Physical Activity
Healthy lifestyle behaviors associated with up to 42% lower risk for IBS
Adhering to a higher number of healthy lifestyle behaviors, such as not smoking, staying physically active and getting optimal sleep, was significantly associated with lower incidence of irritable bowel syndrome, according to data in Gut.
High physical activity volume, sustained weight loss lowers risk for cardiovascular events
Maintaining high levels of physical activity and weight loss were associated with reduced risks for several cardiovascular events, a study published in JAMA Network Open showed.
Gaining fat during late adolescence may worsen insulin resistance
Adolescents who have an increase in fat mass are more likely to have worse insulin resistance as young adults, according to study findings published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
In older women, heart failure risk reduced with more daily physical activity
Increased daily physical activity was associated with lower risk for overall de novo heart failure and HF with preserved ejection fraction among older women, according to study findings published in JAMA Cardiology.
Exercising one to two times per week for least 150 minutes can reduce BMI, adiposity
Adults who exercise for at least 150 minutes per week in one to two sessions have similar body composition measures as adults who exercised a combined 150 minutes across three or more sessions, according to study data published in Obesity.
Higher physical activity levels 2 weeks after concussion lowers symptom burden in youth
Youth who accumulated a certain volume of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in the first 2 weeks following a concussion had reduced odds for persisting symptoms, researchers found.
Women may experience greater mortality gains with physical activity than men
Compared with men, women are less likely to die of any cause or from CV-specific causes when performing similar amounts of weekly leisure-time physical activity, suggesting there are sex-specific benefits to exercise, researchers reported.
Home lighting may affect activity level in older adults with visual impairment
Better lighting was associated with improvements in at-home physical activity levels among older adults with visual impairment, according to a study published in JAMA Ophthalmology.
Being physically active before pandemic reduced odds of having COVID-19
Higher physical activity levels before the COVID-19 pandemic were associated with lower odds of developing and being hospitalized for COVID-19 in older adults, according to a recent study.
Increasing physical activity may lessen pain intensity for cancer survivors
People with cancer who perform a certain level physical activity may experience less intense pain than people without cancer who are less active, according to data published in Cancer.