Nutrition and Fitness News

According to researchers, eating disorders — which affect more than 1 in 10 Americans — pose “a serious threat” to patients’ health and well-being, but many primary care physicians find it challenging to identify these disorders.

A church-based intervention significantly improved the diets of middle-aged and older African Americans, according to longitudinal trial results published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

Combined declines in gait speed and memory were associated with an increased risk for dementia among older adults who had not previously showed signs of the condition, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

Longer sitting bout duration conferred worse parameters of CVD risk in women, but the effect on blood sugar/glucose was most pronounced in Hispanic women, according to a study published in a Go Red for Women-focused issue of the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Daily consumption of cocoa with epicatechin improved 6-minute walk distance, blood flow to the legs and skeletal muscle health in patients with peripheral artery disease, according to a study published in Circulation Research.

Eating one egg per day does not increase the risk for cardiovascular disease or death, according to a study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Some patients who initiated statin or antihypertensive medications made unfavorable lifestyle changes such as gaining weight and participating in less physical activity, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

A decrease in sulfur amino acid intake reduced the risk for cardiometabolic diseases, according to a study published in EClinicalMedicine.

Eating more processed meat, unprocessed red meat and poultry, but not fish, was associated with a slightly increased risk for cardiovascular disease, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine. Processed meat and unprocessed meat were also associated with a slight increased risk for all-cause mortality.

Higher magnesium intake was linked to a statistically significant risk reduction in fatal coronary heart disease and a risk reduction for sudden cardiac death among postmenopausal women, according to an analysis published in the Journal of Women’s Health.