Asthma, a common respiratory condition in childhood and adolescence, is often linked to limitations in physical activity. However, far from being an insurmountable obstacle, exercise, when done ...

Is your child getting enough exercise? If your child is not exercising at all, you should take steps to change that today. Exercise is important to your children's health. Combining regular physical ...

Watch Purdue Pete twist and turn to help Tippecanoe County learn about the benefits of exercise and mindfulness under the guidance of Purdue University Department of Health and Kinesiology researchers ...

Cognitive functions, also known as intellectual functions, encompass thinking, understanding, memory, language, computation, and judgment, and are performed in the cerebrum. The prefrontal cortex (PFC ...

It feels like play. Here’s what fitness experts say about using the activity as a training tool. By Danielle Friedman When kids skip, it rarely looks like work. There’s something playful, almost ...

Researchers found that physically active mice could pass on some of the benefits to their offspring through genes ...

Walking into a gym can sometimes feel like entering a realm with unspoken rules and assumptions. Among these is the common misconception that exercise primarily serves those looking to lose weight or ...

In a recent review article published in the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, researchers investigated the health benefits of physical activity in natural settings (PANS) and strategies to ...

On a brisk afternoon in March 2009 in Ontario, as winter melted into spring, Mark Tarnopolsky and his team at McMaster University sat around a table for their weekly lab meeting. The topic was the ...

Learn how to reap the social benefits of exercise, plus why incorporating community into your fitness routine is so important. Exercise is often seen as “me time”—a moment to focus solely on yourself, ...