedentary lifestyle are the real reasons why so many Americans are battling the bulge. In 1992, the United States Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services introduced the Food Guide Pyramid as an educational tool to help teach people how to achi...Endurance exercise found to be equally effective as diuretics in improving cardiac health
... test subjects must not have used tobacco or had a sedentary lifestyle (defined as regular exercise less than one time a week) or geographical or job constraints that might prevent the them from regular participation in a supervised exercise training program. After exclusions, 28 patients randomized either to ...Obesity and hypertension: Two epidemics or one?
... The incidence of hypertension is highest in obese sedentary and lowest in lean physically active individuals. ...e a lower risk of hypertension compared with their sedentary counterparts. Importantly, the risk of hypertension associated with weight gain also appears to be l...Pearly mussels: One of North America's natural jewels is disappearing
... life as larvae before spending their adulthood as sedentary bivalves. Larvae, which are microscopic in size, parasitize a fish host before settling to the bottom of a freshwater ecosystem. Very specific in their choice of host, some mussels use elaborate lures to attract the correct fish species. In adulthood...New studies show Curves Program raises metabolic rate in overweight and sedentary women
...nd fitness experts at Baylor University found that sedentary and overweight women who followed the Curves progr...One hundred sixty overweight, moderately obese and sedentary women participated in the 14-week trial. Using a control group to establish a baseline, the Curves ......r known," he said. "Whether humans today, with our sedentary lifestyle, remain highly tolerant to meat eating remains an open question researchers are looking into." Stanford, co-director of the university's Goodall Research Center, said that modern-day humans "tend to gorge ourselves with meat and fat." "For ...Can the mode of training affect the hormone response to different modes of exercise?
...ave lower levels of testosterone compared to their sedentary counterparts and that resistance-trained men have ...e-trained males had lower testosterone levels than sedentary control subjects. Thus, while it is known that training status can influence the hormone response to...Even more 'couch potatoes' in Brazil than in the United Statesbut theyre starting to move
...ut in a developing country. In the United States, sedentary behavior is responsible for approximately 12% of all deaths and about one third of all deaths caused by ischemic heart disease, colon cancer, and diabetes. The toll from illness and premature death caused by physical inactivity has grown in Brazil an...Exercise measures identify heart disease in seemingly healthy women
...ysical activity." Blumenthal and Mora caution that sedentary women or those with multiple risk factors should check with their health care providers before starting a vigorous exercise program....Couch potatoes may be created in the womb, not at the dinner table
...n association between obesity, metabolic syndrome, sedentary behavior, and overeating might have a common biolo...undernourished in the womb were significantly more sedentary in postnatal life than those born of mothers with a standard diet for all parameters measured, and i...K-State professor examines connections between food, culture and psychology in new book
...it was associated with prosperity, success and the sedentary lifestyle of the upper class. "Today, however, it's the opposite," Rappoport says. "In modern society, food has taken on an aesthetic value, so the ability to eat delicately and remain as thin as possible is associated with status because those peopl...UCLA study finds clues to diabetes puzzle
...isease's twin risk factors: abundant food and more sedentary lifestyles. Already, the disease affects 150 million worldwide. "At its present rate of increase, within a few decades diabetes will become one of the world's commonest diseases and biggest public health problems with an estimated minimum of half-a-b...Diabetes in the elderly linked to fewer cellular 'power plants'
...es to compare mitochondrial activity in active and sedentary elderly people....A cholesterol-controlling drug could strike a blow against insulin resistance
...s with Type 2 diabetes; growing obesity rates and sedentary lifestyles are also taking their toll across the Atlantic where Type 2 diabetes currently afflicts 22.5 million Europeans -- a staggering five percent of the population -- with another six million cases expected by 2025. Researchers are looking for ...In some patients with chronic fatigue syndrome, left ventricular function may be involved
...rticipated in the study. The control subjects were sedentary individuals, gender and age-matched to the CFS group. The researchers used the radioisotopic multiple gated acquisition (MUGA) blood pool method of ventriculography to perform a series of dynamic studies of the heart to assess for evidence of abnorma...Could an anti-marijuana compound hold the key to body weight and appetite control?
... Finally, a highly processed diet -- along with a sedentary lifestyle -- is the likely culprit in the high rates of obesity seen among indigenous peoples who were originally hunters and foragers. Now they eat a diet that is "entirely store bought and provided by truck." Scientists and anthropologists have o...