News tagged with exercise behavior

Exercise boosts health by influencing stem cells to become bone, not fat, researchers find

McMaster researchers have found one more reason to exercise: working out triggers influential stem cells to become bone instead of fat, improving overall health by boosting the body's capacity to make blood.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 01, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Education doesn't increase odds that minorities play 'high-status' sports

Black and Mexican American doctors and lawyers aren't any more likely to play "high-status" sports such as golf or tennis than less educated people within their racial-ethnic groups, and more educated blacks may actually ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jun 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Video games get kids to eat more veg, fruit: study

After being fingered as a key cause of the rising rate of US childhood obesity, video games got a reprieve Tuesday as a new study showed they can be used to encourage kids to eat healthier foods.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 06, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Dorms With Dining Halls Might Add to Freshman Weight Gain

If college students gain weight during their first year in school, it might have a lot to do with how close they live to their campus dining halls and exercise facilities, a new study reports.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 03, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Web-based nutrition program reduces health care costs for employees with cardiac risk factors

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) have shown that an employer-sponsored, internet-based diet and exercise program shows promise as a low-cost ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Weight Loss 'Maintainers' Have Fewer TVs at Home

(PhysOrg.com) -- What's the secret of success of people who lose lots of weight and keep it off for many years? A new study suggests predictable factors like exercise and control over eating play a role, but so do factors ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Vet says owners should exercise with their dogs based on specific needs to prevent obesity

People and their dogs both need physical activity to fight obesity, and there are many exercises that owner and pet can do together that can improve their health and their relationship, according to a Kansas State University ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Excessive exercise can be addicting, new study says

Although exercise is good for your health, extreme exercise may be physically addicting. Rats given a drug that produces withdrawal in heroin addicts went into withdrawal after running excessively in exercise wheels, according ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

The key to a healthy lifestyle is in the mind

The main factors influencing the amount of physical exercise people carry out are their self-perceived ability and the extent of their desire to exercise. A study of 5167 Canadians, reported in the open access journal BMC Pu ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 16, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0