Sentences with phrase «vigorous intensity physical»

The Chief Medical Officer for England and Wales recommends that all children and young people should engage in moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity for at least 60 minutes and up to several hours every day.

As figures released in 2013 show, the numbers of young boys and girls meeting the Chief Medical Officer's (CMO) physical activity guidelines of 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity a day has fallen below one in five.

The Heart and Stroke Foundation funded study, «Individuals Underestimate Moderate and Vigorous Intensity Physical Activity» was recently published in PLOS ONE.

Not exact matches

Youth can achieve substantial health benefits by doing moderate - and vigorous - intensity physical activity for periods of time that add up to 60 minutes (1 hour) or more each day.

To decrease your risk of several chronic diseases, you should strive for at least 30 minutes of moderate - intensity physical activities on 5 or more days of the week or vigorous - intensity physical activity 3 or more days of the week for 20 minutes or more per session.

They alternate brief periods of moderate - and vigorous - intensity physical activity with brief periods of rest.

Children and adolescents can meet the Guidelines by doing a combination of moderate - and vigorous intensity aerobic physical activities or by doing only vigorous - intensity aerobic physical activities.

Research studies report that fatness can be reduced by regular physical activity of moderate to vigorous intensity 3 to 5 times a week, for 30 to 60 minutes.

Any episode of moderate - or vigorous — intensity physical activity, however brief, counts toward the Guidelines.

Each increase in an increment of 5 - metabolic equivalent hours per week (MET - h / wk), which is equal to about 100 minutes per week of moderate - intensity physical activity or 50 minutes per week of vigorous - intensity activity, was associated with a 9 percent lower risk of T2DM.

«We instructed volunteers to walk or jog on the treadmill at a speed which they felt corresponded to the «light,» «moderate» and «vigorous» intensity descriptors used in the physical activity guide, yet they underestimated how hard they should be working to achieve moderate and vigorous intensity,» lead researcher and graduate student Karissa Canning says.

We found that vigorous - intensity physical activity in particular, such as activities that increase breathing and heart rates to a high level, was the most effective at lowering risk.

The 129 sedentary adult ages 18 to 64 recruited for the study, irrespective of their sex, ethnicity or BMI classifications, correctly estimated physical activities of light effort but underestimated moderate and vigorous effort, even after being given commonly used exercise intensity descriptors.

While WHO formulates its recommendations in terms of moderate - to - vigorous activity, the researchers say there is a growing consensus for the benefits of reducing sedentary behavior and increasing even low - intensity levels of physical activity.

While moderate and vigorous physical activity are usually emphasized in exercise programs, low - intensity physical activity may also help with weight control.

Many of these studies have however been carried out among generally healthy individuals, and have relied on not always accurate self - reports of physical activity; and focused on moderate or vigorous exercise, rather than low - intensity physical activity.

Moderate - to vigorous - intensity physical activity has an established preventive role in cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity, and some cancers.

However, with very short and vigorous anaerobic exercise like High Intensity Training (HIT), High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT), Tabata, and Crossfit, we can actually bring physical aging to a halt and even reverse it.

Acute impact of moderate - intensity and vigorous - intensity exercise bouts on daily physical activity energy expenditure in postmenopausal women.

Weekly aerobic physical activity of about 150 minutes moderate intensity exercises or 75 minutes of vigorous exercises.

The World Health Organization recommends that adults 18 - 65 years old get «30 minutes of moderate - intensity physical activity 5 days per week» or «20 minutes of vigorous - intensity physical activity 3 days per week»

For the Healthy Eating Index score, the top 50 % or higher included the participants with a score of 63.5 or more; high physical activity included the participants who had moderate intensity to vigorous activities 5 or more times per week.

We also determined the results of stratified analysis by age group (< 60 years vs ≥ 60 years), sex, race / ethnicity, educational attainment (< 12 vs ≥ 12 years), physical activity (≥ 5 times / wk of moderate - intensity vs vigorous activities vs others), HEI score (top 50 % [score ≥ 63.5] vs other), and BMI (normal vs overweight / obese).

The covariates included race / ethnicity (non-Hispanic white, non-Hispanic black, Mexican American, or other), educational attainment (< 12, 12, or > 12 years of education), smoking status (never, former, or current), alcohol consumption (0, < 3, or ≥ 3 drinks / wk), physical activity (0, < 5, or ≥ 5 times / wk of moderate - intensity to vigorous activities), BMI (< 25, 25 to < 30, or ≥ 30), family history of CVD (yes / no), and antihypertensive medication use (yes / no).

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.»

An inactivity timebomb Insufficient physical exercise is widely understood to be a primary cause of obesity, as vast numbers of UK children are failing to clock up the hour of daily moderate to vigorous - intensity activity advised by the World Health Organisation.

Leisure time physical activity of moderate to vigorous intensity and mortality: A large pooled cohort analysis.