“There was a time when children 'weight trained' by carrying milk pails and helping around the farm. Now few children, even young athletes, get sufficient activity.”

DR. LYLE MICHELI, director of sports medicine at Children's Hospital Boston, on the importance of weight training for children. Many people think weight-training fails to help strengthen children while increasing their risk of injury, but in fact the opposite is likely true [via The New York Times]

Prescription for Type 2 Diabetes: Cardio Plus Weights

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Diet and exercise is the mantra for good health in any population, not least in patients with Type 2 diabetes.

Pumping Iron? A Lighter Load May Give Better Results

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Enough with the grunting and groaning at the gym already. New research this week in PLoS One shows that, to build muscle, it’s more effective to lift a lighter weight many times than to lift a heavy load that you can only manage five or 10 times.