http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Spectator sports and food—often high-calorie or low-nutrition—have long gone hand-in-hand, yet FDA regulations geared toward calorie transparency at restaurant chains ignore this relationship. Popular fast-food restaurants soon will be required to post calorie counts, but concession stands at major sports facilities and many sports bars will not. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-expert-sport-food-strong.html Health Tue, 05 Feb 2013 07:10:01 EST news279267731 New research suggests that increased consumption of foods containing colorful carotenoids, particularly beta-carotene and lutein, may prevent or delay the onset of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The study, published by Wiley in Annals of Neurology, a journal of the American Neurological Association and Child Neurology Society, found that diets high in lycopene, beta-cryptoxanthin, and vitamin C did not reduce ALS risk. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-bright-colored-fruits-vegetables-als.html Neuroscience Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:00:01 EST news278597219 People can burn up to 20% more body fat by exercising in the morning on an empty stomach, according to new research from Northumbria University. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-fat-faster-breakfast.html Health Thu, 24 Jan 2013 09:10:01 EST news278239456 Eating more fruit and vegetables may make young people calmer, happier and more energetic in their daily life, new research from New Zealand's University of Otago suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-apples-day-blues-bay.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 23 Jan 2013 19:00:03 EST news278184163 Italian risotto, Spanish paella and the British traditional Sunday roast (consisting of roasted meat, roast potatoes and vegetables). - these are only a small sample of foods which symbolise individual countries and the diversity of diets across Europe currently being scrutinised by scientists. The aim is to research Europeans' daily exposure to food contaminants, which could lead to changing eating habits for better health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-scientists-scrutinise-european-diet.html Health Tue, 18 Dec 2012 07:03:58 EST news275036632 Taxes on soft drinks and foods high in saturated fats and subsidies for fruit and vegetables could lead to beneficial dietary changes and potentially improve health, according to a study by experts from New Zealand published in this week's PLOS Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-taxes-sugary-high-fat-foods.html Health Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:00:01 EST news274465345 Fat cells store excess energy and signal these levels to the brain. In a new study this week in Nature Medicine, Georgios Paschos PhD, a research associate in the lab of Garret FitzGerald, MD, FRS director of the Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, shows that deletion of the clock gene Arntl, also known as Bmal1, in fat cells, causes mice to become obese, with a shift in the timing of when this nocturnal species normally eats. These findings shed light on the complex causes of obesity in humans. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-it-not-just-what-you.html Medical research Sun, 11 Nov 2012 13:05:41 EST news271861513 Parents with a higher number of stressors in their lives are more likely to have obese children, according to a new study by pediatric researchers. Furthermore, when parents perceive themselves to be stressed, their children eat fast food more often, compared to children whose parents feel less stressed. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-greater-parental-stress-linked-children.html Pediatrics Mon, 22 Oct 2012 13:08:41 EST news270130095 Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute have found new links between a protein that controls our urge to eat and brain cells involved in the development of alcoholism. The discovery points to new possibilities for designing drugs to treat alcoholism and other addictions. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-scientists-protein-linked-hunger-implicated.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 14 Sep 2012 09:49:40 EST news266834974 Diabetes is prevalent among adults aged 65 and older and can lead to a number of other serious health issues. Maintaining control of blood glucose levels is one of the most important actions diabetics can take to control their illness. New technology is designed to make self-monitoring easier and more accessible than ever before, but often tech products fail to accommodate some older users. Human factors/ergonomics researchers Laura A. Whitlock and Anne Collins McLaughlin evaluated the usability issues that older adults may experience with one type of emerging technology, blood-glucose-tracking applications for mobile devices, and will present their findings at the upcoming HFES 56th Annual Meeting in Boston. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-mobile-apps-diabetes-usability-issues.html Diabetes Fri, 31 Aug 2012 11:49:07 EST news265632536 (HealthDay) -- The hormonal fluctuations associated with women's menstrual cycles could color their shopping habits, research suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-menstrual-affect-women-patterns.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 31 Jul 2012 18:20:01 EST news262974822 Modern lifestyles are generally quite different from those of our hunter-gatherer ancestors, a fact that some claim as the cause of the current rise in global obesity, but new results published July 25 in the open access journal PLoS ONE find that there is no difference between the energy expenditure of modern hunter-gatherers and Westerners, casting doubt on this theory. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-hunter-gatherers-westerners-amount-energy-contrary.html Overweight and Obesity Wed, 25 Jul 2012 17:23:40 EST news262455786 National data indicate that milk consumption has declined among children while consumption of sweetened beverages of low nutritional quality has more than doubled. Although this suggests that sugar-sweetened beverages may have replaced more nutritious drinks in children's diets, a new study suggests that in fact changes in children's milk consumption are not significantly related to changes in their consumption of sodas and flavored fruit drinks over time. The results are published online today in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-sugar-sweetened-kid-diets.html Health Wed, 18 Jul 2012 00:00:04 EST news261759186 An addiction to food may be replaced by an addiction to alcohol in certain bariatric patients. According to a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association, having Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery, where the size of the stomach and the intestine are decreased to reduce food consumption, can increase the risk of alcohol-use disorders. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-cites-link-alcohol-abuse-bariatric.html Addiction Mon, 25 Jun 2012 07:30:01 EST news259827826 (Medical Xpress) -- Australian researchers have called for a focus on public health interventions that increase dairy food consumption following a new study published this week. