In a study of adults in the U.K., those who adhered closely to a Mediterranean lifestyle had a 29% lower risk of all-cause mortality and a 28% lower risk of cancer mortality.

The health benefits of animal companions have been supported by science but not society, with the disadvantaged facing similar barriers to pet ownership as they do in securing proper healthcare, experts said at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health on Monday.

Not really, says Spaulding Rehab expert. When you go for a walk, focus on this instead.

Findings suggest that simple lifestyle changes, such as having adequate sleep and maintaining a healthy body weight could prevent long COVID symptoms.

With the pandemic slowing a lot of people down and epidemics in obesity, diabetes, and other lifestyle conditions unabated, experts say you don’t need to be a marathoner, or even in shape to get started. Just get moving.

Researcher I-Min Lee outlines fresh data showing that you can’t outrun a bad diet.

Researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center and Harvard Medical School have found that grandmothers’ exercise habits likely impact their grandchildren’s health, a finding with implications for both propagating healthy habits and taming the obesity crisis.

Study says that physical activity later in life shifts energy away from processes that compromise health and toward mechanisms in the body that extend it.

Research comparing 19th- and 21st-century Americans finds a half-hour decline in physical activity. Blame it on planes, trains, and automobiles.