An RCT finds adding Tai Chi to time-restricted eating improves lipids and endothelial function in postmenopausal women. PICO summary and expert commentary for clinicians.
Browsing: Metabolism
Obesity and weight management, metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance, MASLD/fatty liver, and nutrition and lifestyle evidence.
An RCT finds combining exercise with broccoli sprout supplementation improves apolipoproteins in type 2 diabetes, mainly driven by exercise. PICO summary and expert commentary.
A feasibility pilot finds the Confident Moves online programme engages adults with obesity and nudges activity, but measures no weight outcomes. PICO summary and expert commentary.
An RCT finds five weeks of aquatic exercise improves blood pressure and fitness within-group in type 2 diabetes, but shows no advantage over control. PICO summary and commentary.
An RCT finds fixed-intensity combined training reduces the visceral adiposity index more than progressive training in obesity, without changing metabolic phenotype. PICO summary and commentary.
An RCT finds parent-based lifestyle change reduces BMI in preschoolers, while salivary AMY1 copy number does not predict response. PICO summary and expert commentary.
A baseline report from a Kenyan fermented-foods trial finds heavy cardiometabolic risk clustering in prediabetes; the intervention effect is not yet tested. PICO summary and commentary.
A 12-month RCT finds curcumin 1500 mg daily reduces liver fat, stiffness, and HbA1c in obese type 2 diabetes with MASLD. PICO summary and expert commentary for clinicians.
The LIFE-Moms analysis finds lifestyle counselling slows but does not reverse the activity decline in pregnant women with obesity. PICO summary and expert commentary.
An RCT secondary analysis finds probiotics plus omega-3 do not significantly improve beta-cell function versus placebo in type 2 diabetes. PICO summary and expert commentary.