F&V intakes was assessed by parent and child self-reported food frequency measures. Secondary outcome measures were taste preference, knowledge of daily recommendations, availability and accessibility. Based on 346 intervention children (148 parents) and 425 control children (287 parents). Both child and parent reports indicated that the intervention group had a significantly higher fruit intake at 2-year follow-up (0.15 servings/day for child reports and 0.19 for parent reports. Keep in mind that the Dutch program only provide fruit about twice a week.
I den nære fremtid kan man sandsynligvis nyde en læskedrik med god samvittighed. Det er nemlig lykkedes både Coca Cola og Pepsi at udnytte et naturligt sødestof.
People with a history of basal or squamous cell skin cancer may have a higher risk of developing other cancers later on, new research suggests.
Based on 558 individuals and a 4-month intervention with eight sessions on ways to increase intake of fruits and vegetables the results include: an 21-percentage points increase in seniors consuming at least 7 servings of fruits and vegetables daily.
This Polish study characterizes biologically active compounds of berry fruits, including non-nutritive compounds such as phenolic compounds, including anthocyanins, phenolic acids, stilbens and tannins, as well as nutritive compounds such as carotenoids and vitamin C. It discusses the biological activity of those compounds, in particular their antioxidant properties and the resulting health benefits.
Researchers at Department of Communication, University of Louisville propose distinct, tailored program suggestions for reinventing social marketing programs focused on increasing fruit and vegetable consumption in each segment of a consumer-based psychographic audience segmentation.
For people trying to avoid weight gain, a new study suggests that staying away from the kitchen at night may help. Published in this month’s American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, the study marks the first investigation of nighttime eating in an inpatient environment, where researchers can measure how much participants actually eat. In the study, a group of healthy volunteers used a computerized vending machine to choose their foods at any time. The researchers determined when and how much the participants ate over the course of three days. About half of the participants ate at night and these individual consumed more calories every day. The extra calories came from night eating. And after an average follow-up of about three and a half years, the night time eaters had gained more weight than participants who were not night eaters, gaining 14 pounds and 4 pounds respectively.
Researchers have highlighted a link between childhood obesity and a mother’s diet before and during pregnancy. The work in animals proves that overweight expectant mothers are more likely to have babies with more body fat, who are at greater risk of diabetes and lipid metabolic disorders later in life.
A population-based case-control study in Sweden to be published in Eur J Epidemiology studied 1,449 incident prostate cancer cases and 1,118 unaffected population controls. Overall there was no association between lifetime total physical activity and prostate cancer risk. These findings do not support the hypothesis that physical activity uniformly protects against prostate cancer development.
Data from 130 schools and 16 471 students in Norway were obtained in 2004 through self-administered questionnaires to principals and students. Multilevel logistic regression models revealed that boys at secondary level with a larger number of outdoor facilities at school had 2.7 times and girls 2.9 times higher odds of being physically active compared with students at schools with fewer facilities.