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Nearly 89% of U.S. ischemic heart disease deaths in 2023 were attributable to modifiable risk factors, according to Global Burden of Disease data. Mortality rates declined substantially since 1990, although deaths linked to elevated BMI and fasting glucose increased.

A national analysis found that clinical obesity was present in more than one-quarter of adults with normal BMI values. The findings highlight limitations of BMI alone for identifying excess adiposity and obesity-related health risk.

Objective sleep measurements from nearly 61,000 adults linked greater sleep regularity with lower all-cause, cancer, and cardiometabolic mortality risk. Sleep regularity outperformed sleep duration in mortality prediction models.

Among more than 117,000 women followed in two Nurses’ Health Study cohorts, greater resistance-training participation was associated with lower rates of major cardiovascular disease. Risk reductions were most pronounced when strength training was paired with aerobic exercise.

A multi-fiber formulation improved bowel frequency and stool consistency in adults with functional constipation in a short-term study evaluating combined fiber mechanisms.