why to exercise

Why To Exercise Today: Minimizing 'Menopause Misery'

"If you are in your 40s and looking towards menopause, avoid the 12-15 pounds that most women gain by increasing your activity level now," one expert says.

Why To Exercise Today: To Promote Cognitive Health (It's Official)

The Institute of Medicine's number one recommendation to help mitigate the impacts of cognitive aging: be physically active.

Why To Exercise Today (Even A Short Walk): Avoiding A Premature Death

U.K. researchers report that "physical inactivity may theoretically be responsible for twice as many total deaths as high BMI..."

Why To Exercise Today, Moms: For The Kids, Of Course

Mothers' increased physical activity boosted children's moderate and vigorous activity overall, researchers report.

Why To Exercise Today: For Women, Svelte Aging Without Disability — And It's Not Sitting

Two recent reports re-emphasize everything you already know, but with added detail: fitness (and that involves weight, nutrition, exercise and overcoming a sedentary lifestyle) matters.

Why To Exercise Today: Preserve Your Brain, Avoid Dementia

Researchers report that people who consistently stuck to four or five "healthy behaviors" (regular exercise, no-smoking, a low bodyweight, a healthy diet and low alcohol intake) "experienced a 60 percent...

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Why To Exercise Today: Minimizing 'Menopause Misery'

Why To Exercise Today: To Promote Cognitive Health (It's Official)

Why To Exercise Today (Even A Short Walk): Avoiding A Premature Death

Why To Exercise Today, Moms: For The Kids, Of Course

Why To Exercise Today: For Women, Svelte Aging Without Disability — And It's Not Sitting

Why To Exercise Today: Preserve Your Brain, Avoid Dementia

Why To Exercise Today: It's As Good As (Or Better Than) Drugs

Why To Exercise Today: For Diabetics, A Lower Risk Of Early Death

Why To Exercise Today: A Revitalized Brain

Why To Exercise Today: Boosting Your Blood Supply

Why To Exercise Today: Youth And Shiny Fur

Why To Exercise Today: Because You Really, Really Don't Want To

Why To Exercise Today: A Calmer Colon

Why To Exercise Today: So We Outnumber The Stony-Faced Boston Runners

Why To Exercise Today: The Walking Cure

Why To Exercise Today: The Laxative Effect

Why To Exercise — Lightly — Today: Arthritis

Why To Exercise Today: 10 Minutes of 'Anything,' Says The CDC

Why To Exercise Today: Olga Kotelko, 91-Year-Old Long-Jumper

Why To Exercise Today In Two Words