Sentences with phrase «amount of moderate physical activity»

They found that only about 14 percent were getting the amount of moderate physical activity that government experts suggest.

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Light to moderate physical activity is safe and beneficial for breastfeeding moms, and it has no effect on the amount, taste, or composition of your breast milk.

They add: «The greatest reduction in risk of developing metabolic risk factor clustering observed for intermediate levels of physical activity and leisure time sitting was unexpected and suggests that moderate amounts of both moderate - to - vigorous physical activity and leisure time sitting may be sufficient to protect against developing metabolic risk factor clustering over time... The lack of protection for the most active adults may reflect a chance finding, or confounding by other factors such as wider use of prescription drugs by participants in less active groups.

This approach allowed scientists to determine the amount of time each subject spent engaged in light, moderate, and vigorous levels of physical activity.

Instead, quite a moderate amount of physical activity was found to be sufficient for memory - protecting benefits, and only the most inactive group of twins stood out with a significantly higher risk for cognitive impairment.

But there's another benefit of physical activity that deserves a shout - out: the way even moderate amounts seem to shave years off your age, no matter how many birthdays you've actually celebrated.

«That's an amount equal to one hour of moderate physical activity, without lifting a finger,» said Dr. David S. Ludwig, lead author of the study published tomorrow (June 27) in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Each one of us can be responsible for our own health by avoiding junk food in all its disguises, maintaining a moderate amount of physical activity and regulating stress, thereby having a higher quality of life with very low medical costs, reduced disease risk and more productivity.

Now here is where context is pretty darn important: 6.1 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity a day is not by itself a substantial amount of additional physical activity.

Moreover, a 2014 Public Health England report found that the amount of moderate to vigorous physical activity students engaged with at 11 years of age had an effect on academic performance across English, maths and science, including final GCSE exam results, with active students found to achieve up to 20 per cent higher results than non ‑ active students.

It is advised that «children and youth aged 5 — 17 should accumulate at least 60 minutes of moderate - to vigorous - intensity physical activity daily», and that «amounts of physical activity greater than 60 minutes provide additional health benefits.»

If your Dalmadoodle has inherited more of the Poodle's traits, he will need to get a moderate amount of physical activity daily in order to remain easygoing and calm.