Category: Health & Fittnes

Health & Fittnes

Oura Ring users can now sync with Strava to upload sleep and readiness scores

  • 08/08/2024
Strava users have always been able to link devices, such as the best smartwatches, in order to import activity data into the app. However, a new integration with smart ring manufacturer Oura will allow Strava users to sync information from their Oura Ring, too. At present, the Oura Ring is top of both our best smart ring and best sleep tracker buying guides. The Oura isn’t exactly focused on activity in the way Strava users have come to expect from connected devices: it looks at steps, heart rate and estimated calories, yes, but it also closely examines users’ sleep, temperature…
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Weight loss scams are on the rise, says New York’s Better Business Bureau

  • 07/08/2024
Weight loss scams are on the rise, according to New York’s Better Business Bureau, which says complaints about products involving health, beauty, medical care and fitness have increased more than 55% over the last year. While inundated with gripes about weight loss drugs, BBB Metro New York received a flood of complaints about other consumer health and beauty products, including items ranging from exercise equipment to deodorant, especially those advertised heavily on social media. “Weight loss drugs are in high demand, and many companies are just not prepared to handle the volume,” said Claire Rosenzweig, president and CEO of BBB…
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Exercise improves health and fitness in schoolchildren, study finds

  • 06/08/2024
A study led by researchers from the UGR’s Department of Physical Education and Sports, in collaboration with pediatricians from the Pediatric Endocrinology Unit of the Virgen de las Nieves University Hospital in Granada and external national and international partners, has shown that schoolchildren who exercise improve their physical fitness and health. The study, published in the prestigious scientific journal JAMA Network Openrevealed that the regular physical exercise the children undertook during the five-month program enabled them to reduce their cardiometabolic risk, LDL cholesterol, body mass index, fat mass and visceral fat, and to improve their aerobic capacity. Improved health and…
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Indonesia Grapples With Obesity Issues

  • 05/08/2024
Depok, Indonesia — They dance side to side and spin in circles with hips swiveling to music from Cardi B and Guns N’ Roses at Slim Fit Studio. The instructor, R Niken Ayu Larasati, shouts “1-2-3” as everyone’s arms move up and down with feet shuffling forward. Exercising is part of a regular routine for these two dozen women, but this has not always been the case for many of them. Yuliana, 29, who like many Indonesians has a one-word name, is 150 centimeters tall and weighs 110 kilos. “I didn’t get enough exercise and I had an unhealthy diet,”…