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Solid organ transplantation is a life-saving procedure for individuals with end-stage organ failure. However, after transplantation, recipients often face challenges in maintaining a healthy lifestyle, including engaging in regular physical activity. Digital health interventions have emerged as a promising tool to support and enhance physical activity in this population.
Read MorePregnancy is a unique “teachable moment” during a woman’s life where improvements to lifestyle behaviors, including diet and physical activity, not only serve to enhance their health, but also the health of their child. Traditionally, physical activity declines during pregnancy due to psychological reasons, such as desire to engage in physical activity, and physiological reasons, including fatigue due to childbearing. Yet, there are several health benefits to maintaining or increasing physical activity during pregnancy. These include reducing the risk for excess gestational weight gain (GWG), development of gestational diabetes mellitus, birth complications and incidence of cesarean section, and birthing a baby large for gestational age.
Read MoreGlucose levels in a person with diabetes are affected by so many different factors including medications, food, activity, sleep or stress. It is nearly impossible to check how glucose levels may rise or fall all day and night long with a fingerstick – so the traditional way of monitoring glucose levels relied on having people check at specific times during the day and during times when low glucose levels were suspected. This allowed for some information to help guide decisions on how to best manage diabetes, however we were left with an incomplete picture.
Read MoreHealthcare practitioners and researchers working with older adults with Parkinson disease should develop an understanding of their lived experiences beyond their medical diagnosis. Their lived experiences ties into their overall health and well-being. From a nutrition perspective, a person’s ability to independently perform food-related activities (i.e., planning, preparing, and shopping for meals) may influence their diet quality that, in turn, may influence their symptom severity and disease progression. It’s commonly said that “not one Parkinson’s patient is like another,” which further emphasizes the importance of understanding the internal and external complexities that influences their day-to-day activities, such as with food-related activities.
Read MoreIn developed societies, our lifestyles changed rapidly and unexpectedly due to technological advances and more recently, the outbreak of a pandemic. Strategies for maintaining high levels of physical and mental function are even more required in such stressful societies.
Read MoreMultiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune condition affecting the brain and the spinal cord. Conventional pharmaceutical treatments slow the progression but rarely reverse or cure it. Patients living with MS often explore diet and lifestyle interventions as a means of managing their symptoms and reducing reliance on medication, yet these approaches are rarely discussed with or supported by their physicians. There is consistent evidence that a healthy diet and lifestyle may not only be protective against getting MS but can also play an important role in managing the condition. Programs such as ‘Overcoming MS’, which support people to adopt healthy lifestyle habits have been hugely valuable.
Read MoreThere are numerous health benefits related to adherence to the Mediterranean diet, including lower systemic inflammation, lower DNA oxidative damage, greater insulin sensitivity, lower blood pressure, healthier lipid profile, and improved endothelial function, providing a protective effect against cardiometabolic diseases.
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