All posts tagged with physical inactivity
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-(Natural News) A study on “inactivity, exercise and malignancies” found that over 46,000 cancer cases in America could have been prevented yearly if more people walked for at least 45 minutes a day. The study was conducted by researchers from the American Cancer Society (ACS) and Emory University in Atlanta and published in the journal Medicine & Science in […]
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Don’t blame genetics: Poor lifestyle habits play a greater role in young patients with heart disease
-(Natural News) A recent study, presented in the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2019, revealed that lifestyle habits play a more decisive role in early coronary artery disease than genetics. “Genetics are an important contributor to premature heart disease but should not be used as an excuse to say it is inevitable,” said Dr. Joao A. Sousa, […] -
Sitting at your desk at work versus watching television on the couch: Which is worse for your heart?
-(Natural News) According to a study, spending hours sitting on the couch watching TV is potentially worse for your heart health than being seated at your desk at work. A study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association analyzed information from 3,592 African Americans living in Jackson, Mississippi. All of the participants were analyzed over a […] -
-(Natural News) Exercising helps you maintain a healthy weight, which then prevents conditions linked to obesity such as heart disease. According to a recent study, even the elderly can benefit from physical activity, as long as they work out regularly. The study was published in the journal JAMA Network Open. Physical activity and mortality risk […]
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-(Natural News) Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Every year, more than half a million Americans die because of heart disease – the majority of whom are claimed by coronary heart disease (CHD), the most common type of heart disease and […]
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-(Natural News) The World Health Organization (WHO) defines physical activity as any movement performed by the muscles of the body that requires expending energy. These activities could either be for fun, for work, or for recreational purposes. While some people use the term physical activity interchangeably with exercise, the latter is considered a subcategory of physical activity and is […]
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-(Natural News) Heart attack is prevalent in the U.S. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, someone somewhere in the U.S. suffers from a heart attack every 40 seconds. Statistics indicate that more than half a million Americans have a heart attack each year, and for the majority of them, this experience is their first. Heart […]
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-(Natural News) Brisk walking for 20 minutes every day could reduce your risk of premature death by as much as 30 percent, concludes researchers from the University of Cambridge, after studying more than 300,000 European men and women. The 2015 study found that twice as many deaths could be attributed to the lack of physical exercise […]
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-(Natural News) Exercise has long been implicated in maintaining overall health, but a recent review published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology stresses how vital it is to cardiovascular health. This paper, which was written by researchers from the U.S. and Austria, is part of an eight-part series focusing on different risk factors […]
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