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A new population-based nutrition survey from accessible areas of the Gaza Strip has found that acute malnutrition among young children is currently relatively low, yet the broader picture of child and maternal nutrition remains deeply concerning. Chronic malnutrition, poor-quality diets, frequent childhood illness and inadequate feeding practices continue to affect families, showing that access to…

Health The study found important differences between men and women, particularly in the relationship between BMI and mortality. Source: AAP / Dean Lewins

Potatoes have fed civilizations for thousands of years, but they have done more than that

WASHINGTON — From counting steps to scoring your sleep, tracking health has become part of the daily routine for many Americans. The numbers can offer motivation and reveal useful patterns. They can also create another

Survey Finds Ukrainian Children’s Retreat Improves Hope and Emotional Well-Being, but Worry About War at Home Persists

It was about learning to be patient with herself, making changes she could live with and continuing forward even when the journey became difficult

S.D. (Dakota News Now) – A single tick bite in 2018 set Whitney Goetsch on a years-long path to diagnosis and eventually, to authorship

A major wearable-device study of nearly 60,000 British adults has confirmed what most exercise guidelines have yet to acknowledge: vigorous physical activity reduces cancer risk through biological mechanisms that moderate activity cannot replicate at equivalent doses — and losing as few as three minutes of hard daily effort is associated with a measurably higher cancer…

A new study from UT Health San Antonio’s Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases has found that almost any amount of physical activity, from gardening to dancing to walking, can slow cognitive decline in older adults, with the strongest benefits seen among Mexican American participants

“Burn fat, build muscle.” It’s a familiar workout slogan, but the benefits go far beyond aesthetics. Having less belly fat and more muscle guards against heart attacks, Type 2 diabetes, and a host of other metabolic diseases