Personal fulfillment may motivate adolescents to be physically active
...nces in motivators for groups at risk for physical inactivity including girls vs. boys, overweight vs. non-overweight youth, and youth with low vs. high perceived sport competence. "In this study, four sources of motivation were identified: personal fulfillment motivation (e.g., enjoyment, wanting to be fit),...Pregnant women don't exercise enough: Study finds doctors need to better educate patients
...ians to identify patients who are at high risk for inactivity during pregnancy," Leet said. "These women should be encouraged to begin moderate activities most, if not all days of the week, as long as medical or obstetric complications do not exist." The study found that walking was the most common form of phys...NCI grants $12.1 million for USC center to study obesity and cancer
..."Obesity and related factors such as poor diet and inactivity are known to contribute to cancer risk, and these are factors we can actually do something about," says Michael I. Goran, Ph.D., Keck School professor of preventive medicine and physiology and biophysics, associate director of the USC Institute for P...Moderate exercise yields cardiovascular benefits
...ysis of the same participants (will insert link to inactivity study) by the same Duke team found that people who do not exercise and maintain the same diet will gain up to four pounds each year. "The participants in our study received the fitness benefits without losing any weight," Duscha said. "Many people ex......iabetes mellitus advancing age obesity physical inactivity "Good health doesn't just happen. It takes work and awareness of one's habits," said Pamela Douglas, M.D., F.A.C.C., and president of the ACC. "Putting forth that effort to avoid heart disease is far preferable to dealing with its consequences. W...Diabetes, hypertension and obesity negatively effect joint replacement outcomes
...an form deep in muscles during extended periods of inactivity can break loose to cause heart attacks or stroke, be evaluated. The researchers plan to refine their analysis to include other complicating factors as well as additional complications. They also will investigate whether outcomes are influenced by hea...Women rising to the challenge of weightlessness
...on, and more generally, of the effects of physical inactivity on health. Experiments of this type have already been carried out, notably in two three-month sessions involving male volunteers in 2001 and 2002. However, the WISE study is the first long-duration bedrest programme to be conducted in Europe using fe...Study: Physicians need to be more vocal about encouraging diabetic patients to exercise
... have diabetes and live in a rural area. "Physical inactivity is a significant problem in rural diabetic populations," Deshpande said. "Understanding the role of the environment may result in increased physical activity for persons with diabetes."...Male combat veterans rank high in heart disease risk
...y drinking and obesity, but lower odds of physical inactivity compared to non-veterans or non-combat veteran controls," Johnson said. Results from the study suggest that combat exposure may exert long-term adverse effects on cardiovascular risk. After controlling for age, race and education, the study found th...New study finds combat vets face more cardiovascular risks
...vy drinking and obesity but lower odds of physical inactivity compared to non-military and non-combat military controls. "Our results suggest that combat exposure may exert long-term adverse effects on cardiovascular risks," she said. "People might be interested in the implications of our study with regard to t......p turn the tide of the 'obesogenic' environment of inactivity and unhealthy eating in which many children live. It appears the public also is taking an interest. "We hear a lot about putting physical education back in school. We are seeing legislation coming forth at the national and state level and I have the ...