Every January, New Year's resolutions regarding exercise means there's a surge in intentions be more physically active. Typically, gyms and recreation centers see a boost in membership sales and ...

Most people who enthusiastically begin fitness journeys abandon them within two months. This discouraging statistic isn’t about laziness or lack of commitment – it reflects a fundamental ...

Exercise Training Effective for CKD Patients A novel component of an interventional program was cognitive-behavioral counseling administered in a group setting to promote behavioral change. A ...

The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) is once again recommending clinicians refer select adults without cardiovascular disease risk factors to behavior counseling to encourage ...

As many readers know, my doctoral research area was focused on health behavior change. Specifically, I was interested in finding ways to inspire groups of people to become physically active. One of ...

We so easily—and often, and over and over—decide to make changes in our eating and exercise behavior as if this is as simple as developing a flossing habit. But it’s not. In a Class of Their Own ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. author of Chained to the Desk in a Hybrid World: A Guide to Balance. Statistics show that most Americans spend an average of 10 ...

If the brain no longer responds correctly to the hormone insulin (insulin resistance), this also has a negative effect on the metabolism in the body and the regulation of eating behavior. A recent ...

Exercise bulimia is a behavior of excessive exercising that has characteristics similar to the eating disorder bulimia ...