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Both Minneapolis and St. Paul are among top 10 ‘fittest cities’ in new report
The American Fitness Index rankings are based on 33 separate indicators in two major categories: personal health and community/environment.
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Just an hour a week of brisk walking reduces risk of knee-arthritis disability, study finds
“This is less than 10 minutes a day for people to maintain their independence,” said Dorothy Dunlop, the study’s lead author.
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People who start exercising at midlife reap longer-life benefit, study suggests
The finding that individuals who become physically active later in life can “catch up” with life-long exercisers was unexpected, say the study’s authors.
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How fast is a ‘brisk’ walk? Researchers offer a simple way to measure walking intensity
For adults aged 21 to 40, walking about 100 steps per minute constitutes moderate intensity, the study found.
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Replacing sitting time with 30 minutes of physical activity linked to a longer life
“Our finding that any physical activity provided mortality risk reduction underscores an important public health message that movement in itself (doing ‘something’), irrespective of intensity, is beneficial,” the researchers write.
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New U.S. physical activity guidelines’ simple message: Sit less, move more
Despite all the benefits of exercise, only 26 percent of men in the U.S., 19 percent of women and 20 percent of adolescents meet the recommended levels of physical activity.
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Taking 10,000 steps a day may be a healthy fitness goal, but it’s also an arbitrary one
Few of us ask where the 10,000-steps-a-day goal came from. Why that particular number of steps? Why not 5,000 — or 15,000?
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Fewer than 1 in 4 American adults get enough exercise, CDC report finds
Minnesota ranked ninth in physical activity by adults, with 27.7 percent of the state’s residents meeting the federal guidelines. Colorado ranked No. 1.
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Can physical activity enhance our happiness? Perhaps, say researchers
It’s also quite probable, the review found, that we can reap some measure of that happiness benefit with short or infrequent bursts of physical activity.
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Physically demanding jobs linked to early death in men
“This evidence indicates that physical activity guidelines should differentiate between occupational and leisure time physical activity,” the study’s authors conclude.