May 7
Professor Stanley Ulijaszek from Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity at University of Oxford wrote in 2006 an interesting article entitled Obesity: a disorder of convenience in Obesity Reviews.
He describes obesity as broadly attributed to the fact that environments are obesogenic. Read more in his excellent review that examines obesity from biocultural anthropological perspectives. The article is free to access here.
I går udsendte Fødevarministeriet en pressemeddelelse om en ny rapport de har fået lavet om omfanget og betydningen af børnerettede reklamer for usunde fødevarer. Rapporten peger på at 85 % af de reklamer, som børn ser, ikke sendes i forbindelse med børneudsendelser og at markedsføringen er ved at flytte over i nye medier som mobil og internet.
Rapporten hedder Usund påvirkning og den kan downloades her.
Idag har Kræftens Bekæmplese, Diabetesforeningen, Forbrugerrådet og Hjerteforeningen udsendt en fælles pressemeddelelse i den anledning. Se også opfølgende omtaler fra Diabetesforeningen, Kræftens Bekæmpelse, Berlingske Tidende og Folkesundhed.dk.
Følg med i sagen om regulering af usund markedsføring til børn på dette RSS feed.
Apr 24
Professor Bente Klarlund Pedersen fra Rigshospitalet skrev den 22. april 2008 en gevaldig forebyggelsespolitisk opsang i Politiken.
Professoren skriver bl.a. at en person, der spiser grønt, dyrker motion, drikker mådeholdent og ikke ryger i gennemsnit vil leve 14 år længere end en person med usund livsstil. Og hun mener, at vores spise- og bevægelsesadfærd i høj grad er skabt af ydre rammer som byplanlægning, transportsystemer, madpriser og tilgængelighed.
Læs hele kronikken på http://politiken.dk/debat/article498311.ece
Apr 24
The Australian Go Grains Campaign just published a new issue of their Whole Grain newsletter.
Take a look at these amazing videos designed to inspire parents to prevent childhod obesity. All videos are part of the smallsteps.gov campaign and include some artificial silicone “fat”.
Belly -He proabably lost it walking on the beach
Butt – They probably lost it playing with their kids
Chin – Must have lost it snacking on fruits and vegetables
Love Handles – Lots of people loose em taking the stairs instead of the escalators
Porter – The guy who just checked out must have lost it snacking on fruits and vegetables
Second Helpings – Wait 15 minutes before having seconds
Spare Tire – They must have lost it parking further away walking to the stadium
Theater – Someone must have lost it eating smaller size popcorn
Thunder Tights – They must have lost them playing with their kids in the snow
The videos are made for free by McCann-Erickson in New York. Find all the 100 small steps here.
Please also visit the small steps campaign for kids here.
The following Dutch researchers Anke Oenema , Johannes Brug, Arie Dijkstra, Inge de Weerdt and Hein de Vries just published a randomized controlled trial targeting saturated fat intake, physical activity, and smoking cessation. They concluded that the Internet-delivered, computer-tailored lifestyle intervention was effective in reducing self-reported saturated fat intake and in increasing self-reported PA among participants who completed the study.
Please find the study here.
Apr 12
Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies offers 5 inspirational excercise videos for office workers.
Posture and neck and shoulder flexibility (4:04):
Triceps and exercises to improve back flexibility (3:28):
Quad flexes, calf stretches, and ankle rotations (5:13):
Simple leg and ankle exercises (5:37):
About staying healthy in the office and demonstrates some dips, seat raises and bicep curls (5:16):
Enjoy my RSS feed against marketing of unhealthy foods and drinks targeted to children. Most posts are in English + some in Danish.
Visit Marketing to kids
Apr 11
Se min lille film om street food i Indien
Eller nyd min korte film om farvede kyllinger i Indien
Se evt. flere af mine Indiens film på http://uk.youtube.com/MortenCopenhagen
Jeg har forresten også lavet en lille film sammen med min 11 årige datter Josefine om Vestamager Naturcenter. Se den her:
Jeg har lavet et lille online foredrag om RSS og Google Reader. Du finder det på modefrugt.dk/kb.
Foredraget er lavet i Powerpoint og jeg har brugt programmet Articulate Presenter til at lave det om til en flashfilm med lyd.
