Category: Fitness
‘Almost Like Malpractice’: To Shed Bias, Doctors Get Schooled to Look Beyond Obesity
Research has long shown that doctors are less likely to respect patients who are overweight or obese, even as nearly three-quarters of adults in the U.S. now fall into one of those categories.
A boom in fitness trackers isn’t leading to a boom in physical activity
Since the mid-1990s, people have been doing less and less walking or bicycling to work and school and spending a lot more time staring at screens.
Using BMI to measure your health is nonsense. Here’s why
While BMI is an accessible and affordable way to screen a person’s health, but waist circumference is a better predictor of health.
Restricting calories leads to weight loss, not necessarily the window of time you eat them in
A new confirms there is no one best diet for weight loss. It also shows small decreases in the window of time you’re eating probably won’t make a difference to weight loss.
Regaining fitness after COVID infection can be hard
Here are 5 things to keep in mind before you start exercising again
How do I improve my motivation to exercise when I really hate it? 10 science-backed tips
Why do some of us hate exercise? And how can we overcome this to reap the lifesaving benefits of getting the body moving?
Why is it harder to build muscle as you age?
50-year-old muscles just can’t grow big like they used to – the biology of how muscles change with age
Got health goals? Research-based tips adopting healthy lifestyle behaviours
Health goals are among the most popular New Year’s resolutions, but failing to stick to them is so common that it has become a cliché.
You can’t outrun your fork. But that doesn’t mean exercise can’t help you lose weight or change your diet.
Humans are very good at conserving energy and will account for any calories burned through exercise by consuming more calories later in the day or by being less physically active throughout the rest of the day.
Thinking about a Dry January? Tips from a UW doc
As New Year’s Day approaches, health-based resolutions are hardly novel. The trend of “Dry January” has gained momentum during the pandemic, with 15% of U.S. adults attempting temporary alcohol abstinence last year.
Step away from the table – why you keep eating when you’re full
Let’s explore your body’s “stop eating signals” (satiety signals).
It could take 12 hours of walking to burn off your Christmas dinner
Or, if you prefer, you could jog for about five to six hours.
The ‘runner’s high’ may result from the body’s own version of THC
Studies in humans and in animal models are pointing to endocannabinoids – not endorphins – as the star players in the runner’s high.
COVID saw us sitting longer – and diabetes rose globally by 16% in 2 years. Time to get moving
Reducing sitting time is a good starting place to help people with diabetes, pre-diabetes and other chronic conditions to reach healthier levels of physical activity.
Less pain, more gain – improving health and fitness with minimal exercise
We found that doing fewer high intensity sprints in a training session may actually enhance changes in cardiovascular fitness — The lowest number of sprints that our study showed to be effective? Just two.