For decades, people have guessed at the age when the body truly starts to slow down. Now a rare 50‑year fitness project, ...

A decades-long Swedish study finds that physical decline starts around age 35, but exercise at any age still meaningfully preserves fitness. A Swedish research project spanning 47 years from ...

Researchers are reporting from a new study on how our strength, fitness and muscles start to deteriorate as we hit a certain ...

More time spent on activities such as lifting, pushing or pulling, bending, twisting, and crawling was linked to a higher ...

Objective To determine the effectiveness of physical activity interventions involving mobile applications (apps) or trackers with automated and continuous self-monitoring and feedback. Design ...

Objectives Physical inactivity is a risk factor for premature mortality and several non-communicable diseases. The purpose of this study was to estimate the global burden associated with physical ...

NEW YORK, Jan. 2 (UPI) --Encouraging primary care physicians to screen patients for physical inactivity with a simple questionnaire can help identify people at risk for many chronic diseases, a new ...

Share on Pinterest New research shows how physical activity and good sleep work together to promote health. Justin Paget/Getty Images Study shows physical activity and quality sleep have synergistic ...

“Heigh ho, heigh ho, it’s off to work we go,” chanted the spirited little men in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, as they set out to wield miners’ picks, “the whole day through” because it was “what ...

The study also suggests that physical activity can slow decline, with adults improving physical capacity by 5-10% if they ...