If you’re making resolutions for a healthier new year, consider a gut makeover. Refashioning the community of bacteria and other microbes living in your intestinal tract, collectively known as the gut microbiome, could be a good long-term investment in your health.
Studies link insufficient sleep to some pretty scary consequences, including an increased risk of stroke, heart disease, diabetes, obesity and even some cancers. Experts still don’t fully understand why not getting enough sleep is connected to all of these conditions, but new research published this month adds one piece to the puzzle: Not getting enough sleep may cause changes to gut bacteria that could fundamentally change our metabolism, affecting a host of bodily systems.
Stanford researchers say that data collected through MyHeart Counts, a heart-health study in which participants transmit information through an app, demonstrates the potential of smartphones to transform the measurement of physical activity and fitness for clinical research.
This study found that obesity in young adulthood significantly increases mortality risk, regardless of future obesity status.
Minimal reductions in weight among the heaviest individuals could save thousands per person per year in medical expenditures in the US.
Obesity continues to be a major health concern in the US, especially as obesity rates among women climb higher.
Homogenization of diets may be a factor behind the global obesity epidemic.
A recent study on mice suggests that our ideal diet may depend on our genes.
Moderate drinkers had better health and SES than heavier or nondrinkers. The positive influence of moderate alcohol consumption on health was observed for men and women when controlling for SES proxies, but was substantially reduced in women and completely disappeared for men when controlling for full SES.
The 2016 Menus of Change Annual Report was released by The Culinary Institute of America and Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health at the fourth annual Menus of Change® leadership summit, held at the CIA’s Hyde Park, NY campus. Each year, along with case studies and trend analysis, the annual report rates the foodservice industry’s progress toward addressing public health and environmental imperatives. The report also examines the convergence of environmental and nutrition science and public policy at the center of our plates.