Any amount of running, even just once a week, is better than no running, in lowering risk of death from all-cause, cardiovascular and cancer, finds a new study (n=232,149), which also found higher doses of running may not necessarily be associated with greater mortality benefits.

In elementary and preschool settings, when physically active lessons were added into the curriculum they had positive impact on both physical activity and educational outcomes, finds the first meta-analysis of the impact of physically active lessons (n=12,663).

Coronary heart disease is a chronic inflammatory condition

Dietary fat guidelines have no evidence base

Sitting behaviour is not associated with incident diabetes over 13 years: the Whitehall II cohort study

Study of professional fighters finds fight exposure associated with reduced brain volume and impaired cognition

Walking groups have wide-ranging health benefits: significant reductions for blood pressure, resting heart rate, BMI and reduction in depression scores (a systematic review and meta-analysis)