In a recent study under review at the Scientific Reports journal and posted to the Research Square* preprint server, researchers assessed whether physical inactivity in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID ...

A recent study by researchers from World Health Organization (WHO), together with academic colleagues and published in The Lancet Global Health journal, found that nearly one third (31 percent) of the ...

At your next doctor’s visit, one simple question could reveal more about your long-term health than a blood pressure check or a temperature reading. It takes less than 30 seconds, but your answer ...

Physical inactivity increases the risk for diabetes, other chronic diseases, and premature death and should be screened for and managed, new research suggested. “There is nearly irrefutable evidence ...

A recently published study shows for the first time that even short periods of severe inactivity allow the buildup of proteins in the brain associated with Alzheimer’s disease. University of Missouri ...

According to recently released data from the World Health Organization (WHO), close to one-third of adults across the world are not physically active enough, putting them at higher risk for ...

Worldwide, 7.2% of deaths from all causes and 7.6% of deaths from CVD were attributable to physical inactivity, according to recent data. Perspective from Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA, MBA, MACP ...

Patients with asthma and all types of obesity, or with all types of obesity and physical inactivity, have an increased risk for limited activity of daily living, according to the results of a recent ...

This encyclopedic article explains how prolonged inactivity affects cardiovascular, muscular, and connective tissue systems ...

University of Missouri scientists have found that just 10 days of physical inactivity can have negative effects on memory and learning. A recently-published study conducted on female rats shows for ...