8-13-year-old children categorise F&V in more than just F&V

Texas children were asked to pile 67 fruit cards and 64 vegetables cards with pictures and names of F&V into piles of similar foods.

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California county focuses on childhood obesity

The program entails bringing f&v grown into the county’s classrooms as part of a wider plan to promote health in the county. The farm-to-institution portion of the plan include tomatoes, cucumbers, melons, squash, pears, apples and walnuts.

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Food quality standards a must for schools

It’s time for Canadian federal and provincial governments to step up to the plate, literally.

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New systematic review on family influence on kids fruit and vegetable consumption

Parental modelling and parental intake were consistently and positively associated with children’s f&v consumption. There were also positive associations between home availability, family rules and parental encouragement and children’s f&v consumption.

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Decreasing sugar-sweetened beverages intake significantly reduced BMI among overweight children, and mainly among girls

1140 fourth graders in Brazil were exposed to an educational programme aimed at discouraging students from drinking sugar-sweetened beverages.

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Nye nøgletal for Danskernes motions- og sportsvaner

44 % får tilbud om motion på jobbet og 10 % dyrker firmaidræt. Læs det store potentiale for firmaidræt og motion på arbejdspladsen i den nye rapport fra Idrættens Analyseinstitut.

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No-Calorie Seasonings Help Lose Weight

If you sprinkle no-calorie seasonings and sweeteners on your foods, you will feel full faster, cut down on food consumption, and lose more weight than people who don’t flavor their foods that way, according to a new study.

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The whole story about 3-a-day wholegrain in the UK

Nestle cereals launched an advertising campaign with a three-a-day wholegrain slogan even though there is no actual official government recommendation about wholegrain in the UK.

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De fleste elever i 7. klasse lever sundt

12.500 elever i 7. klasse har besvaret et spørgeskema om sundheds adfærd og trivsel fra Statens Institut for Folkesundhed ved Syddansk Universitet.

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Folk over fyrre er aktive som aldrig før

En ny undersøgelse af danskernes motions- og sportsvaner viser at de 30 til 39-årige danskere er de mindst aktive, mens de 60 til 69-årige er lige så aktive som de 16 til 19-årige teenagere.

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