Fitness - Exercise

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Fitness and Exercise

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NEWS:

Brisk Walking vs Vigorous Exercise ... Equal in Preventing Heart Disease!

Can being fit outweigh fat?

Debate Rages Over Fit Versus Fat; Two Studies Offer Contradictory Results

Exercise Cuts Death Risk Later in Life

Fitness Over Thinness for Hearts

Older Folks' Physical Activity By State

Seniors need strength training, too

Study: Exercise Helps Out Older People

Study: Exercise Important For Strong Bones

Study: Fit but fat not good enough

ARTICLES:

Components Of A Basic Exercise Program

Exercise Sharpens Judgment

NCG-Progressive resistance training

Physical activity and coronary heart disease

Target Heart Rate Calculator

Why Physical Activity And Exercise Are Important

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

Aerobic Fitness Is Associated With Cardiomyocyte Contractile Capacity and Endothelial Function in Exercise Training and Detraining (Circulation)

Associations Between Physical Activity Dose and Health-Related Quality of Life (Med Sci Sports Exerc)

Barriers and motivations to exercise in older adults. (Prev Med)

Body mass index, physical activity, and the risk of decline in overall health and physical functioning in late middle age. (Am J Public Health)

Changes in multiple health outcomes at 12 and 24 weeks resulting from 12 weeks of exercise counseling with or without dietary counseling in obese adults. (Nutrition)

Does walking 15 minutes per day keep the obesity epidemic away? Simulation of the efficacy of a populationwide campaign. (Am J Public Health)

Effect of Aging and Physical Activity on Left Ventricular Compliance. (Circulation)

Effect of physical activity on serum C-reactive protein (The American Journal of Cardiology)

Effects of a single bout of exercise on resting heart rate variability. (Med Sci Sports Exerc)

Effects of physical activity on intestinal gas transit and evacuation in healthy subjects (The American Journal of Medicine)

Exercise programs for older men: mode and intensity to induce the highest possible health-related benefits. (Prev Med)

Frequent and occasional physical activity in the elderly; A 12-year follow-up study of mortality. (Am J Prev Med)

Health benefits of Tai Chi exercise: improved balance and blood pressure in middle-aged women. (Health Promot Int)

Influence of age and physical activity on the primary in vivo antibody and T cell-mediated responses in men. (J Appl Physiol)

Lifestyle factors and the development of bone mass and bone strength in young women. (J Pediatr)

Longitudinal physical activity and sedentary behavior trends Adolescence to adulthood. (Am J Prev Med)

Marathon Running Leads to Partial Exhaustion of ROS-Generating Capacity in Leukocytes (Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise)

Metabolic effects of the addition of resistive to aerobic exercise in older men. (Int J Sport Nutr Exerc Metab)

Moderate exercise may attenuate some aspects of immunosenescence. (BMC Geriatr)

Physical activity and changes in weight and waist circumference in midlife women: findings from the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation. (Am J Epidemiol)

Physical activity patterns and maternal well-being in postpartum women. (Matern Child Health J)

Physical activity: the health benefits outweigh the risks. (Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care)

Physical Activity, Exercise, and Inflammatory Markers in Older Adults: Findings from The Health, Aging and Body Composition Study (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society)

Physical activity, including walking, and cognitive function in older women. (JAMA)

Physical training increases endothelial progenitor cells, inhibits neointima formation, and enhances angiogenesis. (Circulation)

Predictors of 14-year changes in the total cholesterol to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio in men. (Am Heart J)

Regular Exercise as an Effective Approach in Antihypertensive Therapy (Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise)

Relations among exercise, coping, disordered eating, and psychological health among college students. (Eat Behav)

Relative Risk of Mortality in the Physically Inactive Is Underestimated Because of Real Changes in Exposure Level during Follow-up (Am J Epidemiol)

Relative roles of heredity and physical activity in adolescence and adulthood on blood pressure. (J Appl Physiol)

Running for health: How much running for how much health? (Clin Sci (Lond))

The effects of meridian exercise on anxiety, depression, and self-esteem of female college students in Korea. (Holist Nurs Pract)

The evolution of physical activity recommendations: how much is enough? (Am J Clin Nutr)

The "Weekend Warrior" and Risk of Mortality (American Journal of Epidemiology)

Updating the evidence that physical activity is good for health: an epidemiological review 2000-2003. (J Sci Med Sport)

Vigorous exercise and the population distribution of body weight. (Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord)

Yoga in cardiac health (a review). (Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil)

INTERNET SITES:

NIH-Benefits of Exercise

NIH-Exercise and Physical Fitness

NIH-Exercise for Children

NIH-Exercise for Seniors

NIH-Exercise/Physical Fitness

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