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When he was a boy growing up in public housing in New York City, James Rimmer, Ph.D., spent most of his time outside. “When I was a young kid, everything in my universe was outdoor sports — stickball, handball, stoop ball, whatever you could do to keep yourself busy,” he said.
Walking is an everyday activity that offers numerous benefits. It is accessible to almost everyone and can improve both mental and physical health. Experts at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have studied the benefits of walking and provide five tips to get started.
New research from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, shows that adults with Type 2 diabetes who follow a low-carbohydrate diet might experience improvements in their beta-cell function, potentially helping them manage their condition more effectively and potentially reduce or eliminate the need for medication.
The fall and winter months are an exciting season as people of all ages celebrate many holidays. Throughout this time of year, sugary foods are prominent at parties or while trick-or-treating. This often leads to the question “how much sugar is too much?”
Good nutrition involves eating a healthy and balanced diet to ensure the body gets the nutrients it needs to function well. While nutrition is important at all stages of life, experts at the University of Alabama at Birmingham say nutrition during pregnancy is especially important and making healthier food choices every day will help keep both the mother and the baby healthy.
A bad night of sleep can make it hard to get up in the morning and can cause the mid-afternoon slump to hit even harder. A recent study from researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham published in Journal of the American Medicine Association Neurology showed that body mass index and total body fat percentage affect how a poor night of sleep will impact a teenager’s level of cognitive functioning.
Gardening is a great way to get outdoors and soak in vitamin D while also providing fresh vegetables to enjoy. Dietary guidelines recommend adults eat 2-3 cups of vegetables daily to prevent obesity and cardiovascular diseases and help with immune function. Because of this, eating ample amounts of vegetables is even more important for those who have had cancer.
It is one of the most controversial issues in the obesity field: a concept that goes by many names, including metabolic adaptation, adaptive thermogenesis and, most snappy of all, “hibernation mode.”
UAB Comprehensive Diabetes Center (UCDC) Associate Director W. Timothy Garvey, M.D., and collaborators recently published “Cardiometabolic Disease Staging and Major Adverse Cardiovascular Event Prediction in 2 Prospective Cohorts” in the journal JACC: Advances.