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NEWS:
'Energy blast' gives kids a school-day workout
Exercise amount more important than intensity
Exercise can add 3 years to life expectancy
Exercise Cuts Irritable Bowel, Other Gut Woes
Gym rats show oxygen is the key
Moderate Exercise Improves Heart Health
Moderate Exercise May Improve Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Life Expectancy
Regular Exercise Cuts Women's Sudden Cardiac Death Risk
Study: Walking As Good As Jogging
ARTICLES:
Components Of A Basic Exercise Program
Decline in Physical Activity Plays Key Role in Weight Gain among Adolescent Girls
Exercise Guidelines for Women Established
Experts Offer Advice on Toning Flabby Abs
Experts Say 30 Minutes of Exercise Enough
Getting Fitter: Quality Not Quantity
Helpful treatments keep people with arthritis moving.
NGC - Initiating exercise in adults with chronic illnesses. (2004)
NGC - Physical activity and exercise recommendations for stroke survivors. (2004)
NGC - Physical activity in the prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of diseases.] (2004)
NGC - Physical activity/exercise and diabetes. (2004)
NGC - Progressive resistance training. (2004)
Other advantages to aerobic exercise
Physical Activity and the Health of Young People
Why Physical Activity And Exercise Are Important
JOURNAL ARTICLES:
3. Is exercise good for you? (MJA 2005)
Associations of leisure time physical activity, self-rated physical fitness, and estimated aerobic fitness with serum C-reactive protein among 3803 adults. (Atherosclerosis. 2005)
Beneficial effects of regular Tai Chi exercise on musculoskeletal system. (J Bone Miner Metab. 2005)
Bone strength index in adolescent girls: does physical activity make a difference? (Br J Sports Med. 2005)
Brisk walking, fitness, and cardiovascular risk: a randomized controlled trial in primary care. (Prev Med. 2005)
Cardiovascular Fitness and Exercise as Determinants of Insulin Resistance in Post-Pubertal Adolescent Females. (J Clin Endocrinol Metab)
C-reactive protein and cardiorespiratory fitness in young adults. (European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation 2005)
Daily life activity and the risk of developing hypertension in middle-aged Japanese men. (Arch Intern Med. 2005)
Does primary care referral to an exercise programme increase physical activity one year later? A randomized controlled trial. (J Public Health (Oxf). 2005)
Effect of exercise training on plasma levels of C-reactive protein in healthy adults: the HERITAGE Family Study. (Eur Heart J. 2005)
Effects and a dose response relationship of physical activity to high density lipoprotein cholesterol and body mass index among Saudis. (Saudi Med J. 2005)
Effects of Endurance Training on Blood Pressure, Blood Pressure–Regulating Mechanisms, and Cardiovascular Risk Factors (Hypertension. 2005)
Effects of exercise and diet on chronic disease. (J Appl Physiol. 2005)
Effects of exercise on metabolic risk variables in overweight postmenopausal women: a randomized clinical trial. (Obes Res. 2005)
Effects of exercise training on glucose homeostasis: the HERITAGE Family Study. (Diabetes Care. 2005)
Effects of marathon running on plasma total homocysteine concentrations. (Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2005)
Effects of Physical Activity on Life Expectancy With Cardiovascular Disease. (Arch Intern Med. 2005)
Effects of Sun-style Tai Chi exercise on physical fitness and fall prevention in fall-prone older adults. (J Adv Nurs. 2005)
Endothelial function of young healthy males following whole-body resistance training. (J Appl Physiol. 2005)
Endurance running ability at adolescence as a predictor of blood pressure levels and hypertension in men: a 25-year follow-up study. (Int J Sports Med. 2005)
Exercise and Health: Can Biotechnology Confer Similar Benefits?
Exercise and Improved Insulin Sensitivity in Older Women: Evidence of the Enduring Benefits of Higher Intensity Training. (J Appl Physiol. 2005)
Exercise and Well-Being: A Review of Mental and Physical Health Benefits Associated With Physical Activity (Curr Opin Psychiatry. 2005)
Exercise by lifelong voluntary wheel running reduces subsarcolemmal and interfibrillar mitochondrial hydrogen peroxide production in the heart. (Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2005)
Exercise Enhances Learning and Hippocampal Neurogenesis in Aged Mice (The Journal of Neuroscience 2005)
Exercise improves biomarkers of health and stress in animals fed ad libitum. (Physiol Behav. 2005)
How to assess physical activity? How to assess physical fitness? (Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil. 2005)
Low bone mineral density is two to three times more prevalent in non-athletic premenopausal women than in elite athletes: a comprehensive controlled study. (Br J Sports Med. 2005)
Metabolic consequences of physical inactivity (Journal of Renal Nutrition)
Molecular mechanisms of vascular adaptations to exercise. Physical activity as an effective antioxidant therapy? (Cardiovasc Res. 2005)
Physical activity and health related quality of life among people with arthritis. (J Epidemiol Community Health. 2005)
Physical activity and mental health: the association between exercise and mood. (Clinics. 2005)
Physical activity and modulation of systemic low-level inflammation. (J Leukoc Biol. 2005)
Physical exercise capacity is associated with coronary and peripheral vascular function in healthy young adults. (Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2005)
Physical exercise prevents age-related decline in precursor cell activity in the mouse dentate gyrus. (Neurobiol Aging. 2005)
Physical Inactivity Increases Oxidative Stress, Endothelial Dysfunction, and Atherosclerosis (Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology. 2005)
Physical training decreases total plasma homocysteine and cysteine in middle-aged subjects. (Ann Nutr Metab. 2005)
Prevalence and Cardiovascular Disease Correlates of Low Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Adolescents and Adults (JAMA. 2005)
Previous physical activity decreases the risk of low back pain and pelvic pain during pregnancy. (Scand J Public Health. 2005)
Regular physical exercise, heart rate variability and turbulence in a 6-year randomized controlled trial in middle-aged men: The DNASCO study. (Life Sci. 2005)
Running exercise of different duration and intensity: effect on endothelial progenitor cells in healthy subjects. (European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation 2005)
Sedentary behaviour, physical activity and weight problems in adolescents in Wales. (Public Health. 2005)
Should people be physically active outdoors on smog alert days? (Can J Public Health. 2005)
Stress and life dissatisfaction are inversely associated with jogging and other types of physical activity in leisure time The Copenhagen City Heart Study (Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports 2005)
The antidepressant effect of running is associated with increased hippocampal cell proliferation. (Int J Neuropsychopharmacol. 2005)
The anti-inflammatory effect of exercise. (J Appl Physiol. 2005)
The effect of physical activity and body size on survival after diagnosis with colorectal cancer. (Gut. 2005)
The effects of physical activity and body mass index on cardiovascular, cancer and all-cause mortality among 47 212 middle-aged Finnish men and women (International Journal of Obesity (2005))
The Effects of Physical Activity on Serum C-Reactive Protein and Inflammatory Markers (JACC 2005)
Voluntary exercise rescues deficits in spatial memory and long-term potentiation in prenatal ethanol-exposed male rats. (Eur J Neurosci. 2005)
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