Nutrition and Fitness News

People who were more physically active prior to developing COVID-19 had a lower risk for severe outcomes than those who were less physically active, according to researchers.

The holidays for many people represent a time of indulgence in food and drink, but for patients with gout, these feasts can be veritable minefields that can trigger painful flares.

With a lack of well-defined guidelines, many primary care providers in the United Kingdom provided generic weight-loss advice to patients with obesity, a recent study found.

Consumption of artificially sweetened beverages was not associated with stress or urgency urinary incontinence, researchers reported.

Food insecurity among women was associated with a higher likelihood of fecal incontinence, even when accounting for diet, according to data published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Disordered eating and insulin restriction were associated with a reduced abundance of short-chain fatty acid-producing gut microbes among young adults with type 1 diabetes with overweight or obesity, researchers reported.

Fewer than 20% of adults and adolescents around the world meet WHO’s physical activity guidelines, according to researchers.

When it comes to improving one’s health, many health care workers initially point to diet and exercise.

Financial incentive strategies were more effective in reducing weight than resources such as fitness trackers and commercial weight-loss programs, a recent study found.

Higher mean intake of saturated fat from dairy sources was associated with a lower level of body fat among women, according to researchers.