Aim: To address high rates of inactivity and related chronic diseases among African–American women. Materials & methods: Eleven focus groups on physical activity barriers for African–American women in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In women, daily vigorous intermittent physical activity was tied to lower risks for major adverse cardiovascular ...

Recreational physical activity or lack thereof could be a factor in whether teenage girls develop breast cancer later.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Women who consistently met WHO guidelines had a three-point higher physical health score vs. those who did not.

Physical activity in women has assumed increasing significance as a policy issue as a result of the release of the 1996 Surgeon General's Report on Physical Activity and Health. This report revealed ...

Recreational physical activity may be associated with breast tissue composition and biomarkers of stress in adolescent girls, according to a new study from Columbia University Mailman School of Public ...

Increasing the activity level of women with gestational diabetes reduced the risk of preterm labor. Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) during pregnancy is inversely associated with the risk ...

Objective To explore the relationship between long-term physical activity (PA) participation and falls. Methods Participants in the Australian Longitudinal Study of Women’s Health born 1946–1951 ...

In a recent study published in the Journal of Clinical Medicine, researchers evaluated the effects of physical activity and positive affect on the relationship between cognitive performance and pain ...

Regularly doing a mix of different types of physical activity may be best for prolonging the lifespan, but the associations ...