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Physical activity and exercise Archive

Mind & Mood

What's good for the heart is good for the mind

Updated November 28, 2018

The number of people with dementia is expected to climb to 50 million in the coming decades, but understanding the connection between vascular health and cognitive health allows people the opportunity to adopt heart-healthy habits that can also reduce their risk of dementia.

Exercise and Fitness

Active mind/body, healthy mind/body

Published February 26, 2018

Physical activity and exercise

Take a stand against sitting

Updated August 1, 2017

Studies have linked long periods of sitting with an increase in heart disease and early death.

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Odds are you are sitting while you read this. In fact, more than half of an average person's waking hours are spent sitting, according to a study in the Jan. 19, 2015, Annals of Internal Medicine.

All that sitting can cause great damage to your health. "The health risks tied to sitting may not be completely related to the act of sitting itself, but rather that sitting keeps you from doing healthier activity," says Dr. I-Min Lee of Harvard's T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

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