Cutting calories may improve memory among healthy elderly men and women, a new study from Germany hints. In the study, researchers found that people who cut their calorie intake by approximately 30 percent performed better on standard memory tests after just three months.
Clinical review of efficacy of interventions aimed at changing lifestyle behaviors (increased physical activity, decreased sedentary activity, increased healthy dietary habits, and decreased unhealthy dietary habits) to prevent obesity. Pediatric obesity prevention programs caused small changes in target behaviors and no significant effect on BMI compared with control. Trials evaluating promising interventions applied over a long period, using responsive outcomes, with longer measurement timeframes are urgently needed.
Breakfast cereal is associated with a lower prevalence of obesity among 10-12-year-old children
Jan 28
700 children from 18 schools located in Athens were enrolled. 8.6% of boys and 9% of girls were obese, whereas 33.9% of boys and 22.1% of girls were overweight. For boys, the adjusted odds ratio for breakfast cereal intake for being overweight or obese was 0.54 (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.45-1.29), while for girls it was 0.41 (95% CI: 0.21-0.79). This study provides evidence that breakfast cereal as a most frequent choice, and daily consumption of breakfast, are inversely associated with the prevalence of overweight or obesity in 10-12-year-old children.
Researchers from Poplar Bluff in Missouri carried out a qualitative and quantitative study of the approaches being used by the Ozark Heart Health Coalitions in developing walking trails in rural Missouri. In summarizing these approaches the authors describe 10 lessons with the aim of articulating the process and, thereby, increasing interest and capacity in development of walking trails.
Policies and characteristics of the preschool environment and physical activity of young children
Jan 28
A total of 299 children from 20 preschools wore accelerometers for an average of 8.1 hours/day for 5.5 days. Children in the top 5 physical activity-promoting preschools accumulated >60 minutes of moderate/vigorous physical activity per day, compared with the children in the other preschools, who accumulated <60 minutes of moderate/vigorous physical activity per day. Read more
A new study in the Journal of School Health found that physically fit kids scored better on standardized math and English tests than their less fit peers.
Peter Skaarups skrev i januar på sin blog:
Cykelsagen fremmer utroligt mange positive aspekter, som kommer alle til gode. Et grønnere miljø, mindre trængsel på vejene, mindre CO2 udledning og sundere og gladere danskere, som oven i købet kommer hurtige til og fra arbejdet, alt det kan vi for nogle få hundrede millioner kroner fremme væsentligt. Det er det, der i reklamesprog kaldes en win-win situation.
Results from over 100 separate studies reporting over 1000 distinct statistical estimates are remarkably consistent, and show without doubt that alcohol taxes and prices affect drinking,” said Alexander C. Wagenaar, Ph.D., a professor of epidemiology and health policy research at the University of Florida College of Medicine, and the senior author of the study. “When prices go down, people drink more, and when prices go up, people drink less.” Pubmed: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19149812?dopt=Abstract
Kræft – hvad mindsker og hvad øger risikoen for kræft? Antioxidanthypotesen duer ikke længere, men hvad er det så? Falder risikoen for at udvikle kræft med stigende indtagelse af frugt, grønt og fuldkorn?
People who have better access to supermarkets and limited access to convenience stores tend to have healthier diets and lower levels of obesity. Pdf available on http://download.journals.elsevierhealth.com/pdfs/journals/0749-3797/PIIS0749379708008386.pdf