Category Archives: Exercise – Fitness

Acute Exercise & Training and Blood Lipids in Overweight & Obese Men and Women

Acute Exercise and Training Alter Blood Lipid and Lipoprotein Profiles Differently in Overweight and Obese Men and Women Author Interview: Nicholas P. Greene, Ph.D. Cardiovascular Research Center University of Virginia What are the main findings of your study? The purpose … Continue reading

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Exercise & Lipid Profiles in Overweight Men & Women

Acute Exercise and Training Alter Blood Lipid and Lipoprotein Profiles Differently in Overweight and Obese Men and Women Author Interview: Nicholas P. Greene, Ph.D. Cardiovascular Research Center University of Virginia What are the main findings of the study?  The purpose of our … Continue reading

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In-School Tests Suggest Overweight Boys and Girls Benefit From Being Fit

Newswise — BOSTON (April 4, 2012) – Improving or maintaining physical fitness appears to help obese and overweight children reach a healthy weight, reports a new study from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University. Researchers analyzed … Continue reading

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NIH: Weight loss and Increased Fitness slow decline of mobility in adults

Weight loss and increased physical fitness nearly halved the risk of losing mobility in overweight or obese adults with type 2 diabetes, according to four-year results from the Look AHEAD (Action for Health in Diabetes) trial funded by the National … Continue reading

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Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Leukocyte Telomere length in Women: Author Interview

Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Leukocyte Telomere length in Women Author Interview: Mengmeng Du, MSc Doctoral candidate Department of Epidemiology Harvard School of Public Health 677 Huntington Avenue Boston, MA 02115 What are the main findings of the study? We … Continue reading

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Relationships of occupational and non-occupational physical activity to abdominal obesity: Author Interview

Relationships of occupational and non-occupational physical activity to abdominal obesity Author Interview : Jeremy Steeves Ph.D., MPH candidate 2012 Bloomberg School of Public Health Johns Hopkins University 624 N Broadway Baltimore, MD 21205 What are the main findings of the study? We … Continue reading

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Hepatic Steatosis and Low Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Youth With Type 2 Diabetes : Dr. Wittmeier

Hepatic Steatosis and Low Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Youth With Type 2 Diabetes Author Interview: Kristy Wittmeier PT, MSc, PhD Physiotherapy Innovation & Best Practice Coordinator Winnipeg Health Sciences Centre Winnipeg Regional Health Authority Background There is evidence that higher levels of … Continue reading

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Physical activity reduces the effect of the ‘obesity gene’

The genetic predisposition to obesity due to the ‘fat mass and obesity associated’ (FTO) gene can be substantially reduced by living a physically active lifestyle according to new research by a large international collaboration, led by Ruth Loos from the … Continue reading

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Effects of exercise on meal-related gut hormone signals

07/07/11, Clearwater Beach, FL.  Research to be presented at the upcoming annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), the foremost society for research into all aspects of eating and drinking behavior, finds that alterations of … Continue reading

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