American College of Sports Medicine Position Stand: “PHYSICAL ACTIVXTY, PHYSICAL PITNESS, AND HYPERTENSION.” Med. Sci. SDorfs Exert.. Vol. 25. No. IO. DD. i-x. 1993. Hvnertension is present in epidemic proportions in adults of industrialized societies and is associated with a markedly increwd risk of developing numerous cardiovascular pathologies. There is a continuing debate as to the efftcacy...

The metabolic syndrome is recognized as one of the leading worldwide health problems, which is a constellation of metabolic risk factors that is associated with increased risk for developing cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus and myocardial infarction. Clustered metabolic risk factors include abdominal obesity, dyslipidemia, elevated blood pressure, glucose intolerance, and insuli...

Numerous studies consistently have shown that higher levels of physical activity are associated with decreased risks of coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, hypertension, non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, colon and, possibly, breast cancer, as well as osteoporosis. The biological processes proposed to explain these inverse associations are highly plausible. If physical activi...

background and objectives: given the limited number of studies on ramadan fasting and military performance, we conducted this study to identify the effect of ramadan fasting on physical fitness performances in army cadets. methods: twenty healthy males were randomly selected from a larger sample group. the subjects were divided into fasting (n=10) and non-fasting (n=10) groups. they performed v...