Physical Activity

By Sheri Colberg, Ph.D. How many of your patients made a New Year’s resolution to get more physically active? If they’re like the rest of the American population, a whole lot of them did. How many of them will follow through on this goal, though, and even more importantly, how many of …

“Higher levels of physical activity, in particular activity of moderate to higher intensities, are prospectively associated with lower levels of fat mass in early adolescence. Interventions to raise levels of physical activity in children are likely to be important in the fight against obesity.”

No matter how old you are, increased physical activity is associated with decreased mortality and improved function, a longitudinal Israeli study found.

The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) has updated its guidelines for appropriate physical activity (PA) intervention strategies for weight loss and prevention of weight regain in adults.

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued guidelines regarding the types and amounts of physical activity that provide substantial health benefits for physical activity for individuals 6 years and older.

Individuals who have a genetic mutation associated with high body mass index (BMI) may be able to offset their increased risk for obesity through physical activity, according to the results of a study.

Every time I try to tell a patient to exercise they moan and complain, but when I say get more physical activity they all ask “what’s that. This week Gwen Stubenhofer, RN, BSN, ACLS-Instructor explains what that means and how she encourages patients to get more of it. You can …

In a case-control study among Hispanic women, physically active breast cancer survivors were 60% less likely to have diabetes compared with a physically inactive control group, Maureen Sanderson, Ph.D., of the University of Texas-Houston School of Public Health at Brownsville, reported at the Department of Defense Era of Hope meeting.

Physical activity may help counter the adverse effect diabetes seems to have on breast cancer risk in Hispanic women’

Sedentary older people at risk of developing diabetes showed significant improvement in the function of their insulin-making beta cells after just one week of exercise.