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Fitness Current Events | Fitness News Fitness current events and Fitness news stories from Brightsurf. Find the latest Fitness research, discoveries and most popular current news and events. |
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Interacting mutations promote diversity
Genetic diversity arises through the interplay of mutation, selection and genetic drift. In most scientific models, mutants have a fitness value which remains constant throughout. View More (2012-06-29)
How healthy are Britain's children?
Primary schools across the UK are soon to be invited to take part in the Young Scientist National Fitness Experiment to find the fitness of the nation's children. In our society of fast food, microwave meals and chips with everything, the importance of keeping fit has never been more obvious. But with the vast majority of children being driven to and from school, and with many children choosing... View More (2003-09-05)
Cardiovascular fitness not affected by cancer treatment
The cardiovascular fitness level of cancer survivors is not affected by many standard cancer therapies, say researchers from Georgetown University Medical Cancer. View More (2009-05-29)
Brain fitness programs may help frail elderly walk faster
Computerized brain fitness programs are known to help seniors improve their memory and focus. Now, a study led by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University has found preliminary evidence that such programs may help frail seniors walk faster, potentially preventing disability and improving quality of life. View More (2010-08-11)
Fidgeting your way to fitness
Walking to the photocopier and fidgeting at your desk are contributing more to your cardiorespiratory fitness than you might think. View More (2011-06-29)
How did bilaterally symmetric flowers evolve from radially symmetric ones?
The researchers found that plants bearing bilaterally symmetrical flowers were more visited by pollinators and had higher fitness, measured by both the number of seeds produced per plant and the number of seeds surviving to the juvenile stage, than plants with radially symmetric flowers. View More (2006-10-03)
Heart transplant recipients can improve fitness and perform high intensity workouts
Heart transplant recipients' cardio-respiratory fitness is around 30 to 50 per cent lower than age-matched healthy sedentary individuals. View More (2009-07-06)
BMI and shuttle run among techniques IOM Report recommends for youth fitness testing
Techniques ranging from running to push-ups to sit-and-reach tests have been used to measure various aspects of fitness in children and adults. View More (2012-09-28)
New training regime recommended countering loss of fitness in game-limited youth football players.
To protect young future football stars, the Football Association limits the number of games young players (aged 10 -11 years old) attending official academies are allowed to play. The initiative has reduced the numbers of injuries young players experience, but a new study by James Ryder at the University of Hull and the University College Chester highlights the need to introduce smaller training... View More (2003-12-16)
Study finds fitness level, not body fat, may be stronger predictor of longevity for older adults
Adults over age 60 who had higher levels of cardiorespiratory fitness lived longer than unfit adults, independent of their levels of body fat, according to a study in the December 5 issue of JAMA. View More (2007-12-05)
Poor fitness common in teens and adults, with associated rise in cardiovascular disease risk factors
Approximately one-third of adolescents and 14 percent of adults (aged 20 to 49 years) in the U.S. have poor cardiorespiratory fitness, with an associated increased prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors such as higher total cholesterol and blood pressure levels. View More (2005-12-21)
Even low levels of weekly exercise drive down blood pressure
Even low levels of weekly exercise drive down blood pressure and boost overall fitness, suggests a small study in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. View More (2007-08-14)
Obese people can be Metabolically Healthy and in Good Shape
A person can be obese and metabolically healthy at the same time, which means that this person will have the same mortality risk for heart disease or cancer that people of normal weight. View More (2012-09-21)
Fitness-oriented gym classes demonstrate measurable health benefits for overweight children
Overweight children who took part in lifestyle-focused, fitness-oriented gym classes showed significant improvement in body composition, fitness, and insulin levels. View More (2005-10-04)
Memory improves for older adults using computerized brain fitness program
UCLA researchers found that older adults who regularly used a brain fitness program played on a computer demonstrated significantly improved memory and language skills. View More (2012-08-06)
Health care professionals failing to tell patients they are not fit to drive
Many healthcare professionals are failing to advise people with medical conditions that could affect their ability to drive whether they should get behind the wheel, according to research from the University of Warwick. View More (2010-01-15)
Foot, knee and hip pain a problem in obese children
Pain in the lower extremities - feet, ankles, knees and hips - contributes to both poor physical function and a reduced quality of life in obese children, according to a new study by Dr. Sharon Bout-Tabaku and colleagues, from Nationwide Children's Hospital and The Ohio State University in the US. View More (2012-10-17)
Want to get fit? Get realistic
Embargo:For immediate release View More (1998-09-04)
Social life-history response to individual immune challenge of workers of Bombus terrestris: a possible new cooperative phenomenon
Solitary organisms can minimise fitness loss from parasitism with a facultative change to an earlier reproduction. Such a shift of the reproductive effort gives the host a chance to compensate for the cost on future reproduction resulting from the infection. In the case of social insects, where brood care and reproductive effort are shared between the queen and her workers, adjustments of the... View More (2004-02-05)
If consumers are close to fitness goals, do they prefer a larger or limited variety of products?
Consumers who believe they are making progress toward their goals are motivated by limited product variety, unlike people who think they are further from their goals, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. View More (2011-11-16)
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