A study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine reported that people with low literacy levels are half as likely to correctly measure one cup of food as those with high literacy. The investigators said that estimation accuracy was not affected by food preference.
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The 18th Annual European Food Law Conference is to be held on 31 March – 1 April 2009 in Brussels. The theme is ‘Food Labelling and Health Claims’.
Sugar and Acne Linked
Feb 24
Scientists followed 50 men and boys ages 15 to 25, all of them with acne, for 12 weeks. Some subjects stuck to a typical diet high-glycemic index foods like white bread, sweetened cereals and pasta, and the others were given foods higher in protein and lower GI, like fish, whole-grain breads and fruit. At the end of the study, published in 2007, the subjects on the low-GI diet had far greater reductions in skin lesions and other symptoms of acne.
Almost one third of Greek preschoolers exceed the limit of 2 h/day TV viewing and that parental TV viewing time may be the most important determinant of children’s TV viewing time.
Researchers stidied a region of Texas, analyzed neighborhoods for the number of fast food restaurants, and found a 13% elevated risk of ischemic stroke in neighborhoods with the highest number of fast food restaurants. Ischemic strokes are caused by blood clots.
Enjoy this strong line of arguments defending tax on sugar soda. The brain behind is professor Brownell, who is director of Yale University’s Center for Food Policy and Obesity.
Audio interview with Klaus Grunert from Denmark. He made a study funded by EUFIC on GDA and other labels.
Absolute and relative increases in drinking water were associated with significant loss of body weight and fat over time. This study suggest that drinking water may promote weight loss in overweight dieting women.
Social and environmental cues, intrinsic qualities of beverages and personal health beliefs were identified as important influences on consumption. Environmental cues included purchasing of fast foods, and ready availability, preferential pricing and promotion of caloric beverages.
A South Carolina House subcommittee on Wednesday approved a measure aimed at curbing the availability of junk food in schools, the Columbia State reports. Under the bill, schools would be required to replace sugar-laden beverages and fatty snacks sold in cafeterias and vending machines with water, fruit juice, milk, granola bars and other nutritious snacks.