Intense exercise can prompt cravings for a range of different foods depending on what type of exercise you do, according to research by Britain’s leading sports scientist.

Dr David Stensel of Loughborough University’s School of Sport & Exercise has recently completed research into what effect various types of demanding physical activity have on appetite during and after the meal.

And he found that the effect on appetite of various physical activities are linked to their physical requirements.

Sedentary older people who began to exercise significantly slowed down their rate of mental decline, especially their ability to process complex information quickly, according to a new US study.

Salk Institute researchers in San Diego have found a new drug that gives you all the benefits of working out, just by taking a pill reports AP.

One drug called Aicar has been shown to increase the endurance of mice on a treadmill by 44 percent after four weeks.

The sedentary mice burned more calories and had less fat than untreated mice.

A second drug called GW1516 boosted endurance by a whopping 75 percent, but needed to be combined with exercise to have effect.

The conventional wisdom of “30 minutes a day” of moderate exercise is unlikely to make any real changes to your body weight, according to a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

A growing scientific consensus suggests that when it comes to exercise for weight loss: more is better – and it will take at least 60 minutes a day to make a noticeable difference, reports Time.