928 men and women aged 65 to 102 years from Tuscany in Italy had their plasma carotenoids measured . High plasma carotenoids concentrations were protective against the decline in walking speed and the development of severe walking disability in old people
369 low-income African-American children in Detroit aged 3 to 5 years were followed for two years. Those who changed from being low consumers of soft drinks at baseline to high consumers after two years had 1.75 times more new decayes.
A new ‘voluntary’ government scheme to improve the healthiness of food in hospitals, care homes, prisons and the armed forces is too weak. Compulsory food standards covering nutrition and sustainability should rather be adopted.
A litterature review based on the 12 descriptive studies resultes in a model of personal, cultural, and environmental factors that can be categorized and described using the five levels of influence.
Socio-economic differences in fruit and vegetable consumption among middle-aged adults in France: adherence to the ‘five-a-day’ recommendation.
Guldborgsund Kommune har talt med familier med overvægtige børn for at få input til, hvordan kommunens tilbud skal udvikles. Der skal sættes en stopper for den stadige strøm af slik og usunde sager, som børn præsenteres for i dagligdagen. Desude
Madskoler, friluftstilbud og teater er blandt de mange aktiviteter, der skal være med til at skabe mere liv på landet for børn og unge. Fødevareministeriet støtter 67 nye projekter.
På det kommunale center Stejlhøjhus i Kalundborg arbejder udviklingshæmmede og personale side om side. Men de udviklingshæmmede må ikke spise af frugten. Det giver ballade.
Børn, der ikke bevæger sig så meget, har rundt regnet tre gange større risiko for at få rygsmerter end børn der er fysisk aktive. Desuden kan motion bruges i behandlingssammenhænge, idet børn med rygsmerter kan reducere eller slippe af med smerter
More collaborative, inter-disciplinary, multi-level work is needed before a proven, effective intervention package to modify behaviors related to childhood obesity can be etablished.