People with mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, depression or bipolar disorder die on average 10 to 20 years earlier than ...

Americans are becoming less active. Over the past decade, the prevalence of physical inactivity has remained "unacceptably high," according to a study in The American Journal of Medicine, despite ...

A recent study has found that many of the complications associated with diabetes, such as stroke and eye disease, can be attributed to low levels of physical activity.

Whenever 27-year-old Nathan Kerr stops by the office of his 81-year-old mentor Frank Booth, Kerr often finds Booth running on a treadmill. "You're not going to find someone with more enthusiasm for ...

Higher physical activity in midlife was associated with a 40% lower dementia risk over 26 years. Late-life physical activity also was linked with less dementia risk. Exercise and activity can increase ...

Physical activity reduces chronic disease risks, improves function, and extends lifespan, thus supporting clinicians’ use of exercise prescriptions as a health intervention, new research suggests. A ...

For generations, the message about maintaining a healthy weight has been straightforward: burn more calories than you consume. This has led to a pervasive belief that obesity is primarily a ...

This is the second volume of the Research Topic "Building" Health Through Physical Activity in Schools, please see the first volume <a href=" <br/><br/>Physical activity in the school context refers ...