The idea of drinking eight eight-ounce cups of water a day has been repeated for so many years, many of us use it as a goal for our water intake. This so-called standard isn't supported by science. Most of us will be fine ...
Apr 4, 2023
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New research published in Diabetologia is the first study to show that childhood obesity is associated with an increased risk of four of the five recently proposed subtypes of adult-onset diabetes. The study is by Yuxia Wei, ...
Feb 27, 2023
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Teens and young adults who reduced their social media use by 50% for just a few weeks saw significant improvement in how they felt about both their weight and their overall appearance compared with peers who maintained consistent ...
Feb 23, 2023
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Older adults may gain more health benefits from playing golf than participating in regular or Nordic walking, suggests a study published online in the journal BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine.
Feb 6, 2023
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Gestational age (GA) may be an important factor for body size in infancy, but the strength of association attenuates consistently with age, according to a study published online Jan. 26 in PLOS Medicine.
Jan 30, 2023
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New year, new you, new diet. It's a familiar refrain. One popular dieting technique is to create a food blacklist. Quitting "carbs" or packaged foods is common, which can mean avoiding supermarket staples like pasta.
Jan 12, 2023
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Obesity has been a major global health issue in recent decades as more people eat unhealthy diets and fail to exercise regularly.
Oct 13, 2022
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Conventional wisdom holds that men run 10 to 12% faster than women regardless of the distance raced. But new research suggests that the between-sex performance gap is much narrower at shorter sprint distances.
Sep 27, 2022
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A new study led by the Masonic Medical Research Institute published in the journal Cells shows for the first time that a particular gene, called VGLL4, is required for embryo development but is dispensable for myocardial ...
Sep 21, 2022
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The foundation of good health is laid early in life. Two studies show that dietary habits and body size in Norwegian children remain stable for the first seven years of life.
Sep 19, 2022
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