http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Potatoes and other white vegetables are just as important to a healthy diet as their colorful cousins in the produce aisle, according to the authors of a scientific supplement published yesterday in the peer-reviewed journal, Advances in Nutrition. Although green, red and orange veggies are often promoted as top nutrient sources, white vegetables are nutrient powerhouses in their own right and deserve a place on your plate. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-dont-nutrient-content-white-vegetables.html Other Wed, 15 May 2013 08:06:32 EST news287823950 (HealthDay)—Rather than the cause in-and-of-itself, obesity may be a symptom of something far more insidious that is causing obesity-related chronic health concerns, according to a nutrition researcher who presented at TEDMED 2013, held from April 16 to 19 in Washington, D.C. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-tedmed-obesity-crisis-disguise-deeper.html Overweight and Obesity Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:50:01 EST news285871302 If we are to make any progress in tackling the obesity crisis, we have to look again at what really makes us fat, claims an article published in this week's BMJ. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-fat-article-obesity.html Overweight and Obesity Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:30:01 EST news285353918 (Medical Xpress)—A daily vitamin C intake equivalent to eating two kiwifruit a day is required to ensure our muscles maintain optimal levels, researchers from the University of Otago, Christchurch have found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-optimising-vitamin.html Health Mon, 04 Mar 2013 08:30:30 EST news281608211 (HealthDay)—Continuing education that includes didactic and hands-on cooking sessions improves physicians' self-reported nutrition-related behaviors, according to a research letter published online Feb. 18 in JAMA Internal Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-hands-on-cooking-aids-docs-nutrition.html Health Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:40:01 EST news280765871 The world's biggest food group Nestle is moving into traditional Chinese medicine by joining forces with Chinese pharma group Chi-Med, the Swiss group said on Wednesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-nestle-ventures-chinese-medicine-pharma.html Other Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:59:12 EST news273337139 (Medical Xpress)—Gastric bypass patients who attended five follow-up office visits in two years as recommended by their surgeons lost nearly twice as much weight (113 lbs. vs. 57 lbs.) as patients who attended only two follow-up visits, according to a University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing study in Obesity Surgery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-gastric-bypass-surgery.html Overweight and Obesity Tue, 20 Nov 2012 10:28:20 EST news272629016 With health problems like obesity and diabetes on the rise due to changing diets in emerging economies, Malaysia is forging new linkages between domestic and international scientists and institutions in hopes of mitigating the problem. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-world-experts-malaysia-mitigate-problem.html Health Thu, 01 Nov 2012 04:32:27 EST news270963133 Improving or maintaining physical fitness appears to help obese and overweight children reach a healthy weight, reports a new study from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University. Researchers analyzed four years of data from in-school fitness tests and body mass index (BMI) measurements of students in grades 1-7 in the city of Cambridge, Mass. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-in-school-overweight-boys-girls-benefit.html Overweight and Obesity Wed, 04 Apr 2012 10:35:47 EST news252754267 Mice born to mothers who are fed a diet supplemented with B vitamins are less likely to develop intestinal tumors, report scientists at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (USDA HNRCA) at Tufts University. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-vitamins-mother-diet-colorectal-cancer.html Health Thu, 09 Jun 2011 11:23:05 EST news226837362