The main rule of weight loss seems simple: if you spend more calories than you consume, your body weight decreases. But, as ...

This study supports the idea that being more active truly helps increase how much energy your body uses. While there’s still ...

The amount of physical activity someone with chronic pain does depends far more on how well they cope with pain (their ...

New research reveals that replacing even 30 minutes of sitting with light physical activity—like walking or doing household ...

Getting just 4,000 steps per day, once or twice a week, lowers the risk of all-cause mortality and cardiovascular disease.

Walking just 4,000 steps one to two days a week may help older adults lower their risk of heart disease and live longer, a study finds. Here’s what doctors say.

Physical fitness, physical activity and screen time are associated with brain mechanisms underlying mental health and ...

Treating vasomotor symptoms, sleep disturbance, and mood disorders can remove barriers to weight loss for women during menopause, experts say.

A new study found that consuming dark chocolate milk before exercise modestly enhanced anaerobic sprint performance in ...

Bodies—muscles, bones, skin, and hair, as well as the food and sustenance we feed them with—are the last realm of analog ...

A new study reveals that how people think about and cope with chronic pain is more important than the pain itself in determining physical activity levels.