http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Grow it, try it, and you just might like it is a motto many schools are embracing to encourage children to eat more fruits and vegetables. Through community-based kitchen garden programs, particularly those with dedicated cooking components, schools are successfully introducing students to healthier foods. In a new study released in the March/April 2013 issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, researchers found that growing and then cooking the foods that kids grew increased their willingness to try new foods. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-school-based-kitchen-gardens.html Health Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:00:02 EST news281809683 In January 2012, the United States Department of Agriculture passed a series of regulations designed to make school lunches more nutritious, which included requiring schools to increase whole grain offerings and making students select either a fruit or vegetable with their purchased lunch. However, children cannot be forced to eat these healthier lunches. In a new study scheduled for publication in The Journal of Pediatrics, researchers determined that small, inexpensive changes to school cafeterias influenced the choice and consumption of healthier foods. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-smarter-lunchrooms-lunch-choices-child.html Pediatrics Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:00:01 EST news280685510 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 (HealthDay)—The notion that something is "easier said than done" could have been conceived for the task of getting kids to eat healthy foods. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-kids-healthy.html Health Thu, 27 Dec 2012 14:00:01 EST news275838430 Processed snack foods are not usually known for their health benefits, but a Massey University PhD student has devised a snack that not only tastes good, it is healthy too. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-healthy-snackusing-otherwise-discarded-tomato-skinsdeveloped.html Health Tue, 23 Oct 2012 09:30:13 EST news270201681 Food marketers are masters at getting people to crave and consume the foods that they promote. In this study authors Dr. Brian Wansink, co-director of the Cornell University Center for Behavioral Economics in Child Nutrition and Professor of Marketing and Dr. Pierre Chandon, professor of Marketing at the leading French graduate school of business, INSEAD challenge popular assumptions that link food marketing and obesity. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-food-consumers-bottom-line.html Health Thu, 11 Oct 2012 03:46:53 EST news269146007 A popular marketing ploy with junk foods and other indulgent table fare can be an equally effective tool for promoting healthier eating in school cafeterias. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-branding-school-lunches.html Health Tue, 28 Aug 2012 14:36:57 EST news265383405 Fewer people died or needed expensive long-term care when their physicians focused on the top risk factors for stroke and dementia, according to research reported in the Journal of the American Heart Association (JAHA). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-physicians-focus-dementia-money.html Cardiology Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:00:12 EST news261750736 (Medical Xpress) -- Getting kids to pass up junk food in favour of healthier fruits and veggies has led to many a mealtime meltdown for parents everywhere. Now, researchers from the University of Alberta offer a simple solution: give them an apron. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-kids-cook-hungrier-healthy-food.html Health Wed, 27 Jun 2012 08:46:11 EST news260005561 (AP) -- Schools should be a cornerstone of the nation's obesity battle, but to trim Americans' waistlines, changes are needed everywhere people live, work, play and learn, a major new report says. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-schools-key-america-obesity.html Health Tue, 08 May 2012 10:02:49 EST news255690162 (AP) -- Michelle Obama's campaign against childhood obesity moved a step forward Wednesday with the announcement that Wal-Mart and other retailers plan over the next five years to open or expand 1,500 stores in areas without easy access to fresh fruit, vegetables and other healthy foods. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-retailers-fresh_1.html Health Thu, 21 Jul 2011 03:41:17 EST news230438467 (AP) -- Michelle Obama's campaign against childhood obesity moved a step forward Wednesday with the announcement that Wal-Mart and other retailers plan to open or expand 1,500 stores in areas without broad access to fresh fruit, vegetables and other healthy foods over the next few years. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-retailers-fresh.html Health Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:01:09 EST news230396451 (Medical Xpress) -- Will people eat healthier foods if fresh fruits and vegetables are available in stores near their homes? Will they eat less fast food if restaurants are not in their neighborhoods? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-magic-bullet-diet-stem-obesity.html Health Thu, 14 Jul 2011 07:09:52 EST news229846125 In 1995, no state had an obesity rate above 20 percent. Now, all but one does. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-obesity-states.html Health Thu, 07 Jul 2011 11:38:23 EST news229257485