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Leisure-Time Physical Activity Adds Years to Life
Looking to lose inches around your waist while adding years to your life? Then you may want to start by taking a short, brisk walk each day, according to a...
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Preventing Diabetes Through Diet & Exercise
Given that almost 20 million people are diabetic and another 70 million have prediabetes (a condition that leads to diabetes if left untreated), it’s likely that you or a loved...
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Midlife Fitness Extends Health Span
What’s the key to health and wellness during your golden years? Be fit in your fifties! At least that’s what researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and...
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Three 10-Minute Workouts Better than One 30-Minute Session
Physical exercise provides innumerable health benefits, but one of the most common reasons people cite for not working out is that they simply don’t have enough time. What if you...
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Cellulite Weight Loss & Exercise Tips
Cellulite is one of those inevitable things we love to hate about being a woman. And since there is no cure, we’re obviously obsessed with finding one. We’ve created a...
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A Healthy Diet and Exercise Plan for Your Wedding
Although weddings occur throughout the year, many couples plan their big day in May and June. Whether you’re the bride, a member of the wedding party or a guest, you’ll...
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Women Not Getting Enough Exercise
Women have long fought to be equal with men, but here’s a finding that will hopefully get the ladies hopping mad: women exercise less than men, and their health pays...
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Physical Fitness Improves Brain Fitness
Many people find themselves more clear-headed after a workout, but more and more research is pointing out that the positive results exercise has on brain function can last far beyond...
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Running Style Affects Injury Rate
A new study published online in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, the journal of the American College of Sports Medicine, found that runners who strike the ground with...
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Top Fitness Trends for 2012
A New Year means New Year’s resolutions, and the most popular resolutions usually address our health. Some of 2012’s important messages dealt with the effects of fitness on our quality...
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Physically Active Women Reach Menopause Earlier
Women who exercise more frequently along with those who consume foods high in heart-healthy polyunsaturated fats may experience menopause earlier, suggests a new study published in the journal Menopause. Dr....
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Physical Activity Helps Teens Quit Smoking
Teens who add physical exercise to a smoking cessation program have greater success in kicking the habit, a new report from Pediatrics suggests. Studies in adult smokers have found that...