The spice cabinet may prove to be a source of help for diabetes patients, a study shows.
Losing weight through diet and exercise lowers diabetes risk in men and women, but men may have to work harder for the same benefit, new research suggests.
Kansas health officials on Friday announced a new program designed to reduce the prevalence of diabetes among state residents over the next five years, the Associated Press reports.
A protein made in the liver may give doctors a way to predict years in advance who is at high risk for the most common form of diabetes, a U.S. study published on Tuesday said.
This Australian intervention increased kids ability to identify individual F&V, and enhanced their confidence in preparing fruit and vegetable snacks.
New mandatory standards for food served in schools in England are being phased in from September 2008.
The diets of 504 head and neck squamous cell carcinoma patients were ompared to 717 controls. Consumption of fruits and vegetables is not protective but consumption of dairy products and low weight might increase the risk.
A low-intensity physician-endorsed self-help dietary intervention by mail and telephone was successful in initiating F&V dietary changes at 1 and 6 months post-intervention (but not at 12 months).
Low energy diets are healthy
Jul 30
The diet of 2250 Spanish free-living semiors were examined. The researchers found that a low energy density diet has a higher capacity to prevent nutrient deficiency, despite lower energy content, than a high energy density diet.
The internet-based nutrition and physical activity education program MyStudentBody.com made US college students increase their F&V intake by .24 – .33 daily servings.