Fitness Studies

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.

People with a propensity to physical activity showed genetic markers that corresponded with a reduced risk of depression, according to the JAMA Psychiatry study. However, the researchers also found that that those with genetic markers related to...

After six weeks of monitoring, the study subjects who regularly ascended stairs showed substantial increases in VO2 max and peak power output, as compared to the subjects who were sedentary.

Sedentary middle-aged Americans showed cognitive improvement after just six months of adopting routine aerobic exercise and a low-sodium, high-potassium diet.

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.

Club members who are never spoken to cancel memberships at a rate 2.8 times higher than those who are spoken to, equating to an additional 21 cancelled memberships per month for every 1,000 members, according to a new survey by the Customer...

Approximately 35 percent of teenage boys participate in at least one hour of daily physical activity, while only 18 percent of girls do, according to the report. Physical activity also appears to decline as children age and live in high-crime...

On curved treadmills, test subjects consumed 32 percent more oxygen, displayed 38 percent worse running efficiency, reported a 16 percent higher heart rate and a 2.5 percent greater running cadence, according to a study published in the Journal of...