The health benefits of regular physical activity are well documented, yet only 32 percent of adults in the United States engage in regular exercise. Now a new study by researchers at The Miriam Hospital... View More

A study by the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research of more than 40,000 women and their babies found that women who gained more than 40 pounds during their pregnancies were nearly twice as likely... View More

Many Americans rarely leave home without their phones, and that could come in handy for those attempting to lose weight, according to a new study. "Since so many people use cell phones and gas prices were... View More

The American Dietetic Association has released the findings of ADA’s nationwide consumer opinion survey, Nutrition and You: Trends 2008. The results were released in Chicago at the American Dietetic... View More

The International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) announced today the release of the 2008 European Market Report, the most comprehensive publication and resource for information on the... View More

The International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) has announced the keynote and featured speaker lineup for its 28th Annual Convention &Trade Show, which will take place March 16-19,... View More

Research from Australia suggests that more than four in 10 parents don't know if their children are under or overweight and because of this they are unlikely to help their children correct their weight... View More

Health professionals from across Australia will meet in Brisbane at a University of Queensland conference focused on prevention and treatment of childhood obesity and eating disorders. The two-day conference,... View More

An online game might be the secret weapon for winning the war against childhood obesity. Researchers at George Mason University have designed and tested a nutrition education program called "Color My Pyramid"... View More

It's no secret that reading is beneficial. But can it help kids lose weight? In the first study to look at the impact of literature on obese adolescents, researchers at Duke Children's Hospital discovered... View More

One hundred scientists and physicians have written a letter to the Food and Drug Administration asking for more regulation of increasingly popular energy drinks because their high caffeine content puts... View More

A $50,000 scholarship endowment for the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) Research and Education Foundation has been established in the name of John A. Mayes M.S., ATC, LAT. Through... View More

Nearly one in four recently approved products in a relatively new class of medicines needed some type of regulatory action because of safety issues that arose after they came on the market, researchers... View More

Selling Personal Training is a well-rounded primer on how to generate a clientele from the ground up. Written by industry veteran Casey Conrad, this book serves as both a jump-start for new trainers and... View More

The International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) expressed today its ardent support of John McCain and Barack Obama’s comments made during the third and final presidential debate... View More

The popular strength training resource Optimal Muscle Training (Human Kinetics, 2009) will now be available in paperback. In the book and DVD package, strength and conditioning expert Dr. Ken Kinakin explains... View More

The World Natural Sports Organization (WNSO) has endorsed the National Federation of Professional Trainers (NFPT) as their athletes’ official training and certification organization. WNSO... View More

It’s a booming company in a down economy and a record number of people want to be part of it. So Colorado-based Fitness Together has released a free report entitled “The Insider’s... View More

In an effort to help harried Americans fit exercise into their hectic lives, new government guidelines released this week recommend slightly more than two hours of physical activity a week to stay fit.... View More

Score another home run for the 2007 World Series Champions. David Page, Boston Red Sox strength and conditioning coach, received the Life Fitness Nolan Ryan Award, named after the Hall of Fame pitcher,... View More