EXERCISE AND CHILDREN

WHO Report1 The international recommendations on physical activity are for young people to take an hour of moderate to vigorous exercise daily. In November the Lancet published a survey of the exercise patterns of children in 146 countries. The study found that 80% of...
HOW MUCH EXERCISE DO YOU TAKE

HOW MUCH EXERCISE DO YOU TAKE

One way for doctors to uncover a patient’s drinking habits goes like this: ask the patient how much he (it is usually a he) drinks and double it. Ask his wife how much he drinks and halve it. Add the two figures together and divide by two and this gives you the...

RUNNING, DISEASE AND MORTALITY

I try to be a bit topical in these blogs, writing about recent publications, studies and reports on exercise related subjects. I aim not to give recommendations for particular types of exercise or physical activity but today my latter aim is in conflict with the...

DOCTORS AND EXERCISE

When, in the 1960s, the information about the ill effects of smoking became known, the medical profession was the first group to show any reduction in tobacco use. This was probably the result of self preservation rather than trying to set a good example. Still, it...

DOGS AS EXERCISE MACHINES

One commentator on my first Blog (on high blood pressure) recounted the good effects of dog walking on his own blood pressure. Now his observations have been ratified by two studies reported in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. Dogs and mortality...