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Anorexia nervosa during pregnancy was associated with several adverse neonatal outcomes, such as preterm and small for gestational age birth, compared with women without eating disorders, researchers reported.

The overall use of several complementary health approaches, and their use for pain management specifically, rose substantially over the last couple of decades, researchers found.

Women who met WHO’s recommended weekly level of leisure-time physical activity were at a reduced risk for both noninjurious and injurious falls, a study showed.

Hospitalizations for eating disorders have increased steadily among adolescents in the United States, including a spike during the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers reported in Hospital Pediatrics.

Salt substitutes enriched with potassium are a feasible way for people with hypertension to reduce sodium intake long term, yet clinical guidance regarding salt substitute use is lacking, according to a review published in Hypertension.

An annual increase in cardiorespiratory fitness level was associated with reduced odds of prostate cancer, a study in the British Journal of Sports Medicine reported.

Motivational interviewing, a weight loss intervention recommended by the AAP, showed no benefit reducing childhood obesity during a recent study, according to research published in Pediatrics.

Older adults and women of childbearing age who consumed mangos had a greater intake of several key nutrients that are recommended for those stages in life, a study found. They also had better diet quality.

When children aged 8 to 15 years were screened for risk for before participating in sports, the diagnostic yield for identifying those at risk was higher in those aged 12 years or older, researchers reported.

Data from a prospective study of Taiwanese adults suggest reducing prolonged sitting in the workplace by increasing the volume or intensity of physical activity may mitigate elevated risks for all-cause and heart-related death.