The study investigated the associations of body fat percentage and moderate - to -
vigorous physical activity with neuromuscular fitness in a population sample of 404 children aged 6 -8-years.
Not exact matches
They alternate brief periods of moderate - and
vigorous - intensity
physical activity with brief periods of rest.
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.
Among ovarian cancer survivors, meeting the 150 minutes of moderate to
vigorous physical activity was significantly associated
with happiness level.
A new study of 3050 twins finds moderately
vigorous physical activity — i.e., more strenuous than walking — to be associated
with better cognition in a 25 - year follow - up.
A long - term follow - up study of 3050 twins from the Finnish Twin Cohort has shown that midlife, moderately
vigorous physical activity is associated
with better cognition at old age.
This association was still observed among patients participating in high levels of moderate to
vigorous physical activity, indicating that regular high levels of
physical activity do not fully protect against the risks associated
with prolonged periods of sedentary behaviors.
Older adults
with more frequent moderate - to -
vigorous physical activity had lower pain scores on the temporal summation test — indicating less pain facilitation.
Large trials showed exercise's association
with reduced all - cause mortality and that self - reported moderately
vigorous physical activity led to lower risk of all - cause and cancer - specific mortality.
The study found that children
with less moderate - to -
vigorous daily
physical activity had stiffer arteries.
High levels of moderate - to -
vigorous physical activity are associated
with lower arterial stiffness in 6 -8-year-old children, according to a new study from the University of Eastern Finland.
Patients
with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who participated in any level of moderate to
vigorous physical activity had a lower risk of hospital readmission within 30 days compared to those who were inactive, according to a study published today in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society.
The study, publishing online January 18 in the American Journal of Epidemiology, found elderly women
with less than 40 minutes of moderate - to -
vigorous physical activity per day and who remain sedentary for more than 10 hours per day have shorter telomeres — tiny caps found on the ends of DNA strands, like the plastic tips of shoelaces, that protect chromosomes from deterioration and progressively shorten
with age.
While moderate and
vigorous physical activity are usually emphasized in exercise programs, low - intensity
physical activity may also help
with weight control.
And it's not yet clear if people should replace prolonged inactivity
with simple movement or moderate to
vigorous physical activity, the AHA said.
However, the findings did suggest a «J - shaped tendency,» the authors wrote, in which low and moderate levels of
physical activity were associated
with a decrease in antibiotic use (compared to sedentary behavior), but
vigorous activity was associated
with an increase.
(1) The twin
with the higher BMI spent about 6.1 minutes less per day doing moderate to
vigorous physical activity.
To minimize the confounding effect and test for potential modification by an overall lifestyle pattern, we further performed a stratified analysis according to a priori — defined healthy lifestyle pattern, as characterized by never smoking or ever smoking for fewer than 5 pack - years, never or moderate alcohol intake (< 14 g / d in women and < 28 g / d in men), body mass index (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared) of at least 18.5 and less than 25.0, and
physical activity of at least 150 min / wk at a moderate level or at least 75 min / wk at a
vigorous level (equivalent to ≥ 7.5 metabolic equivalent h / wk) as recommended.18 Likewise, given the previous report that protein intake was associated
with a higher risk for diabetes - related mortality, 8 we examined the protein - mortality association according to the history of diabetes.
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.
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.
This has been looked at in - depth in America and it has been shown that pupils who performed
vigorous physical activity at a level that met or exceeded the US Healthy People 2010 guidelines achieved higher academic scores compared
with the other pupils.
A positive perception of the school play environment is associated
with higher moderate to
vigorous physical activity during recess among girls.
Whilst we all want to see
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Keep in mind that your dog will need water to drink when engaged in
vigorous physical activity, so carry a thermos
with warm water.
According to a 2010 study in the American Journal of Public Health, children
with dogs spent more time doing moderate to
vigorous physical activity than children without dogs.
They then used statistical analysis to determine which land use characteristics, if any, were significantly correlated
with moderate to
vigorous levels of
physical activity.
Researchers from the University of California San Diego School of Medicine found that women between the ages of 64 to 90 who sat for more than 10 hours a day
with less than 40 minutes of daily moderate - to -
vigorous physical activity had shorter telomeres.