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A new study bolsters existing research suggesting that exercise can protect against anxiety, depression and attention challenges. 
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No-contact boxing is a great full-body workout for anyone, but some experts say people with neurological disorders just might benefit most.
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A medical expert says falls like the one that left the Victorian Premier in hospital are very common and the costs of looking after people who've had falls is double that of car accidents. Keeping active with a focus on balance may be the key to preventing falls.
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Heart and lung damage can happen after even mild illness, prompting doctors to recommend caution before returning to your workout.
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From regular walks to workouts or team sports, there are all kinds of activities that can help anxiety and depression. Here’s how to get started
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October 7, 2021 7:51 PM
This article provides a lot of information about how physical exercise and staying active can benefit someone's mental health. It also has a lot of input from reliable individuals such as Professor Nanette Mutrie of the University of Edinburgh’s Institute for Sport, Physical Education and Health Sciences who said that the same chemicals that the brain releases when we exercise, are often the same chemicals that make up part of antidepressant drugs. This is blatantly shows how your physical health and mental health are related. This article also gives great tips on how to get started exercising, especially when you are trying to pull yourself out of a rut. I thought this information was very useful because starting is always the hardest part. It talks briefly about getting anxious at the gym, which I think is more common than people think. Most people who are just starting out going to the gym get nervous because they don't want other people watching them and judging them. The reality is that most people who are at the gym, are there to better themselves both physically and mentally, and they don't have enough interest in what you are doing. If you are going to the gym to help yourself, and improve your physical and mental wellbeing, then you shouldn't let anyone else get in the way of that. This article goes into a lot of detail about the different exercises you can start out doing, and what might increase or decrease your anxiety when you are starting out which is super helpful. Bottom line is that moving your body is going to help you in more ways than one, and it is always worth it.
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As miracle cures are hard to come by, any claims that a treatment is 100% safe and effective must always be viewed with intense scepticism. There is perhaps one exception. Physical activity has been called a miracle cure by no less a body than the Academy of Medical Sciences (http://bit.ly/2lTqDvc); and, like those who avail themselves of it, the supporting science grows stronger by the day. The BMJ recently published a systematic review showing a clear dose-response relation between physical activity and all cause mortality (doi:10.1136/bmj.l4570). The authors concluded that any level of activity is better than none, and more is better still, a message recently encapsulated in the updated guidelines from the UK’s chief medical officers (doi:10.1136/bmj.l5470).
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A new study found a strong correlation between endurance and living a long life.
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A video of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's morning exercise and yoga routine has gone viral in India, amid an online #FitnessChallenge craze. Via Peter Mellow
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June 14, 2018 2:07 AM
We need to see more political leaders exercising. They are role models for many and people would take notice and perhaps do more activity themselves which could increase a nations health and decrease healthcare costs.
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Regular physical activity is proven to help prevent and treat noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as heart disease, stroke, diabetes and breast and colon cancer. It also helps prevent hypertension, overweight and obesity and can improve mental health, quality of life and well-being. Yet, much of the world is becoming less active.
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The human body maintains the ability to adapt to exercise at any age, showing that it’s never too late to start a fitness program.
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Just over 10% of the world’s adults now live with diabetes and the COVID pandemic saw many people sitting down for longer periods – but small daily changes can improve health.
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Beyond the pandemic, readers were most concerned about staying active.
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If you live in chaos, you can get a decent cardio workout just by tidying, moving things at speed off the floor of one room and into another
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Global physical activity guidelines should be extended to ensure they have the best impact on mental as well as physical health, according to a new paper from Deakin University.
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They are among the hardest patients for a doctor to see. They are young, fit, healthy. And they just suffered a heart attack.
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Around the globe, about one in three women and nearly one in four men does not exercise enough to stay healthy, according to a new analysis.
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About this course: Learners who complete Science of Exercise will have an improved physiological understanding of how your body responds to exercise, and will be able to identify behaviors, choices, and environments that impact your health and training. You will explore a number of significant adjustments required by your body in order to properly respond to the physical stress of exercise, including changes in carbohydrate, fat and protein metabolism, nutritional considerations, causes of muscle soreness & fatigue, and the effectiveness and dangers of performance enhancing drugs. Active learning assessments will challenge you to apply this new knowledge via nutrition logs, heart rate monitoring, calculations of your total daily caloric expenditure and body mass index (BMI). Finally, learners will examine the scientific evidence for the health benefits of exercise including the prevention and treatment of heart disease, diabetes, cancer, obesity (weight loss), depression, and dementia.
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10 hours.
Danny Bilow's curator insight,
June 13, 2018 7:52 PM
How the benefits of exercising play a major role in managing stress for college students.
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