Move more, quit smoking, lose weight: great resolutions, hard to keep. But does it get easier if there is a financial incentive in return? According to research by Radboud University and others, it ...

Only about 20% of preschoolers in the US followed five to six healthy habits, with clear differences by socioeconomic factors and geographic location. Children who lived in homes with enough food, had ...

Tsukuba, Japan—Physical inactivity (insufficient physical activity levels) is a serious public health issue that results in all-cause mortality, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and obesity.

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Good habits are at the core of healthy lifestyles. Finding the motivation to act and then moving from unhealthy practices to more positive routines focused on diet and exercise is a common pathway.

Nearly one in three adults in Denmark score high on the stress scale, and more than one in 10 feel lonely. This is shown by the large survey The National Health Profile 2025. There is good reason to ...

In a recent study published in BMC Public Health, researchers investigated how health behaviors (HB) and socioeconomic position (SEP) were related to health and wellbeing. An individual's SEP has a ...

Weight loss is one of the most common health and appearance-related goals. We are a developmental psychologist and a social psychologist who together wrote a forthcoming book, “Beyond Body Positive: A ...

When we have health anxiety, we can sometimes fall into the trap of closely monitoring our bodies to look for symptoms or any signs that we are in danger, whether it is a sign that we have a new ...

Researchers conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of 116 studies to evaluate the effectiveness of physical activity promotion interventions for healthy adults and the components of effective ...