People who were exposed to public health ads online were more likely to search for health-related information in the future, a new study in npj Digital Medicine finds.
Standing rather than sitting burns, on average, an additional 0.15 calories per minute — a small increase that could add up to a weight loss of nearly 6 pounds per year.
Is sitting the new smoking? There’s plenty of research that claims associations between sedentary behaviors and mortality, but the findings of these studies tend to vary.
The expansive promise of the new year often morphs to a fine point: This year, I will change my body; this year, I will lose weight.
Healthy eating challenges and promotional offers for diet plans abound in the early days of January. But soon, many people will have cast aside aspirations for the comfort of old habits.
