If a person has gained some weight during the quarantine period, it is important for them not to be too self-critical. Several manageable adjustments can help people lose the weight they gained in lockdown. Quarantine is an effective measure to help reduce the spread of COVID-19. However, life under lockdown comes with its own mental...
If your preschooler pushes their dinner plate away or wages battles against taking another bite of a vegetable they don’t like, they may not grow out of it anytime soon, according to a new study. By age four, children could be established picky eaters, the new study suggests. And the more parents try to control...
by British Medical Journal Mid-life weight gain is linked to an acceleration in the natural decline in lung capacity that comes with ageing, reveals a 20-year study published online in the journal Thorax. But mid-life weight loss is associated with the slowing of this ageing process, emphasising the importance of maintaining a healthy weight, to...
By Nhx Tingson Tech Times Gaining weight during the holiday season is a regular occurrence for many of us, especially when our dining tables are filled with so much good food during Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Eve. The Holiday Weight Gain And, with all these holidays close together, it’s tough not to gain some...
Exercising at a moderate intensity produces almost the same physical outcomes as exercising at maximum intensity, according to a recent study by University of Alberta researchers looking at the differences in intensity regulation during an interval training-style exercise program. Functional fitness training—more commonly known as crossfit or high-intensity interval training (HIIT)—is a circuit-based exercise program in which participants complete a series of weightlifting and cardio-based exercises in four-minute sessions with...
Posted Yesterday Science may be inching closer to thwarting obesity, heart disease and Type 2 diabetes, as Cornell biochemists have uncovered a key step in how the human body metabolizes sugar, according to new research published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry. Martha S. Field, assistant professor of nutritional sciences, has further characterized this human metabolic pathway, by identifying two enzymes called sorbitol dehydrogenase (SORD)...
by Emma Mckinney, University of Birmingham A study led by the University of Birmingham provides strong support for current recommendations on treating patients with an underactive thyroid and validates latest UK and US guidelines, say researchers. The retrospective cohort study, published in the BMJ, analysed anonymous GP records of over 162,000 patients who have been...
Posted Today Many people struggle to keep their weight in check as they get older. Now new research at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden has uncovered why that is: Lipid turnover in the fat tissue decreases during ageing and makes it easier to gain weight, even if we don’t eat more or exercise less than before. The...
By ASSOCIATED PRESS JUNE 10, 2019 CHICAGO — Dozing off to late-night TV or sleeping with other lights on may mix up your metabolism and lead to weight gain and even obesity, provocative but preliminary U.S. research suggests. The National Institutes of Health study published Monday isn’t proof, but it bolsters evidence suggesting that too much exposure...
By ASSOCIATED PRESS ADOBE CHICAGO — Dozing off to late-night TV or sleeping with other lights on may mix up your metabolism and lead to weight gain and even obesity, provocative but preliminary U.S. research suggests. The National Institutes of Health study published Monday isn’t proof, but it bolsters evidence suggesting that too much exposure to light at...
