The National Institutes of Health is now Partnering With Subway Restaurants To Expand Movement To Prevent Childhood Obesity. Subway will promote the ‘We Can!’ messages in restaurants and through the SubwayKids.com Web site. In addition, in collaboration with Subway and Scholastic, Inc. We Can! materials have been adapted into fun tools and activities for teachers, students, and parents, including a “You Are What You Eat” poster, reproducible activities for students, and send-home sheets for parents.
Archive for category Nutrition and obesity
The rate of colorectal cancer in Chile may have increased since that country began fortifying wheat flour with folic acid, reports a study in the European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology.
The impact of the Texas public school nutrition policy on student food selection and sales in Texas
Apr 4
Researchers collected lunch food production records from 47 schools in 11 Texas school districts for the school years before (2003-2004) and after (2004-2005) policy implementation. cafeterias served significantly fewer high-fat vegetable items per student postpolicy. Postpolicy snack bar sales of large bags of chips were significantly reduced, and baked chips sales significantly increased. CONCLUSION: School food policy changes have improved foods served or sold to students.
Of 4,300 people purchasing food at the restaurants surveyed, only six looked at the nutrition information. Specifically, two McDonald’s patrons accessed nutrition information before making a food purchase, and two reviewed the information following a purchase. Three Burger King patrons looked at provided nutrition information, and one Au Bon Pain customer used the in-store computer to access nutrition information. No Starbucks patrons reviewed the nutrition information pamphlet. Based on the findings, the researchers conclude that fast-food establishments are ineffectively delivering nutrition information and call for such information to be posted in a more visible place, such as a menu board. The study will appear in the May issue of the American Journal of Public Health. See also: http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE52P7FU20090326
By consciously choosing more nutrient-dense foods and beverages, Americans will be in a better position to meet their nutrient requirements without overconsuming energy. An objective, science-based, and validated nutrient density profiling system is needed to characterize foods based on their nutrient composition and this concept should be integrated into the Dietary Guidelines. This article sets forth guiding principles for the development and implementation of a nutrient density profiling system based on the current knowledge of diet and health and recommends that the development of a nutrient density profiling system include testing for effectiveness against accepted measures of diet quality, such as the Healthy Eating Index, and measurable public health markers, such as blood lipids and blood pressure.
3 relevant golas were chosen: Goal 1: Improve physical activity options and opportunities. Goal 2: Improve nutrition and access to healthy food choices and limit access to unhealthy food and beverage choices. Goal 3: Improve the coordination of policy and resources directed to the prevention and reduction of obesity, especially among those populations most at risk.
When it comes to weight loss, what you drink may be more important than what you eat, according to researchers. Researchers examined the relationship between beverage consumption among adults and weight change and found that weight loss was positively associated with a reduction in liquid calorie consumption and liquid calorie intake had a stronger impact on weight than solid calorie intake.
In a study published in the April 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, researchers observed that adolescent and young adult vegetarians may experience the health benefits associated with increased fruit and vegetable intake and young adults my experience the added benefit of decreased risk for overweight and obesity. However, current vegetarians may be at increased risk for binge eating, while former vegetarians may be at increased risk for extreme unhealthful weight control behaviors.
A newly formed International Association for Worksite Health Promotion (IAWHP) is dedicated to worksite health and encouraging employees to be active and healthy. CDC and The Coca-Cola Company support IAWHP.
Manel Kappagoda and Lori Stern discussed way to create a healthier school food environment at the Celebrating Educational Opportunities for Students of All Cultures Conference in Austin, TX, on March 27. They presented on the Alliance’s tools for schools on implementing successful school wellness policies and NPLAN’s model advertising policies and model beverage vending contract.