There is hope for the unmotivated in physical activity. New large research has identified the characteristics of physical activity programs that best increase motivation for physical activity. The ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “This is where that lifestyle medicine comes in that we need to be good at,” Holly Wyatt, MD, professor and vice ...

A new study has revealed that a lack of equipment and venues - and a lack of motivation even if those were available - are the main barriers to physical activity for adolescent boys. Lorraine Robbins ...

A recent study in Cell led to the discovery of a group of neurons in mouse brains that were shown to influence motivation in relation to tasks followed by rewards. That is, the increased activity of ...

Mice with reduced leptin signalling in the brain logged nearly twice as many miles on a running wheel compared with normal mice. Leptin is a fat cell-derived hormone that signals the brain when the ...

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