Physical Activity Articles

Physical Activity Articles:

Men Who Are Fit Live Longer

A study released today in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association tested 15,660 African-American and Caucasian men over a 7.5 year period to determine if exercise capacity is a specific predictor of mortality. The study found that very fit individuals had a 70% reduced death rate and highly fit individuals had a 50% reduced death rate.

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Physical Activity Reduces the Risk for Genetic Obesity Proneness

Spending more than 1 hour per day on physically demanding work or exercise helps offset gene weaknesses that otherwise make you gain weight. This is a different reason to exercise than burning calories. You might call it a “gene fitness” reason. The goal is to turn on more good genes that assist metabolism in comparison to your own “obesity genes” that will tend to dominate or activate if you are not very active.

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