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Racial hostility can produce symptoms similar to what soldiers experience as a result of going to war.
Taking your physical activity outside comes with added benefits. Here are ways to pursue your fitness goals outdoors, even in the middle of a Canadian winter.
Here are some simple things you can do everyday to help your immune system fight off infections.
The risk of developing eye complications is high in young people with Type 2 diabetes, which is increasingly affecting children and adolescents, especially those who are more sedentary.
Fitness and religion make a potent combination, one people have explored for centuries.
Despite years of study, evidence on whether it’s possible remains mixed.
New research shows even one muscle contraction a day, for five days a week, is effective at improving muscle strength if you keep it up for a month.
Aches, pain and injuries are often reasons people put off exercise.
Physical activity and new motherhood can be hard to navigate, but physiological feedback and self-compassion can help inform decisions about when and how to exercise.
The concentration of certain hormones during different phases of your menstrual cycle may give you a boost in the gym.
Changing your eating, exercising, socialising and engagement with nature can help treat depression. Now mental health professionals have some guidelines to shape treatment around lifestyle therapies.
Walking backwards burns more calories and has many other health benefits.
Currently the best evidence for reducing the chances of re-spraining your ankle sprain comes down to two main things.
Though the method is popular, it may come with some risks if done improperly.
Exercise doesn’t have to be something very difficult to start off with.
Research also shows us that all types of exercise – whether that’s cardio or resistance training – can improve sleep.
Every year after age 30 we progressively lose muscle mass. But that doesn’t mean there’s nothing you can do about it.
While these kinds of food labels may be easier to understand, they run the risk of being too generalised.
Doing aerobic exercise, such as cycling, is known to reduce the risk of an early death. Less has been known about the effect of lifting weights.
Top contributors
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Professor of Physical Activity, Lifestyle, and Population Health, University of Sydney
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Professor of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
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Associate Professor, Cardiorespiratory Exercise Physiology, Anglia Ruskin University
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Professor of Health Sciences, University of South Australia
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Professor, Medical Research Future Fund Emerging Leader, University of South Australia
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Professor of Nutritional Physiology, Anglia Ruskin University
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Senior Lecturer in Integrative Physiology, Lancaster University
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Senior Lecturer in Physiology, University of Westminster
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Reader in Exercise and Health Physiology, University of Hertfordshire
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Professorial Research Fellow: Physical Activity and Health, CQUniversity Australia
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Head of Division of Sport, Exercise & Nutrition Sciences, University of Huddersfield
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Senior Lecturer in Clinical Exercise Physiology, University of East London
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Associate Professor in Neuromuscular Physiology, Liverpool John Moores University
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Associate professor & Scientia Fellow, Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Science, Swansea University
