Reducing daily sitting may prevent or relieve back pain even if no improvements take place in the composition of back muscles or glucose metabolism.
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Reducing daily sitting may prevent back pain
A new study from the University of Turku showed that reducing daily sitting prevented back pain from worsening over six months.
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Dancing can have the same benefits as running, research finds. Free-form dancing expends enough energy to reach the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion’s recommended moderate-to-vigorous physical activity intensities.
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Northeastern Global News
Lady Gaga and Northeastern University researcher agree: ‘Just Dance’
A new study finds that dancing can offer the same health benefits as running. Learn how dancing — anytime, anywhere — counts as exercise.
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Daily physical activity, even at light intensities, linked to lower cancer risk. Higher daily step count, but not pace (step intensity), was also linked to lower cancer risk - 11% lower for those taking 7,000 steps per day and 16% lower for 9,000 steps. Beyond 9,000 steps, risk reduction plateaued.
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EurekAlert!
Daily physical activity, even at light intensities, linked to lower cancer risk
In a prospective cohort study of more than 85,000 adults in the United Kingdom, researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and University of Oxford found that individuals who engaged in light- and moderate-to-vigorous-intensity daily physical…
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For stronger bones at any age, replace sitting with light activity. 🦴🏃♂️ A sweeping review shows that across all ages, even light daily activity protects bone health, while too much sedentary time quietly raises the risk of fractures. 🚶♀️📉
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New Atlas
For stronger bones at any age, replace sitting with light activity
Strong bones need more than workouts; they need less sitting. A sweeping review shows that across all ages, even light daily activity protects bone health, while too much sedentary time quietly raises the risk of fractures.
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Just 30 minutes of less sitting each day can improve the body's ability to utilize fats and carbohydrates for energy production. Reducing sedentary behavior can be particularly beneficial for people who are physically inactive and have an increased risk of heart diseases and type 2 diabetes. 🪑💪⚡️❤️
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Just half an hour of less sitting each day can improve energy metabolism
New study shows that just 30 minutes of less sitting each day can improve the body's ability to utilise fats and carbohydrates for energy production.
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Doing a mix of exercise could be the key to longer life: 🏃♀️💪🧘♂️ active people who did the greatest variety of exercise were 19% less likely to die during that time than those who focused on one activity. That effect was greater than for individual sports like walking, tennis, rowing and jogging.
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BBC News
Why doing a mix of exercise could be the key to longer life
Don't just focus on one activity - doing a variety every week gives you more health benefits, a study suggests.
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