Women who did extreme physical training and completed transantarctic expedition did not show any more negative health effects than men.

New assessment targets childhood obesity.

Every two years the National Physical Activity Plan Alliance publishes a “Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth.”

The FBI released a new, free mobile app for fitness enthusiasts and aspiring agents.

Wellness is not just about eating health food and exercising, Jolene Park tells the ABA Journal's Stephanie Francis Ward in this episode of Asked and Answered. It’s also about getting enough time to relax, getting enough sleep and not being stressed out about your job or finances — and employers can play a big role in all of those things.

The government wants Quebecers to get more active. New investments in school programs and recreational centres are aimed at getting you moving.

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 disease and premature death. We confirm that there is irrefutable evidence of the effectiveness of regular physical activity in the primary and secondary prevention of several chronic diseases (e.g., cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, hypertension, obesity, depression and osteoporosis) and premature death. We also reveal that the current Health Canada physical activity guidelines are sufficient to elicit health benefits, especially in previously sedentary people. There appears to be a linear relation between physical activity and health status, such that a further increase in physical activity and fitness will lead to additional improvements in health status.

Age-related memory decline may be related to physical fitness and stiffness of the central arteries.

More states and districts are paying closer attention to students' physical fitness since 2000, the CDC finds.

Starting next school year, the Physical Fitness Test will be replaced by the newly-announced Presidential Youth Fitness Program, a "health-related, criterion-based assessment."