Physical Activity

A mobile health intervention that included texts with feedback and updated personalized physical activity goals improved physical activity, quality of life and metabolomic profiling in patients with HF and diabetes, a speaker reported.

A new study presented at the European Respiratory Society International Congress demonstrated a link between lower lung function in infants born to physically inactive mothers compared with those born to physically active mothers.

Adults with symptomatic AF who followed a 6-month exercise intervention that combined supervised exercise and home-based physical activity had significant improvements in freedom from AF and symptom severity compared with usual care.

Frequent breaks from sitting for 3 weeks lowered fasting glucose and glycemic variability in adults with obesity, according to findings published in the American Journal of Physiology.

Among veterans with COPD, pain was highly prevalent and was significantly associated with lower exercise capacity, according to findings published in BMC Pulmonary Medicine.

High levels of physical activity appeared strongly associated with the ability to maintain cognitive function among women with breast cancer treated with chemotherapy, according to a study published in Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Among adults younger than 60 years with low physical activity, those who had at least 8 hours per day of sedentary leisure time had elevated risk for stroke, according to findings published in Stroke.

Physical activity correlated with slower cognitive decline among people with both high and low tau concentrations, according to a population-based cohort study in JAMA Network Open.

Social media can promote engaging and informative diabetes education content while also fostering a support network for people with diabetes, according to two speakers.

Postmenopausal women who completed a 16-week dance intervention saw significant improvements in lipid profile, physical fitness levels and body image compared with baseline measurements, according to data published in Menopause.