Movement Medicine

News: Child Diabetes Risk Soars With 3-hrs Screen Time A Day

News: Child Diabetes Risk Soars With 3-hrs Screen Time A Day

This screen time is applied to TV, tablets, mobile phones, games consoles and computers with under-fives in Britain spending over four hours and older children averaging over five and a half hours a day according to the communications watchdog Ofcom in the 2016 report Children and parents: media use and attitudes report 2016.

Research: 10 minutes of high-intensity activity daily reduces body fat in children

Research: 10 minutes of high-intensity activity daily reduces body fat in children

Children who undertake 10 minutes of high-intensity physical activity per day reduce the amount of body fat and improve their aerobic fitness, according to a study from the University of Eastern Finland and Cambridge University published by Sports Medicine.

Research: 20 minutes a day of Regular Exercise Could Cut Diabetes Risk by 26%

Research: 20 minutes a day of Regular Exercise Could Cut Diabetes Risk by 26%

Meeting the recommended 150 minutes a week of physical activity can reduce a person's risk of developing type 2 diabetes by up to 26% according to new research by scientists at University College London and the University of Cambridge published in the journal Diabetologia.