A recent study by Harvard University with 20 young adults showed that speed walking increases the force on hip bones by 30% ...

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Evidence that nature is good for you continues to mount, as a new study that compared nature walkers with urban walkers found that folks in the former group were better able to rest their brains. The ...

Can walking lower blood pressure? We’ve long known walking has many health and wellbeing benefits, including strengthening our bones and muscles and helping us to maintain a healthy weight and lose ...

Modern lifestyles are often associated with sedentary behavior (SB) and are also associated with adverse health outcomes. SB has been defined as any behavior occurring in a waking individual who sits, ...

—A small study of 99 patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis found that moderately and severely frail participants demonstrated slower walking speeds, lower cadence (steps per minute), ...

A researcher examined the impact of opening a multifunctional facility on residents' daily walking time. The results indicate that the facility significantly increased the average walking time of ...

Redlining from the 1930s, marked minority and low-income neighborhoods as 'hazardous,' which influenced mortgage and insurance decisions. Results show that redlined areas have less greenspace and more ...