This new review is based on 20 studies published from June 1992 through 2006 that looked at food and beverage marketing to blacks and whites. Researchers concluded that blacks are “consistently exposed to food promotion and distribution patterns with relatively greater potential adverse health effects than are whites”
A randomized controlled trial just published in Nutrition Journal. Eating cereals to reduce obesity is only effective when accompanied by nutrition education. 147 overweight or at risk of overweight children (6-12 y of age) participated in this new study from Mexico.
Tænketank for bedre smag
Sep 10
Fødevareminister Eva Kjer Hansen har inviteret producenter, trendsættere, eksperter og topledere til at sætte mere smag på Danmark.
Michael Pollan: “Eat food. Mostly plants. Not too much.”. Marion Nestle: “Eat less. Move more. Eat lots of fruits, vegetables and whole grains. Don’t eat too much junk food”. Or “If you include fruits, vegetables and whole grains in your daily diet, and vary the food plants and animals you eat, you really don’t need to worry about nutrients”.
Yesterday a paper on Energy Expenditures for Youth was published. It’s useful to researchers and practitioners interested in measuring physical activity and energy expenditure values in children and adolescents in a variety of settings.
Æblerne bliver dyrere
Sep 9
Business.dk skriver, at den svenske æblehøst har været ramt af kraftige haglbyger, og det vil kunne mærkes i de danske supermarkeder.
Fast food supersize options, huge popcorn tubs and fizzy drinks at cinemas and bigger ready meals. This has been linked to rising obesity levels and increased risk of heart disease and stroke.
Møde om genstandsgrænser
Sep 9
Dansk Selskab for Psykosocial Medicin holder møde om genstandsgrænserne for alkohol mandag 29. september 2008 kl. 13-16 på Statens Institut for Folkesundhed, Kommunehospitalet, store mødelokale, lokale 1.1.02, 1.sal, Øster Farimagsgade 5b i København.
Eating Smart at School
Sep 9
Is your daughter, son or grandchild a master dealer at lunch? Packing a healthy school lunch is helpful only if the food ends up in the tummy’”or gets traded for something else that isn’t loaded with sugar, fat or salt.
But Byetta has also been linked recently to patient deaths.