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Replacing a half hour of sitting or lying around with brisk walking and other moderate physical activities reduces the risk of dying over 14 years by 45 percent.
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Elderly Japanese women who danced for exercise were 73 percent less likely to be impaired eight years later doing “activities of daily living” such as walking, cooking, dressing and bathing.
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Mothers-to-be that practiced yoga had fewer C-sections, fewer low-weight newborns, and milder and briefer labor pains.
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Aerobic activities improve the executive thinking skills of both young and old people, report Columbia University researchers.
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Exercising 30 to 60 minutes three times a week improved healthy gut microbes in people even without dietary changes.
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A twice-weekly yoga class lowered symptoms of depression in participants within eight weeks.
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Walking, dancing, gardening and other physical activities significantly improve brain volume and lower the risk of Alzheimer’s disease.
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Exercise such as brisk walking or jogging for 45 minutes protects not just the heart but the brain from age-related decline.
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Weekly lessons in tai chi along with thrice-weekly home practice sessions significantly lowered depression in Boston Chinese-Americans.
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People with mild cognitive impairment that exercised aerobically four times a week for six months had increases in overall brain volume and gray matter and enjoyed better cognitive functioning.
