Physical Activity

How important is the timing of exercise in affecting appetite hormones?

A professional society looks into how much physical activity is good for a healthy lifestyle.

A sedentary lifestyle may lead to type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome.

Study finds positive feedback can go a long way to reinforcing positive health habits.

Ever go to a fitness facility in January and then back in April? The difference in the number of people working out is tremendously fewer, even just a few months after most of them were all gung-ho about getting into shape in the new year. Why does this happen?

New study examines cardiovascular impact of higher levels of exercise.

New research suggests that a healthy lifestyle is better than any medicine out there.

Last week, our Featured Writer Dr. Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM invited reader questions on her most recent article. See her responses to your questions here.

While interval training is routinely used by sports teams and athletes, is this type of training beneficial for most individuals with diabetes? It certainly saves time—who can’t fit in 10 minutes of exercise three days per week?—but would it benefit weight control in the average person?

As we all know, it is easy to start out with good intentions to be more active or manage diabetes better, but it’s much more difficult to follow through and stick with such changes so that they become sustainable. While some studies have recently shown that newer devices like the Fitbit can increase physical activity adherence, the real question is, will using the latest health information technologies be motivating enough for most people to continue doing it long-term?