Physical activity reduces chronic disease risks, improves function, and extends lifespan, thus supporting clinicians’ use of exercise prescriptions as a health intervention, new research suggests. A ...

Some fitness modalities are better than others at helping you live stronger for longer.

This edition of BJSM focuses on physical activity across the continuum: from promotion and participation to its role in disease prevention. Here, we consider physical inactivity as a risk factor for ...

For decades, medicine has been dominated by a “fix-it-when-it-breaks” mentality. We wait for disease to appear, then react. But when the machinery in question is the only body you’ll ever have, ...

Objective Although 30 min/day of moderate-intensity physical activity is suggested for preventing type 2 diabetes (T2D), the current recommendations exclusively rely on self-reports and rarely ...

Living to 90 is a feat in itself, but imagine being able to compete in triathlons even as you near that distinguished age. This is the reality for Dr. Joseph Maroon, an 82-year-old triathlete who also ...