General practitioners (GPs) used exercise prescriptions and general advice, focusing on aerobic exercises, to discuss physical activity during consultations. GP Management Plans and a patient-centered ...

Promoting physical activity throughout the day Employers can encourage workers to make it part of their workday routine to head to the gym before going to work or go on a run during their lunch hour.

Insufficient physical activity (PA) among children has become a major global public health concern. The family environment ...

Most US cities lack built environments that support physical activity, which is a key determinant of health. Making permanent changes to the physical environment to promote physical activity is not ...

Washington (CNN) — The White House announced Thursday it will work with all the major American sports leagues in unique new partnerships meant to underscore the importance of physical activity and ...

Bikeshare programs allow users to check-out a bike at a station and return the bike to any station within the bikeshare network. A phone app identifies where bikeshare stations are located and how ...

Is living in a leafy neighborhood enough to improve your mental health? Not necessarily. What matters most is frequent ...

Our dog Louis looked at the sidewalk that had a 10-foot puddle. He stopped and glanced at me. We both would need to be Olympic athletes to leap over this body of water on our evening walk. I did not ...

Correspondence to Professor Ann Bernadette Gates, School of Health Sciences, The University of Nottingham, Derby DE221DA, UK; annbgates{at}googlemail.com With these holistic benefits evidenced, ...

If everyone in the United States population was as active as the top 25 per cent, individuals over the age of 40 could add five years to their life, according to a new study led by Griffith University ...

Students walking and jogging in the respective lanes. FALCONER – Harvey C. Fenner Elementary School has recently added a morning activity that will help students to get their blood flowing while ...