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Artículos sobre Physical activity
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The timing of exercise can have a meaningful influence on the quality of training and recovery, especially for athletes.
Men and women have to exercise different amounts to get the same stroke-preventing benefits.
Teenagers spend one-third of their lives sitting down and three hours a day watching TV. New findings confirm that it’s not just their health that is at risk.
One in six Australians will have a stroke in their lifetime. That’s about 51,000 strokes per year, or one every ten minutes.
Baseless claims about the damage done to kids’ development create needless panic. And they distract from legitimate, evidence-based concerns with which parents need to engage.
Children’s fitness has been declining even faster over the past six years than in the decade before.
It’s almost universally recommended that for optimal physical and mental health, children engage in 60 minutes of physical activity each day and limit the time they spend watching TV, playing computer…
Two articles published in today’s issue of The BMJ argue physical activity guidelines should focus on getting inactive people to move a little rather than having the entire population meet the 150 minutes…
It seems the world is finally coming to terms with the fact that humans evolved to stand, not to sit – well, health researchers, savvy office workers and many commuters, at least. The evidence is mounting…
Almost two-thirds of Australian adults and one in four children are overweight or obese. Excess weight is responsible for 7,200 deaths each year in Australia, as well one in five heart attacks, half of…
The London Olympics. Remember them? Not so long ago we were talking about their legacy, hoping it would inspire a new physically active generation. A timely legacy, given children in the UK are among the…
Australians should aim for around 60 minutes of physical activity per day, double the previous recommendation, according the new national physical activity guidelines, published today. And for the first…
Do you want to keep your brain healthy? A joint study from the University of Queensland, the University of New South Wales…
Sustained physical activity can result in longer life expectancy and a greater quality of life new research suggests. The…
Exercise is said to foster better health and well-being as well as increasing life expectancy. But you can have too much of a good thing, it seems, as evidence shows that there may an optimal level of…
One in two men and one in three women will be diagnosed with cancer during their lifetime. The good news is that with earlier detection and improved treatments, the survival rate for many common cancers…
Physical exercise is equally important as cognitive exercise in maintaining a healthy brain, according to new research. The…
OBESE NATION: It’s time to admit it - Australia is becoming an obese nation. This series looks at how this has happened and more importantly, what we can do to stop the obesity epidemic. Today Anthony…
Principales colaboradores
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Professor, Medical Research Future Fund Emerging Leader, University of South Australia
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Professor of Physical Activity, Lifestyle, and Population Health, University of Sydney
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Professor of Health Sciences, University of South Australia
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Senior Manager, Brisbane Catholic Education & Associate Professor of Education (Adjunct), Charles Sturt University
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Alfred Deakin Professor, Deakin University
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Professor, Victoria University
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Adjunct Research Fellow, The University of Western Australia
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Senior Lecturer, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor and Director of the Child Health and Physical Activity Lab, Western University
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Assistant Professor, Physiotherapy, Trinity College Dublin
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Professor, Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management, University of Manitoba
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Reader in Exercise and Health Physiology, University of Hertfordshire
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Professor, University of Newcastle
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney
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Adjunct Professor, School of Public Health, Curtin University
