Interested in boosting your longevity? All you may have to do is vary your exercise. Switching between activities such as walking, swimming, yoga, gardening and pickleball could result in a whopping ...

Physical inactivity rises alongside temperature. A study in Lancet projected up to 520,000 additional deaths by 2050 and $2.59 billion in annual productivity losses.

For the first time in more than a decade, Australia has new physical activity guidelines. They’re commendable but unlikely to ...

An “exergaming” system that combines exercise and video gaming could promote physical activity while children and adolescents ...

Introduction Running is a popular recreational activity worldwide, with women’s participation growing rapidly over the past decade. Compared with men, women runners are more likely to sustain a ...

Dance teachers, health researchers, urban planners — they all have a desire to get people moving. But globally, exercise rates have remained stagnant.

Vibration plates aren’t generally harmful, but many promoters overstate the benefits of these platforms. Most research showing vibration plates are beneficial has involved perfo ...

There are three key factors that influence how alert and refreshed you feel in the morning, according to one study.

A joint study by the University of Oulu and the Department of Sports and Exercise Medicine, Oulu Deaconess Institute Foundation highlights the need for better evaluation of both the effectiveness and ...

Researchers say we must stop treating physical inactivity as a personal failure and fix our broken systems instead.

Global levels of physical activity have not improved over the past two decades, despite widespread policy development and adoption, and large disparities persist across gender and socioeconomic groups ...

Research tracking thousands of adults found that staying fit lowered mortality and liver disease risk among drinkers—though ...