Category: Fitness
Limited eating times could fight obesity and diabetes
New research suggests there is now a simple tool to fight off these diseases: restricting your eating time to a daily 10-hour window.
What Twitter Reveals about Neighborhood Attitudes on Food
Tweets from more affluent neighborhoods included terms like Starbucks, coffee, and vegan from less affluent neighborhoods terms like pizza, tacos, and bacon
Why isn’t exercise helping me lose weight?
He was cycling 40 to 60 minutes a day and lost a few pounds. But after nearly two years, his weight has obstinately refused to go down further. Why?
Why it might be better to exercise before breakfast
Overweight or obese men who exercised before breakfast showed an improved insulin response after the training. Those who exercised after breakfast did not.
How to be fit in your 60s and beyond
If you’re fit, keep building meaningful physical activity into your day. If you’re not, even reducing time spent sitting and doing a little exercise will have major health benefits
Running may help you live longer but more isn’t necessarily better
Running can significantly improve your health and reduce the risk of death at a given point in time. And you don’t have to run fast or far to reap the benefits.
Emphasizing flavor boosts vegetable consumption
“Herb n’ Honey Balsamic Glazed Turnips” sells better than “Healthy Choice Turnips,” researchers find.
Should I eat red meat? Confusing studies diminish trust in nutrition science
A panel of nutritional scientists has concluded that if there is a risk of developing hearts disease, cancer and early death from eating meat, the risk is small.
American diets have gotten a little healthier, but still fall short of guidelines
“We’re making a small improvements, but we still have a really, really long way to go to meet the dietary recommendations.”
Not enough time to exercise? High-intensity training can fit into your daily life
“Reduced Exertion HIT” (REHIT) – the lazy person’s High-intensity Interval Training (HIT) plan.
Yoga, Zumba, Narcan: Check Out Your Local Library
When you think of libraries diabetes prevention courses, lectures on wound care and Zumba classes aren’t necessarily the first things that spring to mind.
Obesity Stigma And Yo-Yo Dieting, Not BMI, Are Behind Chronic Health Conditions, Dietitian Claims
We rate these claims as Mostly False.
Coalition seeks to boost youth physical activity in King County
Fewer than one in five local youth (19%) engages in the recommended 60 min. of moderate activity, 7 days a week. That’s lower than the national average of 26%.
A weight loss app may be a risky way to address obesity in children
Over the last week, a weight loss app targeted at children and teenagers aged 8-17 has sparked concern among health professionals and parents around the world.
Is organic food actually healthier? We don’t know.
So far no studies have been done that answer the question of whether organic food consumption improves health.