The Canadian Institutes of Health Research will over the next five years work with its partners to fund peer-reviewed research and training projects in the area of physical activity and health including: 1) Examining the personal and environmental factors that influence the uptake and maintenance of a healthy lifestyle. 2) Evaluating mechanisms for translating evidence into sustainable public policy.
Cancer-screening messages targeted to minorities that take a negative approach — emphasizing, for instance, that colon cancer is a bigger threat to blacks than whites — can actually make minorities less likely to be screened, a new study found. Could that be the case for obesity also?
A study of new Canadian labelling regulations on the fat composition and prices of margarines indicate that voluntary approaches to reduce population intakes of TFA (trans fatty acids) will yield little changes in TFA content of low-cost products and thus may have limited benefit for lower-income groups, who are at higher risk of heart disease.
New research from the US suggests that vigorous exercise cuts the risk of breast cancer in post-menopausal women and is particularly effective for women who are not overweight.
A nationwide system requiring fast-food chains to list calories on their menus could be gaining support in Congress as more states adopt the practice and the restaurant industry concedes change is on the way, a consumer, industry and health panel said on Friday.
A UK university lecturer has been given £5,000 to study the health benefits of the Nintendo Wii. Michael Duncan will work with schoolchildren for six weeks to see if the popular games console can improve fitness and tackle obesity.
HORESTA fik i august lavet en undersøgelse hvor ca 1000 danskere svarede på spørgsmål om udespisning, take away, vigtigheden af fedtfattig og ernæringsrigtig mad oma. Find svarene her. Målet med undersøgelsen har været at blive klogere på forbrugernes præferencer. Undersøgelsen viser, at velsmagende mad, restaurantens renommé og en serviceorienteret tjener er vigtigst, når vi spiser ude. Men også oplysninger om madens ernæringsmæssige sammensætning har betydning.
50 obese adults with metabolic syndrome were randomly assigned to receive dietary advice either to avoid whole-grain foods or to obtain all of their grain servings from whole grains for 12 wk. There were a 38% greater decreases in CRP and percentage body fat in the abdominal region in participants consuming whole grains than in those consuming refined grains. C-reactive protein is used mainly as a marker of inflammation.
Counterintuitive as it may seem, those healthful phytoestrogen nutrients that consumers usually associate with fruits and vegetables also exist in foods of animal origin. This is the first comprehensive study of phytoestrogen content in animal food was published in Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. (pdf: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/jf801344x)
Exercise is good for more than just your waistline. Research suggests that regular physical activity can lower a woman’s overall risk of cancer – but only if she gets a good night’s sleep. Otherwise, lack of sleep can undermine exercise’s cancer prevention benefits.