Tag Archives: mortality

Walk Faster for Better Health

Walk Faster for Better Health
Walking speed: the sixth vital sign Walking speed predicts a host of health outcomes and it’s easily and reliably measured with minimal equipment and cost. Given the ability of walking speed to predict health, two physical therapy researchers called walking speed the sixth vital sign, accompanying the five routinely measured vital signs of blood pressure,…
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Better Measures of Body Fat

Better Measures of Body Fat
Body-mass index (BMI) is the most widely used measure of body fatness Sometimes ways of doing things don’t change in the face of compelling evidence that a better way exists. Such seems to be the case with respect to measuring human body fat. Aside from aesthetics, excessive body fat predicts increased risk of chronic diseases…
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Better Cardiorespiratory Fitness = Better Aging

Better Cardiorespiratory Fitness = Better Aging
The secret is to Keep Moving Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) refers to the body’s maximal to process oxygen. Low CRF might be the best single predictor of risk of cardiovascular disease, premature death, and accelerated aging. Lower mortality risk for older people Levels of physical and cardiorespiratory fitness typically decline with age, while the tendency toward…
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Weight Gain During Adulthood

Weight Gain During Adulthood
American adults gain lots of weight over time Weight gain predicts poor health outcomes Has the weight gain of American adults increased the prevalence of obesity over the first 18 years of the 21st Century? Researchers at the National Center for Health Statistics used data from nine waves of the nationally representative National Health and…
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