A new study suggests that smartphone pedometers may be more accurate than some wearable devices. What’s more, many of phone-based pedometer apps are free. According to statistics, only about 1 to 2 percent of individuals use a pedometer on a regular basis, but nearly two thirds of adults own a smartphone. Study co-author Mitesh Patel, MD, […]
Heart Variability Can Help Predict Fitness
An assistant professor of exercise physiology at the University of Alabama suggests that heart rate variability “appears to be a very promising tool” in predicting fitness levels. Mike Esco, the professor behind the research, wanted to find an objective test to predict how an apparently healthy athlete would preform in a physical activity on a […]
Smoking Linked To Even More Negative Health Conditions
We already know that smoking is bad for your health, but new research suggests that it may be even worse than we thought. According to findings published in the New England Journal of Medicine, smoking contributes to five additional diseases and roughly 60,000 more deaths a year than we originally thought. Before the findings, smoking […]
Climate Shift Will Impact Minnesotans’ Health
If you’ve been living in Minnesota for the past few years, you’ve likely had conversations with friends and colleagues about the seemingly erratic weather we’ve experienced of late. This year a lot of us didn’t have snow on the ground for Christmas, while last year we we’re buried underneath a polar vortex. There’s no debate that these […]
Obesity Rates Decline Among Young Children
A new study published in the most recent issue of Pediatrics suggests that obesity rates among young children are on the decline. The study examined what researchers called the “caloric gap,” which estimates how many calories children must eliminate from their daily diet to bring obesity rates down to pre-epidemic levels. Researchers suggest that among children […]
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