Exercise interventions for advanced cancer palliative care patients: A systematic literature review and descriptive evidence synthesis of randomized controlled trials.

Background: Exercise is often recommended for cancer patients. However, for advanced cancer palliative care patients, it is unclear whether exercise, as a lifestyle intervention, is beneficial for palliative outcomes.

Aim: To examine randomized controlled trials assessing the effectiveness of lifestyle exercise interventions on palliative outcomes in patients with advanced stage cancer.

Lifestyle Medicine Interventions in Patients With Advanced Disease Receiving Palliative or Hospice Care.

Lifestyle medicine interventions have the potential to improve symptom management, daily function, and quality of life (QOL) in patients with advanced or terminal disease receiving palliative or hospice care. The goal of this review is to summarize the current state of the literature on this subject. The authors used a broad search strategy to identify relevant studies, reviews, and expert opinions, followed by narrative summary of available information.

Mark, Set, Go! School-Based Nutrition and Physical Activity Program: A Five-Year Evaluation.

Unlabelled: Mark, Set Go! is a school-based intervention addressing pediatric obesity in an urban, underserved community. This study evaluates its impact on participants' knowledge, attitudes and behavior related to nutrition, physical activity and screen time.

Method: Participants, 954 fifth- and sixth-grade public school students, received a 9-week classroom-based intervention led by high school peer educators.

Successes and challenges to implementing an early childhood supplemental feeding program in rural Honduras: a qualitative study.

Background: Malnutrition is a major cause of childhood illness, stunted growth and death worldwide. A supplemental nutrition program for young children was implemented in Guachipilincito, Honduras. This study explores early successes and challenges to implementing this program.