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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... 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)
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)
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... 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)
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)
Want to get fit? Get realistic
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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... view more... (2004-02-05)
Males with elevated levels of testosterone lead shorter lives but have more success siring offspring
Comparative studies have studied testosterone levels and related them to mating systems and aggression, but very few studies have attempted to relate testosterone to fitness, that is, the combination of lifetime reproductive success and survival, in the wild or experimentally. view more (2006-04-13)
Impact of exercise on body fat is different for boys and girls
The impact of exercise on body fat differs for boys and girls, suggests research published ahead of print in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. view more (2007-03-29)
Age is more than a number — In barn owls, it reveals how susceptible one is to climate change
Fluctuations in weather and the environment affect survival and reproduction of animals. But are all individuals within a population equally susceptible? Theory on the evolution in age-structured populations suggests not - those life stages that are more important for overall fitness should be less susceptible to environmental variation than other... view more... (2007-01-11)
There's a speed limit to the pace of evolution, Penn biologists say
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a theoretical model that informs the understanding of evolution and determines how quickly an organism will evolve using a catalogue of "evolutionary speed limits." view more (2009-11-03)
The results are in: Bacterial parasite strives for balance in host infection
When horror-movie writers run out of ideas, they can always turn to parasites. Imagine the possibilities with flesh-eating bacteria, suicide-inducing hairworms, scalp burrowing botflies—and castrating parasites. view more (2006-05-30)
Maintaining aerobic fitness could delay biological aging by up to 12 years
Maintaining aerobic fitness through middle age and beyond can delay biological ageing by up to 12 years and prolong independence during old age, concludes an analysis published ahead of print in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. view more (2008-04-10)
Aerobically unfit young adults on road to diabetes in middle age
Most healthy 25 year olds don't stay up at night worrying whether they are going to develop diabetes in middle age. The disease is not on their radar, and middle age is a lifetime away. view more (2009-06-18)
Computer exercises improve memory and attention
Study results to be published in the April 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society show that computerized brain exercises can improve memory and lead to faster thinking. view more (2009-02-12)
People with type 2 diabetes improved muscular strength
Physical therapist-directed exercise counseling combined with fitness center-based exercise training can improve muscular strength and exercise capacity in people with type 2 diabetes, with outcomes similar to those of supervised exercise, according to a randomized clinical trial published in the September issue of Physical Therapy, the scientific... view more... (2009-09-23)
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