Når et måltid består af flere retter, bliver der mere tid til at snakke med hinanden, mens man spiser. Samtidig glider der med stor sandsynlighed mere frugt og grønt ned.
Grøntsager er ikke altid sundest i rå, naturlig tilstand. Det er fx sundere at give guleroden en tur i mikrobølgeovnen først. Sovs kan endda gøre, at vi spiser flere grønsager og udnytter næringsstofferne bedre.
De radikale vil forsøge at samle flertal for at sætte sukkerafgifterne op igen efter at regeringen har sat dem ned. Det sker for at undgå fedme hos børn og unge.
Tomorrow JAMA will publish an article entitled “High Body Mass Index for Age Among US Children and Adolescents, 2003-2006” by Cynthia L. Ogden, Margaret D. Carroll and Katherine M. Flegal from CDC.
The study is based on height and weight measurements obtained from 8,165 children and adolescents as part of the 2003-2004 and 2005-2006 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).
There was no significant increase in the prevalence of obese children and teens in the U.S. between 1999 and 2006. This is in contrast to the increase that has been reported in prior years. This is amazingly good news – and also about time !
But the absolute figures for obesity amongst US children and teens are still alarming. In 2003-2006 11.3 percent of children and adolescents were at or above the 97th percentile of BMI for age. For the same period, 16.3 percent of children and adolescents had a BMI for age at or above the 95th percentile of BMI for age, and 31.9 percent were at or above the 85th percentile.
Black and Mexican American girls were more likely to have a high BMI than white girls. Similarly amongst boys, Mexican Americans were significantly more likely to have high BMI than white boys.
Find more info on jama.ama-assn.org/
Det er et af 4 nye sundhedstemaer i statens nye prioriteringsgrundlag for strategisk forskning frem mod 2015. Der er ialt udpeget 21 nye satsningsområder, som udover sundhed også tæller emner som innovation og samfundsindretning.
£10 million will be spend yearly on the development of modern, evidence-based and politically credible public health practice to identify what public health interventions are worth pursuing and in what contexts.
Nordic Innovation Centre invites Nordic commercial and public actors, as well as NGOs to submit their Expressions of Interests no later than June 4th 2008.
Solving Childhood Obesity
May 26
We are all responsible for the childhood obesity epidemic: parents, government, schools, communities, companies and the health system. The Washington Post searches for solutions. To view the articles you need to registre which is free.
PART 1: Sunday May 18’th 2008
» Obesity Threatens a Generation
» Overview of Childhood Obesity
» Facts You Should Know
PART 2: Monday May 19’th 2008
» Inertia at The Top
» Making Headway or Headed Nowhere?
» High Profile Campaign Becomes Past Tense
» What the Candidates Say
» 21,000 Calories in Two Hours at High School
» A Smart Snack Machine
PART 3: Tuesday May 20’th 2008
» In D.C.: Where Kids Live Sets Tone for Weight Loss Success
» The Suburbs: They Seem to Have It All and Are Still Overweight. Why?
» Controversial “Fat School”
» Healthy Home Ec
PART 4: Wednesday May 21’th 2008
» One Big Barrier to Healthy Lunches: Parents
» The new PE: If Schools Can’t Offer More, They’ll Try for Better
» A Teacher’s Public Pledge to Lose Weight
» Young Food Critics Offer Schools Insider Help
» 2 Area School System Menus Among Top 10
PART 5: Thursday May 22’th 2008
» Doctors, Researchers are Perplexed
» Maneuvering Restaurant Food
» A Longtime Culprit Makes an “Epochal” Shift
Also watch the videos
But they were also less likely to be overweight. Method: Travel distances to the closest fast-food outlet were calculated for all neighbourhoods in New Zealand. Data appended to a national health survey.
As an alternative to the official US pyramid, faculty members at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston designed the Healthy Eating Pyramid. According to Harvard School of Public Health their pyramid is actually based on the latest and best science. Read the scary story about how intense lobbying efforts from a variety of food industries influenced the shape the official pyramid on their website.
The Healthy Eating Pyramid is not based on the more or less shaky portion system, but explains in plain language what you should eat when you eat.
Here is a super short version of the underlying advices in 5 easy steps:
- Start with exercise. A healthy diet is built on a base of regular exercise, which keeps calories in balance and weight in check.
- Focus on food, not grams. The Healthy Eating Pyramid doesn’t worry about specific servings or grams of food, so neither should you. It’s a simple, general guide to how you should eat when you eat.
- Go with plants. Eating a plant-based diet is healthiest. Choose plenty of vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and healthy fats, like olive and canola oil.
- Cut way back on red meat, refined grains, potatoes, sugary drinks, and salty snacks that are part of American culture, but they’re also really unhealthy. Go for a plant-based diet rich in non-starchy vegetables, fruits, and whole grains. And if you eat meat, fish and poultry are the best choices.
- Take a multivitamin, and maybe have a drink. Taking a multivitamin can be a good nutrition insurance policy. Moderate drinking for many people can have real health benefits, but it’s not for everyone. Those who don’t drink shouldn’t feel that they need to start.
Find lots of more info about the Healthy Eating Pyramid at this link.
