Aerobic Exercise

Fewer than 20% of adults and adolescents around the world meet WHO’s physical activity guidelines, according to researchers.

Both moderate aerobic exercise and stretching and balance activities protected against cognitive decline in older adults with mild cognitive impairment, according to research at the Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease annual meeting.

For older adults, combinations of aerobic and muscle-strengthening activities might lower the risk for all-cause mortality, according to researchers.

Exercising with weights regularly was associated with a lower risk for mortality from any cause except cancer, according to researchers. They also found that adding aerobic exercise enhances the protective effect.

Participating in leisure-time activities like playing tennis, swimming laps, jogging or walking may help lower the risk for death in older adults, according to researchers.

An exercise program with both aerobic and resistance training is associated with metabolic adaptation in older women with overweight and obesity, according to study findings published in Obesity.

Constant-load exercise and high-intensity interval training improved aerobic fitness in adults with moderate to severe asthma, although the latter method offered more benefits, according to a recent study.

Aerobic training and daily intake of pure pomegranate juice may prevent increased liver enzymes and insulin resistance in adult men, according to findings from an Iranian study published in BMC Nutrition.

Multicomponent exercise interventions were associated with greater improvements in measures of cardiometabolic health in people with overweight or obesity vs. single-component exercise interventions, according to a meta-analysis.

A yearlong resistance exercise program for inactive adults with hypertension improved sleep quality and duration compared with aerobic exercise, combined aerobic and resistance exercises and no exercise, researchers reported.