Health benefits of physical activity: the evidence

DER Warburton, CW Nicol, SSD Bredin - Cmaj, 2006 - cmaj.ca
The primary purpose of this narrative review was to evaluate the current literature and to
provide further insight into the role physical inactivity plays in the development of chronic …

Exercise, brain, and cognition across the life span

MW Voss, LS Nagamatsu… - Journal of applied …, 2011 - journals.physiology.org
This is a brief review of current evidence for the relationships between physical activity and
exercise and the brain and cognition throughout the life span in non-pathological …

[PDF][PDF] Exercise and physical activity for older adults

WJ Chodzko-Zajko, DN Proctor… - Medicine & science …, 2009 - bewegenismedicijn.nl
Exercise and Physical Activity for Older Adults Page 1 Copyright @ 200 by the American
College of Sports Medicine. Unauthorized reproduction of this article is prohibited. 9 Exercise …

Enrichment effects on adult cognitive development: can the functional capacity of older adults be preserved and enhanced?

C Hertzog, AF Kramer, RS Wilson… - … science in the public …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
In this monograph, we ask whether various kinds of intellectual, physical, and social
activities produce cognitive enrichment effects—that is, whether they improve cognitive …

Evidence for prescribing exercise as therapy in chronic disease

BK Pedersen, B Saltin - … journal of medicine & science in sports, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Considerable knowledge has accumulated in recent decades concerning the significance of
physical activity in the treatment of a number of diseases, including diseases that do not …

A systematic review of the evidence for Canada's Physical Activity Guidelines for Adults

DER Warburton, S Charlesworth, A Ivey… - International journal of …, 2010 - Springer
This systematic review examines critically the scientific basis for Canada's Physical Activity
Guide for Healthy Active Living for adults. Particular reference is given to the dose-response …

[KNIHA][B] Physical activity and health: the evidence explained

AE Hardman, DJ Stensel - 2009 - taylorfrancis.com
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 …

A meta-analysis of the effects of cigarette smoking on bone mineral density

KD Ward, RC Klesges - Calcified tissue international, 2001 - Springer
To determine the magnitude and mediators of the association between cigarette smoking
and bone mass in the epidemiologic literature we reviewed articles, published abstracts and …

Sedentary behavior and physical activity are independently related to functional fitness in older adults

DA Santos, AM Silva, F Baptista, R Santos, S Vale… - Experimental …, 2012 - Elsevier
The last decades of life have been traditionally viewed as a time of inevitable disease and
frailty. Sedentary living and physical activity may influence capacity to perform activities that …

Exercise comes of age: rationale and recommendations for a geriatric exercise prescription

MAF Singh - The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological …, 2002 - academic.oup.com
HERE has been a gradually growing awareness among policy makers and health care
professionals during the past several decades of the importance of appropriate exercise …