Exercise

CHICAGO — Adding resistance training to caloric restriction and aerobic exercise training was safe and did not adversely impact cardiac or arterial structure and function in older adults with obesity and HF with preserved ejection fraction.

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.

SAN DIEGO — Exercising at a consistent time may encourage adults with obesity to participate in regular moderate to vigorous physical activity, according to a speaker at ObesityWeek 2022.

Patients being treated for rheumatoid arthritis are strongly advised to engage in physical exercise when possible, according to new recommendations from the American College of Rheumatology.

Using smartphones as motion sensors may be the key to population-level analysis for mortality risk, researchers wrote.

Physical activity or exercise appeared associated with improved mental and physical health among people with kidney cancer, according to study results.

Exercising regularly may improve effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccine, and the benefits appear to rise with activity levels, according to researchers.

A physical exercise intervention delivered during chemotherapy was associated with a return to similar levels of baseline cardiorespiratory fitness at 1 year compared with exercise after chemotherapy, researchers reported.

A meta-analysis suggested with low confidence that symptomatic long COVID was associated with decreased exercise capacity on cardiopulmonary exercise testing up to 3 months after initial SARS-COV-2 infection.

Women who combine time-restricted eating with high-intensity interval training have greater reductions in visceral fat area than those who perform only one of the interventions, according to a study published in Cell Metabolism.