Physical Activity to Stay Fit

Lymphocytes shrink to stay fit

In response to an infection, proinfl ammatory cytokines stimulate lymphocytes to take up nutrients so that they can proliferate and mount an immune response. Once the infection is cleared, however, cytokine levels decline and the lymphocytes’ nutrient supply is abruptly cut off. Most of the cells quickly die by apoptosis, but a small fraction survive and differentiate into longlived memory cell...

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Regulatory fit messages and physical activity motivation.

Targeted communication about health behaviors seems to be more effective than mass communication in which undifferentiated audiences receive identical messages. Regulatory focus is psychological variable that can be used to build two target groups: promotion-focused or prevention-focused people. It is hypothesized that targeting messages to an individual's regulatory focus creates regulatory fi...

Effects of a School-Based Sports Program on Physical Fitness, Physical Activity, and Cardiometabolic Health in Youth With Physical Disabilities: Data From the Sport-2-Stay-Fit Study

Citation: Zwinkels M, Verschuren O, Balemans A, Lankhorst K, te Velde S, van Gaalen L, de Groot J, Visser-Meily A and Takken T (2018) Effects of a School-Based Sports Program on Physical Fitness, Physical Activity, and Cardiometabolic Health in Youth With Physical Disabilities: Data From the Sport-2-Stay-Fit Study. Front. Pediatr. 6:75. doi: 10.3389/fped.2018.00075 Effects of a School-Based Spo...

Molecular adaptations of lipolysis to physical activity

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the context of lipid metabolism research in physical activity, lipolysis, lipolysis hormone regulation and the fate of lipolysis products in exercise, fatty acid transporters, some genes involved in lipid metabolism, effect of resistance activity on lipolysis, adaptations of adipose tissue due to physical activity, lipoproteins and apoproteins...