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Manga comics may help promote fruit consumption among youth
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Feb 11 14

Manga comics may help promote fruit consumption among youth

A recent pilot study in Brooklyn, New York, with minority students found that exposure to Manga comics (Japanese comic art) promoting fruit intake significantly… Manga comics may help promote fruit consumption among youth   

 
 

Flavor-pairing may teach kids to like vegetables
• Children's Health • • Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Feb 07 14

Flavor-pairing may teach kids to like vegetables

Parents have long poured on cheese sauce, peanut butter and the like to coax kids to eat their vegetables, but a new study suggests… Flavor-pairing may teach kids to like vegetables   

 
 

Scientific Review Points to Dietary Supplement Users Engaging in a Pattern of Healthy Habits
• Dieting • Feb 06 14

Scientific Review Points to Dietary Supplement Users Engaging in a Pattern of Healthy Habits

Dietary supplement users take these products as just one component of a larger effort to develop a healthier lifestyle, according to a newly published… Scientific Review Points to Dietary Supplement Users Engaging in a Pattern of Healthy Habits   

 
 

Monkeys that eat omega-3 rich diet show more developed brain networks
• Brain • • Dieting • Feb 05 14

Monkeys that eat omega-3 rich diet show more developed brain networks

Monkeys that ate a diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids had brains with highly connected and well organized neural networks - in some ways… Monkeys that eat omega-3 rich diet show more developed brain networks   

 
 

New study finds no reason to replace fructose with glucose
• Dieting • • Obesity • Feb 01 14

New study finds no reason to replace fructose with glucose

Researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital have found there is no benefit in replacing fructose, the sugar most commonly blamed for obesity, with glucose… New study finds no reason to replace fructose with glucose   

 
 

Poor breakfast in youth linked to metabolic syndrome in adulthood
• Dieting • • Obesity • Jan 29 14

Poor breakfast in youth linked to metabolic syndrome in adulthood

It is often said that breakfast is important for our health and a study conducted by Umeå University, published in Public Health Nutrition supports… Poor breakfast in youth linked to metabolic syndrome in adulthood   

 
 

Mother’s high-fat diet alters metabolism in offspring, leading to higher obesity risk
• Dieting • • Obesity • Jan 23 14

Mother's high-fat diet alters metabolism in offspring, leading to higher obesity risk

The offspring of obese mothers consuming a high-fat diet during pregnancy are at a higher risk than the children of thin mothers for lifelong… Mother’s high-fat diet alters metabolism in offspring, leading to higher obesity risk   

 
 

York scientists investigate the fiber of our being
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Jan 19 14

York scientists investigate the fiber of our being

We are all aware of the health benefits of “dietary fibre”. But what is dietary fibre and how do we metabolise it?

Research at… York scientists investigate the fiber of our being   

 
 

Popular blood type diet debunked
• Dieting • Jan 15 14

Popular blood type diet debunked

Researchers from the University of Toronto (U of T) have found that the theory behind the popular blood type diet—which claims an individual’s nutritional… Popular blood type diet debunked   

 
 

How fiber prevents diabetes and obesity
• Diabetes • • Dieting • • Obesity • Jan 15 14

How fiber prevents diaBetes and obeSity

Scientists have known for the past twenty years that a fiber-rich diet protects the organism against obesity and diabetes but the mechanisms involved have… How fiber prevents diabetes and obesity   

 
 

Fad diets can work, but experts find no magic slimming bullet
• Dieting • Jan 10 14

Fad diets can work, but experts find no magic slimming bullet

Resolutions to lose weight are often made in January yet almost as frequently abandoned as heavy hopefuls find diets that demand fasting, virtually no… Fad diets can work, but experts find no magic slimming bullet   

 
 

Eating tree nuts tied to lowered obesity risk
• Dieting • • Dieting To Lose Weight • • Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • Jan 10 14

Eating tree nuts tied to lowered obesity risk

A new U.S. study adds to growing evidence that nuts - once considered too fattening to be healthy - may in fact help keep… Eating tree nuts tied to lowered obesity risk   

 
 

Effects of eating half an avocado with lunch on satiety & desire to eat between meals
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • Jan 08 14

Effects of eating half an avocado with lunch on satiety

New research published in the November issue of Nutrition Journal reports adding one-half of a fresh avocado to a lunch may have helped… Effects of eating half an avocado with lunch on satiety & desire to eat between meals   

