Many workplaces have adopted sit-stand desks, which allow you to sit down or stand up with the push of a button, to reduce the risks of prolonged sitting. But is standing better for your health?
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Many heat-related health problems can be avoided by adopting a healthy, active lifestyle. But the younger generation is less active than previous generations, and therefore more vulnerable.
New research explores the health potential of brief bursts of activity – and how wearables combined with machine learning can reveal health benefits of unexplored aspects of our everyday lives.
With the rising cost of living, gyms and fitness classes are becoming unaffordable. But you can make just as much progress at home if you include these three components.
Some researchers assert that the body responds to exercise by burning fewer calories when you’re not working out. Regardless of its effects on weight loss, exercise provides many health benefits.
Africa contributes less than 1% of research worldwide on movement behaviours in children. This means that research on movement behaviours has largely excluded over 16% of the world’s population.
For some people with joint pain, cold weather seems to make it worse. And pain can be a barrier to exercise and activities you’d usually do.
There are many physiological and psychological reasons why exercise may boost our pain tolerance.
One genetic study of over a quarter million people highlights the cognitive benefits of exercise, while another, based on 30 years of scientific literature, says the opposite. Who’s right and who’s wrong?
Our long-term research project found commutes over 3km were associated with a greater likelihood of being overweight.
Numerous studies indicate exercise as an effective treatment for people with existing depression and other mental illnesses, and exercising in nature can further improve mental well-being.
The focus of suicide prevention is shifting toward protective factors: characteristics that make it less likely that individuals will consider, attempt or die by suicide.
Physical activity throughout cancer treatment is both safe and beneficial.
Factors such as having supportive family and friends, safer communities, positive school environments and adequate resources, are often associated with more physical activity.
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.
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.
Dancing requires physical, social and cognitive engagement and, as a result, it may bolster a wide network of brain regions.
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.
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Professor, Medical Research Future Fund Emerging Leader, University of South Australia
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Professor of Health Sciences, University of South Australia
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Professor of Physical Activity, Lifestyle, and Population Health, University of Sydney
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Alfred Deakin Professor, Deakin University
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Associate Professor of Education (Adjunct), Charles Sturt University
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Professor, University of Newcastle
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Professor, Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management, University of Manitoba
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Associate Professor and Director of the Child Health and Physical Activity Lab, Western University
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Professor, Victoria University
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Reader in Exercise and Health Physiology, University of Hertfordshire
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Adjunct Research Fellow, The University of Western Australia
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Assistant Professor, Physiotherapy, Trinity College Dublin
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Lecturer in Physical Education, University of Newcastle
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Head, Behavioural Epidemiology Laboratory, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
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Associate Professor at McMaster University and Author of Move the Body, Heal the Mind, McMaster University
