Nutrition Fitness News

This is the first installment of the Healio | Women’s Health & OB/GYN Nourish to Flourish column, edited by Susan Weiner, MS, RDN, CDN, CDCES, FADCES. In future installments, Weiner and Healio will speak with experts to discuss the impact of food and nutrients on women’s health.

Mothers in Greece who strongly adhered to a Mediterranean diet had a significantly reduced risk for postpartum depression, according to the results of research published in Nutrients.

SAN DIEGO — Adherence to a low-carbohydrate diet during pregnancy may have some benefits in gestational diabetes, but overall, low-carbohydrate diets are not associated with any significant differences in outcomes, according to two experts.

DANA POINT, Calif. — In this Healio video exclusive, Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPA, MPH, MBA, discusses considerations clinicians must make regarding women with obesity.

Adherence to the American Heart Association dietary pattern prior to conception may be associated with a lower likelihood of pregnancy loss during infertility treatment, according to a cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.

Older women with Parkinson’s disease were less physically active and spent more time being sedentary compared with those without Parkinson’s disease, which may increase their risk for adverse outcomes, according to researchers.

SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO — In this video exclusive, Christopher Kovacs, MD, FRCP, FACP, FACE, talks about osteoporosis and fragility fractures associated with pregnancy and lactation.

Women who drank two glasses of dealcoholized muscadine wine daily showed significantly improved elasticity and water retention of their skin, according to a study presented at NUTRITION 2023.

Almost no dietary supplements available in the U.S. provide key nutrients in required doses for pregnant women, which can lead to risk for inadequate nutrient intake from foods alone, researchers reported.

For National Women’s Health Week, the Healio Editors compiled news on nutrition of interest to women’s health providers.