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from thatsfit.com

Exercise might be just what you need if you wish to protect yourself from what approximately 14 million people living in the U.S. already have: Type 2 diabetes. Now, this number does not account for the people who have the disease but have yet to be diagnosed. And sadly, this figure continues to climb.

from diet-blog.com

New research shows we are hungrier after doing lots of thinking.

"Caloric overcompensation following intellectual work, combined with the fact that we are less physically active when doing intellectual tasks, could contribute to the obesity epidemic currently observed in industrialized countries," (via ScienceDaily)

from msnbc.com

Members of a running club were half as likely to die over 20 years People who want to live a long and healthy life might want to take up running. A study published on Monday shows middle-aged members of a runner's club were half as likely to die over a 20-year period as people who did not run.

from nytimes.com

Investigators have begun two large studies of stretching, asking about its effectiveness in much the way scientists might ask about a new drug or medical device. They’re actively recruiting thousands of volunteers to participate, in the United States and elsewhere, and randomly assigning participants to use the method, or not.

from msnbc.com

Sure, exercise is good for your waistline, your heart, your bones — but might it also help prevent addiction to drugs or alcohol? There are some tantalizing clues that physical activity might spur changes in the brain to do just that.

from nytimes.com

For all who have wondered if they could enjoy the benefits of exercise without the pain of exertion, the answer may one day be yes — just take a pill that tricks the muscles into thinking they have been working out furiously.

from exercise.about.com

If you struggle to motivate yourself to exercise, maybe I can convince you with this fact: A sedentary lifestyle can actually speed up the aging process.

from msnbc.com

Conflicting studies renew debate on best way to get buff Ed Czajka works out on weight machines because they're available in his apartment gym. But he believes he's gotten better results with barbells and other free weights. "When you get on the machines, it's brainless pushing or pulling," says Czajka, 43, of Los Angeles. "I've always thought you get a better and more complete workout with free weights." Is he right?

from nytimes.com

Simply by telling 44 hotel maids that what they did each day involved some serious exercise, the Harvard psychologist Ellen Langer and Alia J. Crum, a student, were apparently able to lower the women’s blood pressure, shave pounds off their bodies and improve their body-fat and “waist to hip” ratios. Self-awareness, it seems, was the women’s elliptical trainer.

from msnbc.com

Fitness research shows that when a recording reminds them, even people who rarely exercise can be persuaded to get off the couch.

from usatoday.com

Money motivates people to slim down. Overweight employees who were paid a small amount lost more weight than those who weren't compensated for their efforts, according to one of the first studies to examine such a strategy at workplaces.

from medgadget.com

Scientists out of Stanford University analyzed brain activity of people listening to music, and came up with some interesting results. It turns out that brains respond to musical "movement transitions" with different brain networks.

from reuters.com

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study debunks the widely held belief that diet plus exercise is the most effective way to lose weight.

from sciam.com

Optimists may enjoy longer lives than people with a dimmer outlook on the future, a long-term study suggests.

Researchers found that of nearly 7,000 adults followed since their college days in the 1960s, those who were optimistic in their youth had a lower risk of dying over the next 40 years than their more pessimistic peers.

from reuters.com

Here are two more reasons to exercise: It may help prevent breast cancer and can be a safer way to lose weight than dieting, doctors said on Monday.

One report from the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota, said a study of women aged 55 to 69 found that those with the highest physical activity levels when the study began had a 14 percent lower risk of developing breast cancer than those who got low levels of exercise.