Today is National Exercise Day, a day to encourage and celebrate physical activity. The sun is out, temperatures are rising and many of us are embracing the outdoors after being cooped up all winter.

A strategy that combines wearable monitors and “gamification” of physical activity, along with encouraging participants to pursue their own goals, may help motivate people at risk for CVD to get and ...

A person’s physical activity requirements depend on a number of variables, including their current health status and personal goals. The simple answer is that some is better than none, and more is ...

The effectiveness of an intervention depends on its dose and on moderators of dose, which usually are not studied. The purpose of the study is to determine whether goal setting and theorybased ...

It’s almost the end of January and some people may be coming to the realization that New Year’s resolutions are easier to make than keep. Health experts often explain the objective should be a ...

Why Is Physical Activity Important? Physical activity is an important component of a healthy lifestyle and can improve health outcomes across the lifespan. When we are healthy, we’re more capable of ...