Fitness Studies

For 10 days, researchers evaluated a group of 10 regularly active students who were asked to become temporarily sedentary. The results indicated that physical inactivity can make people resistant to the benefits they would typically receive from...

When asked, 62 percent of survey participants said they have attempted to get into shape before joining a club, and another 45 percent said judgment-related fears have kept them away from fitness facilities entirely.

Six cancers tied to obesity—colorectal, endometrial, gallbladder, kidney, multiple myeloma and pancreas—are on the rise in young adults, according to new data published in The Lancet Public Health journal.

Obesity has been linked to an increased risk of developing 13 types of cancer, according to data recently published in the latest issue of the American Cancer Society's journal. This risk tends to be greater in Westernized nations with sedentary...

The authors of a recent study concluded that heart disease-related illness and death was 50 percent lower for subjects who lifted weights, even those who lifted infrequently, versus those who never lifted. Subjects who lifted at least twice a week...

A recent study found that the aerobic capacity of people in their 70s who had exercised regularly for 50 years was at the level of people 30 years younger than them, indicating that regular activity can help to slow physical decline.