A large international study has examined the relationship between the activity levels of children and adolescents with cardiovascular risk markers. Researchers believe the findings should prompt health authorities to reconsider current physical activity recommendations.
Periods of physical inactivity leave a lasting molecular imprint on your muscles, according to new research. For those who exercised earlier in life, the findings bring some encouraging news. However, the study also shows that the story is very different for older adults.
The research project is the first to examine how muscles are affected after an extended period of fasting.
Athletes who choose their own strategies through trial and error perform better, according to recent research. National team coach in alpine skiing, Christian Mitter, has already started applying the research findings to the national team.
A treatment programme involving intense training before the patient decides on surgery or not, results in fewer knee problems ten years later, according to new research.
The hectic daily life of elite student athletes affects how the youth view dietary supplements, a new NIH study shows. "Take something out of the schedule and add a mealtime at the sports academy," suggests PhD research fellow Anette Skilbred.
How can football clubs better control fatigue and recovery for their players? Håvard Wiig has clear advice after researching Norwegian elite players.
Traditional gender roles, attitudes towards people with disabilities, and the frequent prioritization of football make the UN's sustainable development goals difficult to achieve, a new NIH study from Ghana shows.
"They are never satisfied and are very worried about failure," researcher Annett Stornæs says. She has been studying pupils in specialised lower secondary schools.
Doctoral candidate Hanne Sogn believes male dominance among top officials in Norwegian sport is still a problem. The hectic working day in which top officials have to be available 24/7 is one of the biggest challenges.
An anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury is a serious knee injury that can have major consequences for knee function, activity levels and quality of life in both the short and long term. Good treatment is therefore important in order to ensure the best possible prognosis.
Take things slowly and reach the finishing line more quickly. Make changes to some transitions and gain even more speed. If you also have a friend who can join you during training with a phone, you can become a much quicker skier.
It is becoming much more common to hear about the development of eating disorders in increasingly younger people. However, young people themselves may hold the key to an important part of the solution. This is about body-image pressure and how one manages to take care of one’s self-image.
You will do better at both reading and arithmetic if you spend some of your theoretical lessons on physical activity. And the harder you push, the better you’ll perform.
Today's check-ups of top athletes are missing the mark. Health problems and sports injuries that can put an end to a career can easily be overlooked.
Football is a risky sport. A new study could enable the immediate detection of head injuries, on the sidelines of the football pitch.
Have you ever wondered why some people diligently go to the gym while others drop out? Public health would be boosted if we could learn from those who keep going.
Teachers who have not received adequate training in outdoor activities are one major cause of the many accidents that are occurring during outdoor education at Norwegian upper secondary schools.
Everyone wants to avoid sports injuries, but drawing up a training programme to achieve this is a myth. The solution, however, is quite simple.
If more people were to cycle to work they would be healthier and live longer and society would save large sums of money. Even e-cycling would achieve the same results.
There is no link between physical activity and pupil performance, and only a very tenuous link between physical activity and mental health, according to a new long-term study.
Working out with heavy weights will be beneficial for many older people, particularly those with pulmonary disease, by increasing strength, stability, improving health and making everyday life much easier.
Having an effective gaze makes elite players the best players. Even young players can become much better by learning from how the best players in the world use their eyes.
You will learn both maths and Norwegian more easily if you move more. Even if you take time off from studying these or other theoretical subjects in favour of engaging in physical activity, you will still improve in these subjects.
Occupational physical activity promotes longevity – new findings published today in Lancet Public Health.
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