Nutrition Fitness News

Women with greater adherence to the Mediterranean diet had a nearly 30% lower risk for preeclampsia compared with women with lower adherence, according to a new study published in JAMA Network Open.

This year, women’s health care providers have faced challenges that developed throughout the year, from the lingering COVID-19 pandemic to a changing legal landscape.

This year, researchers found that of patients with high-risk, early-stage ovarian cancer, 72% had one or more symptoms and 28% were asymptomatic.

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.

Mothers with multiple children or with one child aged 4 years or younger participated in less moderate or vigorous physical activity compared with mothers with school-aged children, according to study data.

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.

Ultraprocessed food intake among mothers was associated with an increased risk for overweight and obesity among their children, according to researchers.