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Broader smile, longer life: study

The broader your smile and the deeper the creases around your eyes when you grin, the longer you are likely to live, according to a study published in Psychological Science this week.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 24, 2010 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (8) | comments 1

Study: Exercise improves body image for fit and unfit alike

Attention weekend warriors: the simple act of exercise and not fitness itself can convince you that you look better, a new University of Florida study finds.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Estonian robots boost global online clothing market

Fashion fans have one more reason to swap brick-and-mortar shops for online retailers: a company in tech-savvy Estonia has come up with a way to let you try on new clothes on your own computer.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Apr 15, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Unfit Young Adults on Road to Diabetes in Middle Age

(PhysOrg.com) -- Most healthy 25 year olds don't stay up at night worrying whether they are going to develop diabetes in middle age. The disease is not on their radar, and middle age is a lifetime away.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study shows why people read magazines featuring envy-inspiring models

New research reveals why people read fitness and fashion magazines featuring photos of impossibly thin or muscular models -- models whose appearance highlight the readers' own flaws.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Through women's eyes: Conflicting fitness messages underscore women's fit body stereotypes

From boot camp to step aerobics, yoga to martial arts, women have been pummelled by the fitness industry and messages in the media to exercise in pursuit of the pervasive fit, feminine ideal: to look young, thin and toned.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

One in four military applicants denied due to obesity

At a time when American military forces are stretched thin overseas, a growing number of potential recruits are too fat to enlist, according to an analysis by Cornell economists.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Oct 15, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 6

Physical fitness may help reduce chronic disease risk in college students

Staying in shape may bolster the metabolic profiles of college students, even in those with higher than desirable body fat percentages. In an epidemiological study, researchers at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 17, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The biggest winners: Summer campers

A residential summer weight-loss camp markedly improved obese children's health, a study in the April edition of Pediatrics reports. A Saint Louis University physician found the camp improved children's weight, body mass i ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 06, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

People who bike or walk to work are more fit, less fat than drivers

(PhysOrg.com) -- Trying to get fit but can’t work it into your daily schedule? Incorporating even relatively short bouts of exercise into a daily commute appears to deliver significant rewards, according to a new study from ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Fitness levels decline with age, especially after 45

Men and women become gradually less fit with age, with declines accelerating after age 45, according to a report in the October 26 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. However, mainta ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Ubisoft puts players in new fitness videogame

French videogame powerhouse Ubisoft is putting players into the action when it comes to fitness training.

Technology / Software

created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Physical education key to improving health in low-income adolescents

School-based physical education plays a key role in curbing obesity and improving fitness among adolescents from low-income communities, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Students' physical fitness associated with academic achievement; organized physical activity

Physical fitness is associated with academic performance in young people, according to a report presented at the American Heart Association's 2010 Conference on Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 02, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

African-Americans lose weight in 12-week, church-based program

Nearly half of overweight and obese African Americans who completed a 12-week, faith-based program lost 5 percent or more of their body weight and most kept it off for at least six months, researchers reported at the American ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0