New research indicates that drinking coffee lowers the risk of developing cancer of the oral cavity or throat, at least in the general population of Japan.
Coffee and cancers
Jan 7
Overweight people are more prone to heart disease, stroke, diabetes – even some kinds of cancers. According to the company Humana every overweight individual in the US costs $1,037.64 extra in health care costs. In total that is $127 billion added to the national health care bill.
A study by Martin Caraher from City University London has found that children in Tower Hamlets are regularly ignoring school healthy eating initiatives to binge on fast food on the way to and from school – some even choose to skip lunch to eat fast food at the end of the day. The research also examined the prevalence of fast food outlets in the borough and found that 97% of households lie within a ten-minute walk from a convenience food seller and that in some areas there are more fast food outlets than shops.
A new epidemiological study has found that obese women are at an increased risk of developing ovarian cancer compared with women of normal weight. Will be published in the February 15, 2009 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the research indicates that obesity may contribute to the development of ovarian cancer through a hormonal mechanism.
Nuts, a rich source of monounsaturated fatty acids and fiber, have been shown to decrease the risk of cardiovascular disease and the risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus. This review is published in Curr Atheroscler Rep.
Our frends behind the US Wholegrains campaign developed a new facebook application where friends can help friends to eat more WG, do more excercise or eat more F&V.
Se denne nyhedshistorie på Kræftens Bekæmpelses hjemmeside.
Landbrugsraadet inviterer hermed til præsentationsmøde om ‘Fokus – udvikling af food service specifikationer og faktaviden for pålæg, fjer-kræ, frugt, grøntsager og kartofler’ tirsdag den 20. januar 2009 fra kl. 13.00 til 15.30 i Landbrugsraadets mødesal A på Axelborg. Tilmelding senest mandag den 12. januar 2009 til mib@landbrug.dk.
Et nyt fitness-koncept har set dagens lys, som gør det let for danskerne at få 30 minutters motion om dagen. På OpAfSofaen.dk kan man købe online adgang til et videobibliotek med små fitness-film. Det er Mariann Juhl fra Skanderborg, som står bag den nye hjemmeside.
Health magasin asked six prominent health experts to help us pick the top 10 healthiest grocery stores out of the north american largest chains. The winers were published in Bovember 2009Here are the true standouts. Happy, healthy shopping! View the winners in the slideshow found on this page. See also http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/27573158#27573158