Brød bliver billigere

Eksperter forventer at prisen på brød vil falde henover sommeren.

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Food and Nutrition Policy for Nova Scotia Public Schools

This 20 pge document contains Policy Directives and Guidelines. One is that School food and beverages should be sold primarily for the purposes of providing nutrition rather than for revenue generation.

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Etniske minoriteter har massive sundhedsproblemer

En helt ny landsdækkende undersøgelse sætter nu tal på sundhed, sygelighed og livsstil blandt indvandrere fra Eksjugoslavien, Tyrkiet, Somalia, Iran, Irak, Pakistan, Libanon/Palæstina og efterkommere fra Tyrkiet og Pakistan.

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Systematic review of effectiveness of nutrition interventions and social inequalities

Nutrition interventions have differential effects by socioeconomic status.. Due to only 6 included studies, the possibility that nutrition interventions widen inequalities cannot be excluded.

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Antidiabetic components contained in vegetables and legumes.

Epidemiological analyses in a large Chinese population have revealed that consumption of vegetables and legumes is inversely associated with the risk of type 2 diabetes.

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Magnesium is related to metabolic syndrome in older Americans

535 adults aged 60 in Boston participated. Those with the highest intake of Mg had significantly lower risk of having Metabolic Syndrome and lower BMI. Whole grains are a good souce of Mg.

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Social and Physical Environmental Factors and Child Overweight

45 American and 97 Czech children and their parents filled out questionnaires. Availability of healthful foods were higher in Czech households. American parents more often used authoritative parenting style and positive food socialization practices.

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Environmental determinants of active travel in youth

Youth active travel is positively associated with social interactions, facilities to assist active travel and urban form in the neighbourhood as well as shorter route length and road safety en-route.

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New Cycle Policy Down Under

New Australian report: Cycling to and from work and leisure saves the health industry an estimated Aus $227.2 million AUD a year.

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New US Physical Activity Guidelines

A committee used 2 years to review existing scientific literature to identify where there is sufficient evidence to develop a comprehensive set of specific physical activity recommendations.

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