Posted on 16 April 2022. Tags: Diet, exercise, obesity, olde adults, older women, weight loss
A higher protein diet when combined with exercise does not appear to result in any added benefits to body composition and muscle strength in overweight older women. On their own, exercise and eating higher protein diets are known to help people lose weight and increase strength. But combining both strategies doesn’t necessarily magnify their effects. […]
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Posted in Healthy Lifestyle
Posted on 30 March 2022. Tags: COVID, Health, Pandemic, obesity, weight, weight gain
Jennifer Bergin was already obese and pre-diabetic before the pandemic, and learning she also had high blood pressure made her worry about how sick she might get with COVID-19.
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Posted in Health
Posted on 27 March 2021. Tags: Dining, Eating out, Restaurants, cancer, death, heart disease, obesity, research, study
Eating out is a popular activity worldwide. But, new research reveals that consuming restaurant food two or more days a week is significantly associated with an increased risk of death.
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Posted in Good Eats, Health studies
Posted on 09 February 2021. Tags: Pandemic, exercise, nutrition, obesity, study, weight gain
The early months of the COVID-19 pandemic threw Jaden Fisher’s routine into a spiral as it made getting to the gym more of a chore than a choice.
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Posted on 24 September 2020. Tags: COVID, Diet, Health, coronavirus, exercise, healthy lifestyle, obesity, weight loss
As infectious disease experts continue to study COVID-19, they have been able to uncover many of the factors that lead to more severe symptoms.
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Posted in Features
Posted on 24 July 2019. Tags: Dementia, aging, brain, memory loss, obesity, study, thinning, weight
Having a bigger waistline and a high body mass index (BMI) in your 60s may be linked with greater signs of brain aging years later.
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Posted in Health studies