Objective.—To encourage increased participation in physical activity among Americans of
all ages by issuing a public health recommendation on the types and amounts of physical …

It is clear that, despite their natural tendencies, children have become less physically active
in recent decades, with children today expending approximately 600 kcal· day-1 less than …

In 1995 the American College of Sports Medicine and the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention published national guidelines on Physical Activity and Public Health. The …

The human body is designed for activity. For most of our history, physical activity was
required for survival, but technological advances have eliminated much of the need for hard …

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 …

During recent years, evidence supporting the vital role of physical activity in the prevention
and treatment of diabetes has been accumulating. Physical activity is recognized to produce …

Current physical activity guidelines endorse the notion that the recommended amount of
daily physical activity can be accumulated in short bouts performed over the course of a day …

Endurance trained people exhibit low levels of postprandial lipemia. However, this favorable
situation is rapidly reversed with de-training and it is likely that the triglyceride (TG) lowering …

Background: Physical activity recommendations promote the accumulation of aerobic activity
in bouts of≥ 10 min. It is important to determine whether shorter bouts of activity can …

Atherosclerosis-related cardiovascular disease and diabetes mellitus are leading causes of
mortality in the world and both disorders are closely related to the postprandial phenomena …