Rationale: Weight loss is recommended to treat obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Objectives:
To determine whether the initial benefit of intensive lifestyle intervention (ILI) for weight loss …

Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed invasive malignancy and the second
leading cause of cancer death in women. This chapter considers epidemiologic evidence …

Physical Activity and Health explains clearly, systematically and in detail the relationships
between physical activity, health and disease, and examines the benefits of exercise in the …

Cancer survivors are often highly motivated to seek information about food choices, physical
activity, and dietary supplement use to improve their treatment outcomes, quality of life, and …

The metabolic syndrome is a complex clustering of metabolic defects associated with
physical inactivity, abdominal adiposity, and aging. Purpose To examine the effects of …

Clinical trials have demonstrated that lifestyle changes can prevent type 2 diabetes, but the
importance of leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) is still unclear. We carried out post hoc …

Elevated cortisol in a subset of depressed patients is an enduring and well-replicated
finding. Much interest has focused on the possible effects of depression on the …

Randomised controlled trials have shown that exercise training has a mild or moderate
favourable effect on many metabolic and cardiovascular risk factors that constitute or are …

BACKGROUND: Aerobic exercise is a common nonpharmacological intervention for the
management of obesity. However, the efficacy of isolated aerobic exercise at promoting …

Context The amount of physical activity needed to prevent long-term weight gain is unclear.
In 2008, federal guidelines recommended at least 150 minutes per week (7.5 metabolic …