Tag: diet and nutrition

As a physician, I can’t ignore the lack of scientific evidence supporting routine weigh-ins. There’s no clear evidence that they improve a patient’s health, and guidance on a thoughtful approach to ...

While New Year’s is a great time to set resolutions and make lifestyle changes, winter may pose challenges if your goal is dramatic weight loss.

When the calendar flips from December to January, it’s common to pick a handful of New Year’s resolutions. While many set goals, only 9% of people manage to keep their resolutions throughout the ...

For years, BMI—body mass index—has been the go-to tool for plotting our weight into categories. If your BMI number is 25 or higher, you fall into the overweight or obese category. So, does that mean ...

Wilmot investigator Brendan Guercio, MD, is at the forefront of investigating whether a high-fiber diet can boost the effectiveness of cancer immunotherapies for patients with bladder or kidney ...

Getting to the bottom of what hydration tips are fact and what’s fiction.

Shedding unwanted pounds is hard – especially if you experience language or cultural barriers to weight loss programs and social supports. URMC clinical trial results show that a weight loss program ...

An analysis of formula purchase data from all major physical stores in the US between 2017-2019 has found that US infants are exposed to unnecessarily high levels of non-lactose carbohydrates and ...

Wilmot's Michelle Shayne, M.D., shares practical information anyone can use.

A new study finds that giving mothers vitamin D during pregnancy doesn’t prevent asthma or recurrent wheezing in young children.