Enjoy video from Bucharest in Romania, Bolzano in Italy and Bromley near London. Ehere Eu assisted to promote the bicycle as an alternative to polluting transport and to make cyclists’ lives easier.
Boys have a sweeter tooth than girls. These and many other findings are the result of a large-scale study on the sense of taste of children and young people and what they like to eat. In September, 8,900 schoolchildren from all over Denmark took part in a large-scale experiment conducted by Danish Science Communication and The Faculty of Life Sciences (LIFE) at University of Copenhagen.
Indulging in just one small chocolate truffle can induce cravings for more sugary and fatty foods — and even awaken a desire for high-end status products, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.
Obese people who have lost substantial amounts of weight without surgery can do just as well at maintaining the healthier weight as their peers who lost weight via gastric surgery. That’s the finding of the first study to compare the two strategies.
A can of Coke could soon cost New Yorkers more than just calories. As part of a $121 billion budget to be unveiled Tuesday, Gov. Paterson will propose an “obesity tax” of about 15% on nondiet drinks. This means a Diet Coke might sell for a $1 – even as the same size bottle of its calorie-rich alter ego would go for $1.15.
Certain breast cancer survivors who load up on fruits and vegetables, eating far more than current U.S. guidelines, can slash their risk the tumors will come back by nearly a third, according to a U.S. study released on Monday. Find the abstract here: http://jco.ascopubs.org/cgi/content/abstract/JCO.2008.16.1067v1
Klimatopmøde med vegetarmenu
Dec 16
Dansk Vegetarforening opfordrer klimaministeren til at vise Danmark som et modigt foregangsland ved at sætte kødproduktionen på dagsordenen, når regeringen i 2009 er vært for klimatopmødet. For eksempel ved at gøre hovedparten af måltiderne på topmødet vegetariske.
The effectiveness of the playground environment to promote PA has been considered as a complementary setting to physical education. Energy expenditure and physical activity levels have increased during playtime following the implementation of playtime-based interventions. In order to advance knowledge of children’s PA during playtime, a number of key issues for consideration in future research are detailed. Research on children’s use of playtime to be physically active and the extent of the contribution of playtime to daily PA guidelines is warranted. This 2006 study is from Liverpool.
The purpose of this 2005 investigation was to examine whether painting playgrounds with multicolored markings would increase the percent of recess time spent in moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and vigorous physical activity (VPA) in Liverpool girls and boys. Multicolor playground markings can be a low-cost method of increasing children’s daily physical activity levels in the short term. If these increases were sustained, then school playgrounds with multicolor markings would make a valuable contribution to physical activity recommendations for young people.
PA and school recess time
Dec 14
The aims of this 2005 study from Portugal were: 1) to observe participation in moderate-to-vigorous PA during school recess periods; 2) to determine the relative importance of PA during recesses to overall daily PA; and 3) to examine differences in PA between the sexes during unstructured recess periods. Only 10 boys and 12 girls aged 8-10 years participated. The results of this study suggest that school recess time is an important setting to promote moderate-to-vigorous PA and contributes to daily PA in young children, especially in girls.