Nutrition and Fitness News

This year’s American Society for Nutrition Scientific Sessions and Annual Meeting will take place in person in Chicago from June 29 to July 2.

A 5:2 intermittent fasting diet combined with meal replacement resulted in greater weight loss and better glycemic control compared with antidiabetic medications in patients with early-stage type 2 diabetes, data from the EARLY study showed.

A narrative review found no evidence that sodium restriction affects morbidity and mortality in patients with heart failure.

NEW YORK — In this Healio video from the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Bhagwan A. Bahroo, MD, discusses the relationship that nutrition and mental state have with an individual’s overall health.

According to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, there is insufficient evidence to recommend for or against screening for food insecurity in primary care settings.

Watching television significantly decreased the odds of healthy aging, but replacing this time with light, moderate or vigorous activity increased these odds, a study showed.

SAN DIEGO — Obtaining serum vitamin levels in children with migraine should be part of symptom management, particularly for older adolescents, according to a speaker at the American Headache Society Annual Scientific Meeting.

Higher dietary sodium intake was associated with a higher risk for current atopic dermatitis, suggesting that a sodium-restricting diet may be a helpful intervention for disease management, according to a study.

The relationship between obesity and disordered eating behaviors represents a complex combination of psychological, physiological and environmental influences.

Greater adherence to the planetary health diet was associated with a lower risk for an early death from several causes and produced a significantly lower environmental impact, a study showed.