Performing moderate-to-vigorous activity (MVPA) in the afternoon or evening may improve blood glucose control to a greater extent than exercising evenly throughout the day, new research suggests. The data comes from 775 participants with a mean body mass index (BMI) of 26.2 kg/mtwo in the Dutch Observational Epidemiology of Obesity (NEO) study. The use of … Read more
A widely available commercial weight-management program led to greater weight reductions than an unstructured do-it-yourself (DIY) approach, according to new data recently published in Open JAMA Network. In a randomized clinical trial that included nearly 400 adults from Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom, participants who were assigned to WW, formerly known as … Read more
Editor’s Note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance at Medscape’s coronavirus resource center. A large study, the first to directly measure physical activity in its participants, has provided further support for the benefits of regular exercise in reducing severe outcomes from COVID-19. The researchers identified 65,361 members of a private health plan in South … Read more