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-highlights-significant-dairy-shortfall.html Health Fri, 08 Jun 2012 10:25:29 EST news258369756 (HealthDay) -- Intranasally administered insulin is associated with higher brain energy levels and reduced calorie intake, according to a study published online May 14 in Diabetes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-intranasal-insulin-linked-food-intake.html Diabetes Thu, 07 Jun 2012 16:28:02 EST news258305273 (Medical Xpress) -- Adults who include dairy foods in their diets might be reducing their arterial stiffness and decreasing their risk of cardiovascular disease, according to a new study by researchers from the University of South Australia, the University of Maine and Australian National University. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-relationship-dairy-food-intake-arterial.html Health Thu, 07 Jun 2012 08:36:04 EST news258276947 One in seven people suffer from malnourishment, the head of the UN's food agency said Wednesday in a report released ahead of a summit on sustainable development to be held in Rio de Janeiro June 20-22. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-malnourishment-food-agency.html Health Wed, 30 May 2012 15:07:56 EST news257609269 People who suffered a stroke continued to experience eating problems and more than half still risked malnutrition after three months, even though there had been a marked improvement in most of their physical functions. That is one of the key findings of a study in the March issue of the Journal of Advanced Nursing. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-problems-persist-months-percent-malnutrition.html Health Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:50:01 EST news248610887 If you are a people-pleaser who strives to keep your social relationships smooth and comfortable, you might find yourself overeating in certain social situations like Super Bowl watch parties. A new study from Case Western Reserve University found that, hungry or not, some people eat in an attempt to keep others comfortable. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-extra-burgers-fries-people-pleasers.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:40:01 EST news247288882 Women have long bemoaned the fact that as they have more children, their weight gain from pregnancy becomes more difficult to lose. A new study using a mouse model that mimics the human effects of multiparity (giving birth more than once) has found that mouse moms who gave birth four times accrued significantly more fat compared to primiparous females (those giving birth once) of similar age. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-multiple-births-weight-gain-problems.html Health Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:52:13 EST news246819122 With mounting concerns over childhood obesity and its associated health risks in the U.S., would a ban on junk-food advertising aimed at children be more effective than the current voluntary, industry-led ban? According to published research from a University of Illinois economist, advertising bans do work, but an outright ban covering the entire U.S. media market would be the most effective policy tool for reducing fast-food consumption in children. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-quebec-fast-food-ads-consumption-junk.html Health Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:57:49 EST news246200255 Max Planck researchers have proven something scientifically for the first time that laypeople have always known: the mere sight of delicious food stimulates the appetite. A study on healthy young men has documented that the amount of the neurosecretory protein hormone ghrelin in the blood increases as a result of visual stimulation through images of food. As a main regulator, ghrelin controls both eating behaviour and the physical processes involved in food metabolism. These results show that, in addition to the physiological mechanisms for maintaining the body's energy status, environmental factors also have a specific influence on food consumption. Thus, the pervasive presence of appetising food in the media could contribute to weight increase in Western populations. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-external-stimuli-hormonal-behavior.html Health Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:11:21 EST news246190263 Around 4,000 deaths could be prevented every year if the UK population adopted the average diet eaten in England, concludes research published in BMJ Open. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-thousands-rest-uk-average-diet.html Health Thu, 03 Nov 2011 05:20:29 EST news239516419 (Medical Xpress) -- Including enough protein in our diets, rather than simply cutting calories, is the key to curbing appetites and preventing excessive consumption of fats and carbohydrates, a new study from the University of Sydney has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-protein-key-curbing-overeating-obesity.html Health Tue, 18 Oct 2011 09:20:06 EST news238145823 Excessive drinking and an unbalanced diet are two preventable contributors to health problems in the developed world. Different studies have found varying linkages between amounts of alcohol consumed and quality of diet. A new study of adults in Spain has found that heavy drinking, binge drinking, a preference for spirits, and drinking alcohol at mealtimes were associated with a poor adherence to major food consumption guidelines. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-heavy-drinkers-poor-dietary-habits.html Health Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:00:03 EST news232641998 Got lots of fast food restaurants and other outlets that sell junk food in your neighborhood? Then your teen is more likely to nosh regularly on burgers and fries and wash them down with a soda. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-unhealthy-food-outlets-teens-junk.html Health Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:20:05 EST news230994219 Around a sixth of fast food customers used calorie information and, on average, bought food with lower calories since the introduction of a labelling system in the US, says a new study published in the British Medical Journal today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-fast-food-customers-calories-food-introduction.html Health Tue, 26 Jul 2011 18:30:04 EST news230919190 People generally worry about who their neighbors are, especially neighbors of our children. If high-fat food and soda are nearby, people will imbibe, and consequently gain weight. Or will they? With students' health at risk, a study in the July/August 2011 issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior explores the influence food store locations near schools has on the student risk of being overweight and student fast-food and sweetened beverage consumption. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-comfort.html Health Wed, 15 Jun 2011 04:14:06 EST news227330026 This Father's Day, dad's choice of where to eat could literally tip the scales on his children's health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-children-eschew-fat-dads-arent.html Health Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:00:04 EST news226839570