Health

Snacking, it turns out, is not all about chips, cookies and chocolate. Dutch millennials often consume nutritious foods, such as fruit, bread and yogurt, between their main meals. This is one of the findings from the doctoral research of Mariëlle de Vaal. Moreover, snacking behavior revolves not only around the food or drink consumed, but also around people’s motives and the situation in which they eat or drink.

A team of researchers from INRAE, Inserm, Sorbonne Paris Nord University, Université Paris Cité and the CNAM has published the first study exploring the association between eating jetlag and the risk of cardiovascular disease. Eating jetlag refers to the difference in the timing of meals between weekdays—when mealtimes are often shaped by work schedules—and weekends or days off. This shift in eating patterns may disrupt the body’s biological rhythms and could have implications for cardiovascular health.

For people with moderate to severe asthma, increasing the number of daily steps may be as effective as structured aerobic training sessions for managing the disease. This finding comes from a study led by researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) and published in the journal Pulmonology.

The cells of our body are frequently exposed to hazards that can damage them, cause them to malfunction or kill them. Yet they have defense systems that can sometimes be strengthened by small doses of stress, a phenomenon known as hormesis. Scientists are investigating whether food compounds and medicines can harness these protective processes to benefit health.

You finish a workout feeling pleased with yourself. But an hour later, your legs feel heavy, climbing the stairs seems impossible and all you want to do is sit down.

Research from the University of Sheffield’s Addictions Research Group reveals how marketing practices mean people get fewer savings on so-called no/lo drinks compared with their regular-strength counterparts.

Deep inside the brain, a master clock synchronizes thousands of molecular clocks scattered throughout the body, and together, they anticipate signals such as the rising sun, the coming night and the daily rhythms of life. But Texas A&M University researchers have discovered that the liver is also listening for another signal, one tuned to something much closer to home: the dinner bell.

The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children—better known as WIC—reaches an extraordinary share of American families. An estimated 41% of all U.S. infants participated in the federal nutrition program in fiscal year 2025, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Peptides are short chunks of protein with specialized functions in the body. Insulin and GLP-1, both of which have U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval, are two of the most well-known.

Ever craved fast food after seeing an enticing ad on a bus or at a train station? Such powerful advertisements increase consumption of unhealthy foods and drinks, contributing to obesity, which costs Australia’s health care system and society an estimated A$39 billion each year.

In the thick of his competitive reelection race in Michigan, Republican Rep. Tom Barrett joined Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at a sprawling 400-acre (162-hectare) apple orchard, farm and winery. They touted Trump administration efforts to improve the American diet, including the removal of some artificial dyes from processed foods.