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Physical activity can help mental health in pre-teen years

Written by | 6 Mar 2023

Regular physical activity can improve adolescents’ mental health and help with behavioural difficulties, research suggests. Engaging in regular moderate to vigorous physical activity at age 11 was associated… read more.

Exercise more effective than medicines to manage mental health

Written by | 1 Mar 2023

University of South Australia researchers are calling for exercise to be a mainstay approach for managing depression as a new study shows that physical activity is 1.5 times more effective than… read more.

Activity ‘snacks’ following meals may help maintain muscle mass

Written by | 31 Oct 2022

Interrupting prolonged sitting with periodic activity “snacks” may help maintain muscle mass and quality, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Toronto. Daniel Moore, an associate… read more.

Reducing screen time increases physical activity in children

Written by | 24 May 2022

Many young people spend much of their time using digital screens which may reduce their engagement in physical activity. But children have always been sedentary during most of… read more.

Twenty minutes of activity at 70 helps the heart at 85

Written by | 18 Feb 2022

Daily moderate to vigorous physical activity of at least 20 minutes undertaken by persons in early old age (70-75 years) might be the best way to avoid, in… read more.

More effective fitness trackers, more physical activity

Written by | 18 Oct 2021

Researchers apply engineering tools to personalize fitness tracker messages. As the popularity of fitness trackers has increased, so have the opportunities to use such devices to not only… read more.

High physical activity levels may counter serious health harms of poor sleep

Written by | 28 Jul 2021

Those who had both the poorest sleep quality and who exercised the least were most at risk of death from heart disease, stroke, and cancer, the findings indicate,… read more.

Different physical activity ‘cocktails’ have similar health benefits

Written by | 27 May 2021

A new study from Columbia University and an international team of researchers identifies multiple ways to achieve the same health benefits from exercise — as long as the… read more.

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