Physical Activity

Anxiety and BMI can affect asthma control regardless of physical activity levels, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

Starting small, replacing red and processed meat, maintaining physical activity, reducing stress and meal planning are all ways suggested by the American Heart Association to stay healthy during the new year.

The Healio and Endocrine Today Editors have compiled the top endocrinology news of 2021.

Susan Weiner, MS, RDN, CDCES, FADCES, talks with Karen Kemmis, PT, RN, DPT, MS, GCS, CDCES, FADCES, about the benefits and challenges of helping people with diabetes to increase physical activity.

Physical activity and air pollution correlated with positive and negative brain outcomes, respectively, according to study results published in Neurology.

Physical activity, defined as recreational whole-body physiological energy expenditure, and time spent in physical activity are not associated with knee osteoarthritis outcomes, according to data published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.

Children with disabilities should be encouraged to participate in sports, recreation and other physical activities that suit them, pediatricians said in a new AAP clinical report.

Life events and major transitions may negatively affect routine physical activity, across the spectrum of age in the U.S., according to a scientific statement published in Circulation.

Study data showed that preschool-aged children with asthma spent significantly more time watching TV than their healthy peers and that poor asthma control was linked with less frequent physical activity.

A median of just 16.2% of adults with arthritis attended a self-management class in 2019, while that same year 69.3% received counseling for physical activity from their provider, according to CDC researchers.