Enjoy this video with Cindy from the US Whole Grains Council and Margie Saidel who is Director of Nutrition at Chartwells School Dining Service . This segment was aired on May 20th 2009 on CBS affiliate WUSA.
Behavioral economist Dan Ariely, the author of Predictably Irrational, uses classic visual illusions and his own counterintuitive (and sometimes shocking) research findings to show how we’re not as rational as we think when we make decisions. Enjoy this wonderful video.
This paper summarizes a workshop that examined consumer attitudes gathered regionally with the aim of establishing commonalities and differences.
The evidence behind the assumption that childhood obesity can be prevented was discussed critically in this
roundtable symposium. Overall, there was general agreement that action is needed and that the worldwide epidemic itself is sufficient evidence for action.
The development and implementation of obesity prevention strategies requires the identification and understanding of determinant factors that can be influenced by effective large-scale action plans over time.
Strategies aimed at the primary prevention of obesity in a population should be multifaceted and designed to actively involve stakeholders and other major parties concerned; in addition, multiple settings for implementation should be considered. In this paper, an overview is presented of the strategies currently in place for obesity prevention, particularly in Spain.
This new global pandemic of obesity is rapidly becoming a problem of the poor. Extensive work has been undertaken to document the changes in weight and, to a much lesser extent, in diet, energy expenditures, and activity patterns. Broad-based creative public health actions are needed to offset these larger
forces that promote energy imbalance, poor diets, and reduced physical activity. Inaction will result in an acceleration of morbidity, disability, and deaths from major nutrition-related noncommunicable diseases – primarily in developing countries. Enjoy this paper by Barry Popkin.
Energy-dense sweets and fats are cheap, readily available, and convenient. In the absence of kitchen facilities, cooking skills, money or time, they offer satisfying, if sometimes nutrient-poor, options for low-income groups. They also help reduce waste, spoilage, and cooking costs.
Enjoy this paper by Adam Drewnowski and Petra Eichelsdoerfer.
Studies have shown that lifestyle ‘” especially nutrition and exercise ‘” has a significant influence in prostate cancer prevention and treatment. This guide from The Prostate Cancer Foundation presents the latest information for men who want to maintain a lifestyle that promotes prostate health.
Increasing the amount physical activity kids engage in at school doesn’t mean they’ll be more active out of school. In fact, just the opposite may be true, according to study findings presented at the European Congress on Obesity in Amsterdam in May 2009. “We hypothesized that a lot of physical education at school would inculcate a habit,” Dr. Terence Wilkin told Reuters Health. “We found it made no difference. What some children lack in school, they make up for — with remarkable precision — out of school.”
Grandparents.com is offering a free guide called, “Go outside and play!” It is a free download from their website. The guide has suggestions for fun activites that grandparents can do with grand kids such as: Backyard afternoons, fun in the field, in touch with nature, & neighborhood action.