Physical Activity

Children and young adults who have longer sedentary time are more likely to have high C-reactive protein levels, an indicator of greater inflammation, according to study findings.

Strategies encouraging physical activity that are based on lifestyle, demographic, socioeconomic and disease-related factors are “unlikely” to improve exercise adherence among patients with osteoarthritis, according to data.

Wearable activity trackers were linked to higher physical activity and improved physical function in hospitalized adults, although they did not influence hospitalization outcomes like risk for readmission, a recent study found.

As a seemingly ever-increasing body of data support physical activity in patients with osteoarthritis, a growing discussion is addressing the distinction between pain and harm, and how the two are experienced by those with the disease.

Individuals with varying degrees of physical activity levels had greater pain tolerance compared with those who were sedentary, according to a recent study published in PLoS One.

The FDA recently released a safety notice directing the public to avoid using compounded salt formulations of semaglutide.

Physical activity performed in the afternoon could yield a greater reduction in HbA1c than physical activity during other times in the day, according to an analysis of data from the Look AHEAD trial published in Diabetes Care.

Adults who met the minimum recommended amount of weekly aerobic and muscle-strengthening activities had a 48% lower risk for influenza and pneumonia compared with those not meeting the guidelines, according to researchers.

Adolescents with obesity whose inability to control their hunger is a barrier to weight loss have a more negative perception about their body than adolescents who say inability to control hunger is not a barrier, according to a speaker.

During the transition to menopause many women may experience adverse changes to multiple cardiovascular risk factors, according to a North American Menopause Society Practice Pearl published in Menopause.