Exercise

Being in shape and maintaining fitness play a bigger role in health and survival than many once believed. Recent findings suggest that excess weight and a larger body size [...]

Listen up, ladies. Losing weight can be struggle central when you don’t have a sense of direction. From online fitness trends to the abundance of wellness fads to hot [...]

The holiday season is here, and with it comes the chaos—endless to-do lists, parties, travel, and, let’s be real, not enough hours in the day. But your self-care and [...]

Need motivation to stay active in your golden years? Accumulating evidence suggests that about 22 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise per day (150 mins/week) can [...]

The Los Angeles Times recently interviewed Martha Gulati, MD, director of Preventive Cardiology in the Department of Cardiology in the Smidt Heart Institute at [...]

Spending too much time in a chair can unravel your fitness goals and make you feel older. Here’s how to counteract it. We’ve all heard that sitting too long is bad for [...]

Ghrelin is a hormone in the body that is responsible for stimulating appetite and making you feel hungry by increasing activity in a specific area of the brain. People with [...]

Heavy-duty endurance exercise can cause body fat levels to drop without any accompanying weight loss, a new small-scale study indicates. A group of eleven middle-aged men who [...]

Losing weight doesn’t have to be all about sweaty gyms or expensive personal trainers. Sports can help you lose weight and keep it off while having fun—win-win, even [...]

Not all belly fat is created equal. Subcutaneous fat, the soft fat that sits under the skin, is generally seen as less harmful than visceral fat, which collects deeper in [...]