America has an obesity problem. The National Institutes of Health estimates that two in five adults are overweight and one out of every three adults are obese. Though a healthy diet has the biggest ...

In my last column, I addressed many reasons why engaging in strength training (anaerobic) workouts are important. Aside from allowing you to maintain and/or gain muscle and bone mass, benefits also ...

In a year-long study carried out between June 2016 and October 2021, 296 previously sedentary older adults with mild cognitive impairment, a disorder that often precedes Alzheimer’s disease, were ...

We hear it all the time — exercise for your health. But how does exercise impact later life? And if exercise hasn’t ever been a regular routine, why is now a good time to begin? As many COVID ...

A brief aerobic exercise intervention can augment the benefits of exposure therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), new research suggests. Investigators randomly assigned individuals with ...

Aerobic exercise, also known as cardio, "involves activities that use large muscle groups rhythmically and continuously, raising the heart and breathing rates," explains Gontang. He says that the word ...