It’s impossible to overlook the benefits of exercise but many people who do exercise don’t know if they’re doing enough.  Walking is an excellent form of exercise suitable for most people and pedometers are great for tracking the number of…

Seems every diet book ever published has a chapter devoted to exercise but it’s probably the least likely chapter to be read.  Or followed.  The Institute of Medicine also tells us how much exercise we need each week to maintain…

Exercise is instrumental in maintaining a healthy lifestyle.  It’s even said to decrease one’s risk of developing cancer and many other diseases.  While any regular exercise is better than no exercise, a recent study funded by the National Cancer Institute…

Scientific evidence is increasingly proving that the human body was engineered for action. Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have recently added more evidence, with their study of the effect an active lifestyle has on a specific…

The Stanford University School of Medicine has released the results of a long-term study that explores how a lifetime of running affects the aging process. The multitude of benefits derived from running have surprised even the research team.

It could be a matter of dilution of the message as the scientific data was reinterpreted and broadcast by journalists everywhere recently when the prestigious Salk Institute for Biological Studies published, in the journal, Cell, a paper describing a drug…

Most of us would have a hard time trying to discern the links between world-class athletes, veterans suffering from physical disabilities,  couch potatoes, and the frail, the elderly, and the obese but researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies…

With 65% or more of the adults in the United States tipping the scales at the overweight (or beyond) point, losing excess weight and keeping it off is a mission most of us wish we could accomplish.  It’s common knowledge…

Reporting from the Washington University School of Medicine, in St. Louis, Missouri, Pablo F. Soto, MD, says older hearts can work like younger hearts when training at the endurance level of physical activity.

Soto’s research team enlisted six men and six…

Headlines everywhere scream of the obesity epidemic jeopardizing our kids’ health and happiness during the time in life they should be the most care free.  Children with excess pounds usually don’t have to worry about the ill effects of too…

The July 15 issue of the journal, Neurology, published by the American Academy of Neurology, carries the details of a report conducted by researchers at the University of Kansas School of Medicine that offers the hope that remaining physically fit…

Ed. Note: This is a personal entry on my recent trip to the mountains of Southern Oregon. If you enjoy Almost Fit, please leave a comment or consider having Almost Fit delivered to your inbox. Thanks.

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People who eat less generally weigh less than people who consume more calories on a daily basis.  And maintaining a healthy weight means fewer health woes over the course of a lifetime.  Now, a study recently conducted by researchers at…

Ed. note: I have been off in the mountains in pursuit of fish - but I got a chance to check in. I’ll be sending pictures of the fishing adventures soon - now that the power is back on. If…