Technological advances and the habits of modern life have drastically reduced levels of physical activity around the world. The World Health Organisation (WHO) now warns that inactivity and sedentary ...

In modern society, physical inactivity and sedentary behavior have become common issues globally. This trend is also growing ...

Whether your job requires that you sit all day, or you find that you just don’t move about for hours at a time, a sedentary lifestyle can be unhealthy, and even shorten your life span. But a new study ...

DALLAS — Two years of exercise begun in middle age can restore the heart's elasticity in previously sedentary adults and forestall the development of heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection ...

We’ve all been there: You wake up and promise yourself that today will be the day you get back to the gym. But eight hours after sitting in an uncomfortable chair, it's 6 PM and you're too exhausted ...

The benefits of moderate to vigorous exercise are well known. But even a small amount of physical activity can improve health, a new study has found. If you want to increase your odds of living a long ...

Researchers report that vigorous physical activity accounts for only 4% of adults waking time while sedentary behavior accounts for 60%. They say that even light physical activity can increase the ...

Objectives To estimate the change in the standard lipid profile (SLP) of adults diagnosed with ≥3 metabolic syndrome (MetS) factors following aerobic exercise training (AET); and to investigate ...