The name Marathon comes from the legend of Pheidippides, a Greek messenger. The legend states that he was sent from the battlefield of Marathon to Athens to announce that the Persians had been defeate ...
At the start, some athletes play psychological games such as trying to be last to the starting blocks.At high level meets, the time between the gun and first kick against the starting block is measure ...
In this summary, 195 countries are included.No defence forcesMain article: List of countries without armed forcesThe following nineteen countries have been identified as having no defence forces or as ...
Myostatin was the first myokine to be identified. Its discovery occurred in Se-Jin Lee’s laboratory at Johns Hopkins University in 1997. Both aerobic exercise and strength training in humans and anim ...
The study of the effect of infectious agents on metabolism is still in its early stages. Gut flora has been shown to differ between lean and obese humans. There is an indication that gut flora in obes ...
Main article: Social determinants of obesityThe disease scroll (Yamai no soshi, late 12th century) depicts a woman moneylender with obesity, considered a disease of the rich.While genetic influences a ...
The Communicable Diseases Center was founded July 1, 1946, as the successor to the World War II Malaria Control in War Areas program of the Office of National Defense Malaria Control Activities. Prece ...
A lifestyle typically reflects an individual's attitudes, values or world view. Therefore, a lifestyle is a means of forging a sense of self and to create cultural symbols that resonate with personal ...
By relative lengths of sidesTriangles can be classified according to the relative lengths of their sides:In an equilateral triangle all sides have the same length. An equilateral triangle is also a re ...
Mental health is a level of psychological well-being, or an absence of a mental disorder; it is the "psychological state of someone who is functioning at a satisfactory level of emotional and behavior ...
Anaerobic exercise is an exercise intense enough to trigger lactate formation. It is used by athletes in non-endurance sports to promote strength, speed and power and by body builders to build muscle ...
Main article: VO2 maxAerobic capacity describes the functional capacity of the cardiorespiratory system, (the heart, lungs and blood vessels). Aerobic capacity refers to the maximum amount of oxygen c ...
Main article: Hand HygieneHand hygiene is defined as hand washing or washing hands and nails with soap and water or using a waterless hand sanitizer.Hand hygiene is central to preventing spread of inf ...
As of 2011 the effects of community wide interventions to increase exercise levels at the population level is unknown. Signs that encourage the use of stairs, as well as community campaigns, may incre ...
Research indicates that improving the awareness of nutritious meal choices and establishing long-term habits of healthy eating have a positive effect on cognitive and spatial memory capacity, with pot ...
