Tennis gives protection against heart disease lifelong
Researchers at the University of Hopkins University, men who keep up playing tennis throughout life are less prone to have a heart attack than those who are less active. They have been following a group of medical students at college during 1950 and 1960. //They asked them about participation in tennis, golf, football, baseball and basketball. Those who reported the greatest skill in ten...Early Awareness About Weight Management Needed To Tackle Lifelong Obesity
The problem of child obesity is severe like never before. The problem seems to be worse now that scientists now believe as a study from Tufts University this month proves, when it comes to being overweight, past is most definitely prologue. // ''It's quite astounding -- this shows that we can't afford to wait," said Vivien Morris, a Boston Medical Center nutrition specialist involved wi...Exercise In Childhood Provides Lifelong Benefits
According to a Journal of Bone and Mineral Research study by Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) researchers, exercise when young may reduce risk of// fractures later in life. The study is now available in an advance online edition of the journal and will appear in a print edition in 2007. 'Our study demonstrates that exercise when young may reduce the risk of fra...