Nutrition and Fitness News

The term “weight loss” is everywhere these days.

An intervention significantly decreased the rate of potentially inappropriate prescribing among older adults in an ED setting, according to findings from a recent study.

The FDA and Abbott Nutrition released details of a deal this week that could lead to the reopening of an infant formula plant that was closed earlier this year amid a recall related to bacterial contamination.

A systematic review of 31 studies showed favorable results supporting the incorporation of a plant-based diet for men at risk for or diagnosed with prostate cancer.

Adults with obesity who lost weight while dieting struggled to maintain their weight loss if they slept less than 6 hours per night, according to findings presented at the European Congress on Obesity.

SAN DIEGO — Living within a food desert is an important risk factor for decreased breastfeeding initiation, according to findings presented at the ACOG Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting.

A Mediterranean diet was superior to a low-fat diet in preventing major CV events in secondary prevention of CVD, according to findings from the CORDIOPREV study.

CHICAGO — In this video, Healio Primary Care Peer Perspective Board Member Alan Dow, MD, MSHA, FACP, reviews highlights from various presentations that he attended during the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting.

Multicomponent exercise interventions were associated with greater improvements in measures of cardiometabolic health in people with overweight or obesity vs. single-component exercise interventions, according to a meta-analysis.

CHICAGO — In this video, Carol Ewing Garber, PhD, FAHA, FACSM, FNAK, discusses how to get patients to “move more and sit less.”