Nutrition and Fitness News

DENVER — In this video, an expert highlighted several practices that she said are “recommended when implementing nutrition, and culinary medicine in particular, into obesity medicine practice.”

DENVER — It is important for clinicians to check for nutritional deficiencies in patients with obesity, a speaker at the Obesity Medicine Association conference noted.

DENVER —Exercise “pretty much improves everything” from metabolic health to musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, pulmonary, mental, sexual and cognitive health, an expert said.

In a meta-analysis of studies covering more than 400,000 people, climbing stairs was associated with reduced risk for all-cause mortality and death from heart disease.

BOSTON — Most people in the United States do not get enough vitamin D, but supplementation helps patients reach the daily recommended dietary allowance, according to a speaker at the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting.

BOSTON — Editors of Annals of Internal Medicine compiled a list of studies published over the past year that they said have important implications for internal medicine physicians.

BOSTON — Intermittent fasting is a popular weight loss technique, but there are a few considerations that physicians should keep in mind when discussing it with their patients, according to a presenter at the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting.

According to data published last year, eating disorder claims rose 65% as a percentage of all medical claims in the United States between 2018 to 2022, with most claims in 2022 coming from patients aged 14 to 18 years.

BOSTON — Time-restricted eating did not result in more weight loss vs. a usual eating pattern, suggesting that overall caloric intake may have a larger effect on weight loss than meal timing, researchers reported.

Hundreds of clinicians will gather in Denver next week to discuss the latest treatment strategies and evidence-based approaches to obesity management.