A comprehensive study of nearly 70,000 middle-aged and older Chinese adults reveals that moderate physical activity provides the greatest benefits for healthy aging, with high activity showing added ...

But many people just don't get as much physical activity as they should. The World Health Organization's physical activity guidelines recommend adults strive for 150 to 300 minutes of moderately ...

ROME, ITALY — Individuals who are 65 years old and older can help to reduce their risk of cardiovascular death and heart attack by maintaining or beginning moderate physical activity, according to new ...

Adults need 150 minutes a week – about 20 minutes per day – of moderate to intense physical activity, according to guidelines from the Department of Health and Human Services. This can take the form ...

Can long-term physical activity influence mortality and biological aging? Researchers at the University of Jyväskylä in Jyväskylä, Finland, set out to answer this question and uncovered a surprising ...

Vigorous exercise places greater demand on the cardiovascular system, encouraging adaptations in the heart and lungs, Holmer ...

"Physical activity is one of the most important ways to preserve or improve functional independence, including among older adults who are frail or deemed to be at increased risk of falling," writes Dr ...