As a nutritionist Marion Nestle cares deeply about the effects of food on health. She want restaurants to make it much easier for customers to make healthier food choices. Here’s what I wish restaurants would do: (1) Give a price break for smaller portions. (2) Make healthy kids’ meals the default. (3) Cook with less salt.
Archive for category Nutrition and obesity
Researchers have found that, along with significantly increasing the risk of childhood obesity, the likelihood of behavioral problems also goes up when kids watch more than two hours a day of TV.
The purpose of the study was to assess the relationship between life satisfaction and seven health behaviors in young adults and investigate the consistency of associations across regions. 17,246 students aged 17-30 years from 21 countries completed questionnaire measures of life satisfaction, smoking, physical exercise, alcohol consumption, sun protection, fruit intake, fat consumption, and fiber intake. Life satisfaction was positively associated with not smoking, physical exercise, using sun protection, eating fruit, and limiting fat intake, but was not related to alcohol consumption or fiber intake.
This is a crossover intervention study, where men with prostate cancer (n = 17) were fed rye whole-grain/bran or refined wheat products for 6-wk periods. The results show that a single fasting plasma sample could be used to estimate the mean plasma alkylresorcinols concentration at a precision of +/- 20%. This suggests that the plasma Alkylresorcinols concentration can be used as a reliable biomarker for whole-grain wheat and rye under intervention conditions where intake is kept constant.
Mothers with many negative thoughts and feelings are more likely to give their children unhealthy food. This is shown in a study from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) in collaboration with the University of Oslo.
Later this month, hundreds of UK food outlets will start showing calorie information on their menus, as part of a government campaign to fight obesity. Pizza Hut and Burger King are among the 17 companies that have voluntarily signed up to take part in the campaign.
Buy this 187 page market research report for “only” 3300 US$. After years of falling consumption, grains are back on the menu, with per capita use rising. Wheat, rice, oats, barley and a host of specialty grains are regaining acceptance from consumers, dieticians and nutritionists. In turn, food manufacturers are developing new grain-based products and seeing new popularity for old standbys. But the focus is on grains in their healthiest forms – whole grains – rather than refined wheat and rice products that offer less in the way of fiber or nutrition. There is a marked increase in products using the food label ‘œwhole grain.’
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Apr 6
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Whole grain consumption and the prevention of colorectal cancer: Meta-analysis of cohort studies
Apr 6
A systematic review with meta-analysis of 11 cohort studies was carried out. In the multivariate analysis, consumption of whole grains was inversely associated with the risk of developing colorectal cancer.
2950 German children age 8.3 ± 0.7 years participated. Water fountains were installed and teachers presented 4 prepared classroom lessons in 17 out of 32 to promote water consumption. Water consumption after the intervention was 1.1 glasses per day greater in the intervention group. The risk of overweight at the follow-up assessment was significantly reduced by 31% in the intervention schools. Amazing!