Health

One of the challenges public health officials face in reducing diet-related disease is the relatively easy and inexpensive access to sugar-sweetened beverages globally. To help address this burden, public health organizations like the World Health Organization and American Heart Association have recommended that governments tax sugar-sweetened beverages.

When it comes to losing weight, the fear of “ruining your metabolism” is widespread. Indeed, many people who have lost weight and then put it back on feel that every failed attempt leaves them worse off than before, with more fat, less muscle, greater hunger, lower energy, and an ever-diminishing ability to lose weight again.

As travelers prepare to set off on summer trips, scorching temperatures lie in wait.

Cancer survivors significantly improved their strength and immune health after completing a 10-week resistance training program as part of a pilot study led by Shernan Holtan, MD, Chief of Blood and Marrow Transplantation at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. Published in the journal Cancers, the study results suggest that this type of exercise has the potential to overcome some of the effects of chemotherapy and radiation treatments, which can cause rapid aging of both the immune and musculoskeletal systems.

A new study from the University of Kansas details how U.S. tobacco corporations expanded into global food markets from the mid-1980s to the mid-2000s, using strategies honed through cigarette sales to market ultra-processed foods, which are industrially processed and contain ingredients and additives that maximize their appeal.

Extreme heat and cold are growing cardiovascular risks that can trigger heart attacks, strokes, heart failure, and sudden cardiac death, according to a recent scientific statement by experts at Weill Cornell Medicine and other leading institutions. The statement from the American Heart Association, published in Circulation, outlines contributing factors that endanger health and recommendations to mitigate the rising cardiovascular risks posed by extreme temperatures.

Including blueberries, plums, blackberries, broad beans or cherries (washed down with green tea) in your recommended five-a-day (five 80g portions of fruit and vegetables, recommended by the UK’s NHS) may be the best way to a healthier heart, new research suggests. The work, involving scientists from the University of Reading, Harvard Medical School, the University of California Davis, and Mars, Inc., found that fewer than one in five people reached the flavanol intake that has been shown to reduce the risk of heart disease, even including those who regularly ate five portions of fruit and vegetables a day.

If you follow wellness channels on social media, you might’ve come across the claim that your grip strength—or how firmly you can squeeze something with your hands—can predict how long you will live.

“Every time you drink heavily, even if you do so infrequently, it can affect your role as a parent,” says doctoral research fellow Barbara Carvalho. She led a comprehensive systematic review conducted by researchers at the University of Agder, in collaboration with Oxford Brookes University.

A group of eating behavior and metabolism experts from across Europe have published a Perspective article in the journal Science examining the limitations of current evidence on ultraprocessed foods (UPFs).

Most folks know intermittent fasting helps with weight loss, usually by limiting your daily eating window or cutting calories a couple of times a week. But does your age change how well this works for you—and might there be some hidden dangers?