 
 

Nutrition guidelines needed for full-service restaurant chains
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Jan 07 14

Nutrition guidelines needed for full-service restaurant chains

Food prepared away from home is typically higher in calories and lower in nutrition than food prepared at home, but it now makes… Nutrition guidelines needed for full-service restaurant chains   

 
 

Few persons with metabolic syndrome adhere to nutrition recommendations
• Dieting • • Obesity • Jan 03 14

Few persons with metabolic syndrome adhere to nutrition recommendations

Adherence to dietary recommendations is weak among people suffering from metabolic syndrome or having increased risk for metabolic syndrome, according to the Nordic SYSDIET… Few persons with metabolic syndrome adhere to nutrition recommendations   

 
 

Small changes in kids’ fast food meal cut calories
• Children's Health • • Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Dec 27 13

Small changes in kids' fast food meal cut calories

Changes made last year to McDonald’s Happy Meals selections for children may be helping kids to cut calories, according to a new study.

“We… Small changes in kids’ fast food meal cut calories   

 
 

Doctors warn some shouldn’t drink raw milk
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Dec 22 13

Doctors warn some shouldn't drink raw milk

The American Academy of Pediatrics on Monday warned that pregnant women and children should not drink raw milk and said it supports a nationwide… Doctors warn some shouldn’t drink raw milk   

 
 

Greater dietary fiber intake associated with lower risk of heart disease
• Dieting • • Heart • Dec 19 13

Greater dietary fiber intake associated with lower risk of heart disease

In recent years, a decline in both cardiovascular disease (CVD) and coronary heart disease (CHD) has been seen in some European countries and the… Greater dietary fiber intake associated with lower risk of heart disease   

 
 

Breaking the cycle of obesity, inflammation and disease
• Diabetes • • Dieting • • Obesity • • Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular Disease • Dec 19 13

Breaking the cycle of obesity, inflammation and disease

Researchers at University of Michigan have illuminated an aspect of how the metabolic system breaks down in obesity. The findings provide additional evidence that… Breaking the cycle of obesity, inflammation and disease   

 
 

African-American women must eat less or exercise more to lose as much weight as caucasians
• Dieting • • Dieting To Lose Weight • • Obesity • • Weight Loss • Dec 19 13

African-American women must eat less or exercise more to lose as much weight as caucasians

African-American women may need to eat fewer calories or burn more than their Caucasian counterparts to lose a comparable amount of weight, according to… African-American women must eat less or exercise more to lose as much weight as caucasians   

 
 

Pay kids to eat fruits & veggies with school lunch
• Children's Health • • Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Dec 17 13

Pay kids to eat fruits & veggies with school lunch

The good news: Research suggests that a new federal rule has prompted the nation’s schools to serve an extra $5.4 million worth of fruits… Pay kids to eat fruits & veggies with school lunch   

 
 

Caution to pregnant women on red meat diabetes link
• Diabetes • • Dieting • • Pregnancy • Dec 12 13

Caution to preGnant women on red meat diaBetes link

Pregnant women and women planning to become pregnant can make use of the holiday season to adjust their diets and reduce the risk of… Caution to pregnant women on red meat diabetes link   

 
 

Kids movies send mixed messages about eating habits and obesity
• Children's Health • • Dieting • • Obesity • Dec 09 13

Kids movies send mixed messages about eating habits and obeSity

In a world where animals often take the place of humans, sugar-sweetened beverages, exaggerated portion sizes and unhealthy snacks are common. So is TV… Kids movies send mixed messages about eating habits and obesity   

 
 

Coffee or Beer? The Choice Could Affect Your Genome
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • • Genetics • Dec 05 13

Coffee or Beer? The Choice Could Affect Your Genome

Coffee and beer are polar opposites in the beverage world. Coffee picks you up, and beer winds you down.

Now Prof. Martin Kupiec and… Coffee or Beer? The Choice Could Affect Your Genome   

 
 

Breastfeeding provides babies with iodine
• Children's Health • • Dieting • Nov 25 13

Breastfeeding provides babies with iodine

WHO recommends that breastfeeding mothers without access to iodised salt should take an iodine supplement capsule to provide a year’s worth of iodine for… Breastfeeding provides babies with iodine   

 
 
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