På bagsiden af dagens FødevareSundhed tillæg i Børsen kan man læse, at Jørn Ussing Larsen fra Aurion glæder sig over, at Irma på halvanden uge har solgt ca. 4000 af deres nye grødblandinger, som Aurion har udviklet til Irma. En af blandingerne kaldes »Krisebær«. Og på Alt Om København er der nu en guide til smarte restaurenter, der serverer morgen-grød og gourmet-grød (klik på overskriften). Hvordan kan vi forstærke denne nye trend?
Grød er ved at blive hot
Nov 20
5200 grade 5 students in Nova Scotia, Canada, and their parents were i 2003 surveyed as part of the Children’s Lifestyle and School-performance Study. The study demonstrate an association between diet quality and academic performance and identify specific dietary factors that contribute to this association.
Altinger skriver her til morgen, at det bør være helt forbudt for frugtavlere at bruge sprøjtegifte, når der skal dyrkes f.eks. æbler på de danske frugtplantager. Det mener et stort flertal af danskerne ifølge en ny meningsmåling, A&B Analyse har udført for Altinget Fødevarer. Ifølge målingen støttes et forbud af 74 pct. af de adspurgte, mens 18 pct. er imod og 9 pct. ikke ved, hvad de skal svare. Undersøgelsen er baseret på 911 besvarelser.
Soon, your cell phone may be able to help you maintain your exercise routine and keep the pounds off over winter months, without your having to lift a finger to keep track. Researchers at the University of Washington and Intel have created two new cell phone applications, dubbed UbiFit and UbiGreen, to automatically track workouts and green transportation. The programs display motivational pictures on the phone’s background screen that change the more the user works out or uses eco-friendly means of transportation.
A ban on fast food advertisements in the US could reduce the number of overweight children by as much as 18%, according to a new study being published this month in the Journal of Law and Economics (see www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/590132). The study also reports that eliminating the tax deductibility associated with television advertising would result in a reduction of childhood obesity, though in smaller numbers.
Boyd Swinburn published his view on obesogenic environments, especially the food environment. This constitutes a “market failure,” signaling the need for government interventions with policies, programs, and social marketing. Food marketing to children is a central policy issue for governments to address, and comprehensive regulations are needed to provide substantive protection for children. The 2 major challenges are to ensure substantial funding to promote healthy weights can be scaled up to a national level and to ensure that policies are in place to support these efforts. The social and cultural shifts that support healthy eating and physical activity occur differentially. A positive public health approach encompassing environmental, regulatory, sociocultural, and educational strategies offer the best chance of reducing obesity.
Find this list of who’s who of smart people in food politics and policy on the EcoSalon-blog. Must-read books are indicated.
The stimulation of daily physical activity using exercise counselling and a pedometer over 10 weeks leads to a significant decrease in fatigue in adult Dutch survivors of childhood cancer, and this improvement lasts for at least 36 weeks.
Researchers from Basel in Switzerlandcarried carried out a cross-sectional analysis of 502 first and fifth graders and measured cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and PA and noted the neighbourhood (rural vs urban) environment. Outcome measures included BMI, sum of four skinfold thicknesses, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) and a standardised clustered metabolic risk score. CONCLUSION: Reduced CRF, low PA and an urban environment are independently associated with an increase in metabolic risk markers in children.
Daily physical exercise keeps the brain young, a new mouse study suggest. But don’t wait too long to start. The brain-boosting effects of exercise diminish rapidly after early middle age, say researchers from Taiwan’s National Cheng Kung University.