A new report from ERS at USDA estimated that a 10-percent subsidy would encourage low-income Americans to increase their consumption of fruits by 2.1-5.2 percent and vegetables by 2.1-4.9 percent. The annual cost of such a subsidy for low-income Americans would be about $310 million for fruits and $270 million for vegetables. And most would still not meet Federal dietary recommendations.
Archive for category Nutrition and obesity
Numbers posted by the National Center for Health Statistics show that more than 34 percent of Americans are obese, compared to 32.7 percent who are overweight.
New Book by Barry Popkin
Jan 12
Barry Popkin just published his new book titled The World Is Fat. Katherine Hobson selected the following interesting facts from the book: 1) Americans aren’t the only ones getting fatter. 2) The average American gets 400 calories a day from beverages. 3) The U.S. pretty much stands alone in its sugar recommendations. 4) Nutritional guidelines can be extremely confusing. 5) Some food companies are doing good. 6) You’re not getting thinner; clothes are getting bigger. 7) At the end of the day, it’s total calories that matter.
Counselling via phone and e-mail were compared with the standard practice of issuing self-help literature in approximately 1400 Dutch workers as an aid to weight management. The authors concluded that lifestyle counselling by phone and e-mail is effective for weight management. Find the original paper here: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19134171?dopt=Abstract
New research conducted at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health indicates that the advertising of alcohol in predominantly African-American neighborhoods of New York City may add to problem drinking behavior among residents.
The Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation published this press release which is based on the Texas study found on http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18954578?dopt=Abstract
215 participants from Dortmund, Germany were followed for 4 years. Neither changes in dietary fiber intake, nor whole-grain intake were associated with concurrent changes in %BodyFat and BMI.
According to a study published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine obese men with erectile dysfunction are shown to have low levels of hormones, such as testosterone.
Abdominal fat comes in two different forms. Some of it is located in the fatty tissue just beneath the skin. This subcutaneous fat behaves like the fat elsewhere in the body; it’s no friend to health, but it’s no special threat either. Fat inside the abdomen is another story. This visceral fat, which is located around the internal organs, can damage your health.
IFIC (International Food Information Council) which is finanzed by the food industry revised their fiber fact sheet. They also have a Wgole Grains Fact Sheet: http://www.ific.org/publications/factsheets/wholegrainsfs.cfm