Ultra-processed foods and cardiovascular mortality
Ultra-processed foods have often been associated with cardiovascular disease, but is there a preventive link with mortality from these diseases?
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Effectively fight against the effects of menopause through resistance training, even at low intensity
Accelerated loss of muscle mass is often seen in postmenopausal women. While resistance training is an ideal solution to this, the recommended intensity for increasing muscle mass may be too high for some women. Can beneficial effects be obtained with light loads ? And if so, with which workout frequency ?
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Frailty and sarcopenia: Benefits of resistance training
Longevity has increased hand in hand with radical changes in our lifestyles where malnutrition, sedentary behavior and physical inactivity have become the norm. As a result, we are living longer but with potentially more health problems, limiting our daily activities and reducing our quality of life.
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Effects of compression garments on balance
By improving the perception of somatosensory information, compression garments make balance control more optimal in the elderly, injured people and high-level athletes, but what about healthy and active people ?
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Sedentary time, physical activity & cardiovascular health after 70 years
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the world. And unfortunately, their incidence increases with age. And if physical activity remains an ideal prevention tool, adherence is often very low with seniors. What would be the minimum intake to observe health benefits for this population?
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Women & bone mineral density: sport differences
Bone mineral density is the most important predictor of bone fractures. As women age, the decrease in physical activity and the drop in estrogen level in post-menopause could lead to osteoporosis, and therefore to an increased risk of fractures…
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Exercise and Type 2 Diabetes: Impact on Drug Therapy
Type 2 diabetes is a metabolic disease that affects more than 285 million people worldwide. To fight it, glucose-lowering medications are often prescribed, but they are associated with a lower quality of life. Could physical activity do the trick without it?
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Is there a link between gray matter and cardiorespiratory fitness?
Dementia is a global epidemic with an estimated 50 million people worldwide. It is generally characterized by cerebral atrophy, certain areas being more affected than others. Some suggest that physical activity could slow this atrophy. But is there a link between physical activity level and brain volume?
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Impact of running on mortality risk
Physical activity reduces the risk of mortality. Running is one of the most popular activities in the world because it is easily adaptable to everyone’s level and can be practiced almost anywhere. But what is the impact of running on mortality and is there a dose-response relationship ?
