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Fitness level, not size or weight, may be a more important determinant of women's risk of death
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 1, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Obesity alone may no longer be linked to a high risk of death in women, according to research published in the Nov. 2010 Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, the official journal of the American College of Sports Medicine. Researchers now suggest cardiovascular fitness level, not just a woman's size, may actually be the key predictor of health level and overall risk for death.
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S. adults take thousands fewer daily steps than foreign counterparts, survey says
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- American adults take fewer daily steps than their counterparts in Switzerland, Australia and Japan, according to research published in the Oct. 2010 Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, the official journal of the American College of Sports Medicine. While adults in western Australia, Japan and Switzerland averaged 9,695, 7,168 and 9,650 daily steps, respectively, this new study found that U.S. adults lag far behind, averaging just 5,117 steps per day.
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INDIANAPOLIS, March 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Teenage girls perceive lack of time as the number one barrier to physical activity, according to a new study published in the March issue of Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise(r), the official journal of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). The three-year survey assessing black and white adolescent girls reveals sedentary habits are mostly linked to internal barriers (interest, motivation), which were unrelated to external factors (jobs, recreation).
More than half of approximately 2,000 girls surveyed from ages 16 or 17 to 18 or 19 were identified as being sedentary. Of those classified as sedentary (about 1,000 girls), the majority (65 percent for black girls and 80 percent for white girls) claimed lack of time was their prim...
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INDIANAPOLIS, July 6 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Fewer professional baseball players are using smokeless tobacco, and consequently reporting fewer unhealthy oral conditions. A 10-year study of a professional baseball club links the two factors, noting that changes in league rules regarding tobacco and regular education and support for tobacco cessation programs may explain the declining use. The study is the first to report annual data on smokeless tobacco use and its harmful effects on professional baseball players over this length of time. It is published in the July issue of Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise(r), the official journal of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM).
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The researchers concluded that in order to produce the beneficial effect on academics, the exercise has to be intense enough to raise the heart and breathing rates substantially. While moderate activity is better than no activity, a slow amble around the neighborhood won't make you a better learner. A vigorous walk, run or gym workout will do the trick.
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ACSM experts examine what's hot, what's not in the health and fitness industry
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This year's emphasis on nationwide health care reform has cemented the health and fitness industry's emphasis on the need for proper accreditation and certification, according to an American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) survey of fitness trends published in the November/ December issue of ACSM's Health & Fitness Journal(R). The growing demand for educated and experienced fitness professionals claimed the top spot in the survey for the fourth consecutive year.
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