News articles tagged with 'sedentary'
Use of interactive digital exercise games by children can result in high level of energy expenditure
— 8 Mar 2011 13:14 | HealthMiddle school-aged children who participated in interactive digital gaming activities that feature player movement (exergaming), such as dancing or boxing, increased their energy expenditure…
Portable pedal machines may help counter harmful effects of sedentary jobs
— 15 Feb 2011 15:27 | HealthPortable pedal machines could help counter the harmful effects of prolonged periods spent at a desk or workstation among an increasingly sedentary workforce, suggests a small study…
Teenagers are more sedentary on weekends
— 18 Sep 2010 08:58 | Health'A sedentary lifestyle has become one of the major public health problems in developed countries,' Juan P. Rey-Lopez, lead author of the study and a researcher at the University of…
Decrease in physical activity may not be a factor in increased obesity rates among adolescents
— 3 Nov 2009 11:38 | HealthDecreased physical activity may have little to do with the recent spike in obesity rates among U.S. adolescents, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public…
TV and computer screen time may be associated with high blood pressure in young children
— 4 Aug 2009 11:33 | HealthSedentary behaviours such as TV viewing and 'screen time' involving computer use, videos and video games appear to be associated with elevated blood pressure in children, independent…
Even modest exercise can reduce negative effects of belly fat
— 24 Apr 2009 19:31 | HealthA new University of Illinois study suggests that moderate amounts of exercise alone can reduce the inflammation in visceral fat - belly fat, if you will - that has been linked with…
Study: Morbidly obese sedentary for more than 99 percent of day
— 26 Mar 2009 11:42 | HealthA new study appearing in Clinical Cardiology examines the average fitness level of the morbidly obese (body mass indexes between 40.0 and 49.9). The findings show that the tested population…
Regular exercise reduces depressive symptoms, improves self-esteem in overweight children
— 20 Mar 2009 12:56 | HealthLess than an hour of daily exercise reduces depressive symptoms and improves self esteem in overweight children, Medical College of Georgia researchers say…
Symposium to look at genetic basis of exercise
— 19 Mar 2009 13:10 | Health'Adaptation to exercise' is a familiar phenomenon, even if the phrase is not: A sedentary person takes up jogging and can barely make it around the block. After jogging regularly for…
Lengthy daily stints in front of the TV linked to doubled childhood asthma risk
— 3 Mar 2009 14:50 | HealthYoung children who spend more than two hours glued to the TV every day double their subsequent risk of developing asthma, indicates research published ahead of print in Thorax…