With two-thirds of children in the U.S. failing to meet national physical activity guidelines, kinesiologists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have been looking at the impact of the family dog on the exercise habits ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 27, 2024
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Growing populations and housing shortages are affecting cities worldwide, including in Australia. It's driving them to adopt high-density development near public transport hubs instead of endless suburban sprawl on city fringes.
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Jul 7, 2024
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According to a new study, Montreal's most disadvantaged neighborhoods have fewer bike paths, green spaces and trees than more prosperous neighborhoods. More diverse neighborhoods—i.e. areas of Montreal with a greater proportion ...
Social Sciences
Oct 14, 2022
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Regular exercise is important for Indigenous women's health, as it protects against obesity and chronic conditions such as heart disease and diabetes. These conditions are more prevalent among Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...
Social Sciences
Jan 23, 2020
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Sports scientists at Nottingham Trent University examined how bouts of physically active math lessons for eight hours per week affected children aged 6–7 during their first two years of school, by comparing them with another ...
Education
Sep 27, 2022
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Urban areas with more vegetation, higher density of buildings and facilities, lower population density and without major roads are associated with better health behaviors in children. This is the conclusion of a multicohort ...
Environment
Jul 13, 2022
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Global warming is affecting terrestrial insects in multiple ways. In response to increasingly frequent heat extremes, they have to either reduce their activity or seek shelter in more suitable microhabitats. A new study led ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 26, 2023
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For students, as for all of us, life is a matter of balance, trade-offs and compromise. Studying for hours on end is unlikely to lead to best academic results. And it could have negative impacts on young people's physical, ...
Education
Nov 12, 2021
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Children have become less physically active in school, despite teachers recognizing the importance of daily movement. Now, a new study published in BMC Public Health reveals the implementation of Ontario's Daily Physical ...
Education
Nov 30, 2022
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Everything you ever really needed to know you learned back in kindergarten—that old saying gets some scientific support in a new study by researchers at Canada's Université de Montréal and Université Sainte-Anne.
Education
Nov 2, 2020
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