COVID-19: Lifestyle Tips to Stay Healthy

As we move toward a third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the virus has changed many of our daily routines in ways no one anticipated and that has become the new normal.

Many of us are still spending a lot of time at home to minimize exposure to the virus that causes COVID-19.

A day that may have previously included many physical activities – like walking to and from your car, shopping for groceries, outings with the family or visiting shopping malls – are still absent for those who are not vaccinated or who are otherwise still hesitant to go

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EMPOWER-ing diabetes patients to lead healthier lifestyles

About 80 per cent of chronic diseases – such as diabetes and hypertension – are driven by lifestyle factors such as diet and exercise. An innovative tool called the EMPOWER app, jointly developed by NUS School of Computing and SingHealth, is showing great potential in providing timely interventions for patients with diabetes, as well as those afflicted by other chronic diseases, to adopt healthy lifestyle choices and behaviors, and in turn, achieving better health outcomes.

EMPOWER uses AI to analyze data collected from wearable devices such as smart watches to help users monitor their health-related habits and deliver timely in-app

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What is the secret to a long, healthy and meaningful life?

A chat with Professor Luigi Fontana

Here, we asked Professor Fontana to elaborate on just a few of the many questions and myths his book tackles.

What’s the first step to making a change?

The first step is to acknowledge our health problems and limitations and challenge the underlying assumptions. Most of us will reshape our behavior only if we have a clear understanding of why it is important to change, and we approve of it. Then we just need to set our goals, pursue them and have faith in them.

Smart people never stop learning, because they know that

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