Nutrition and Fitness News

A lack of vitamin D might increase mortality risk, according to researchers.

Food environment may play a significant role in the county-level rate of HF mortality in the U.S., according to a study published in Circulation: Heart Failure.

For older adults, combinations of aerobic and muscle-strengthening activities might lower the risk for all-cause mortality, according to researchers.

Previous research has demonstrated associations between nutrition and breast cancer.

Improving micronutrient supplementation for mothers during pregnancy could help reduce the prevalence of noncommunicable diseases in the next generation, according to researchers.

Increasing daily step counts may reduce the risk for chronic diseases such as obesity, sleep apnea and major depressive disorder, a study published in Nature Medicine found.

In patients with stable angina, increased risk for stroke and mortality was positively correlated with higher consumption of milk and total dairy intake, researchers reported in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.

Higher-quality diets, including those lower in inflammatory effects, were linked to greater fecundability in prospective preconception cohort studies from North America and Denmark.

Diets high in foods that cause inflammation, such as meat, sugar and coffee, increased the severity of menstrual pain for adolescents and young adults, according to study findings presented at the NAMS Annual Meeting.

Women with a history of gestational diabetes can lower their risk for developing type 2 diabetes by optimizing modifiable risk factors for the disease, such as weight, diet, physical activity and tobacco and alcohol use.