Resilient personality linked to cardiorespiratory fitness
(HealthDay)—While personality has no effect on energy expenditure at rest or during normal walking, people with a more resilient personality expend more energy when walking quickly, according to a study ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 25, 2013 |
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Hands-on cooking education aids docs' nutrition knowledge
(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. ...
Health
Feb 22, 2013 |
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Smarter lunchrooms make lunch choices child's play
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 ...
Pediatrics
Feb 22, 2013 |
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US kids consuming fewer calories, report finds
(HealthDay)—Finally, some good news in the war on childhood obesity: Kids in the United States now consume fewer calories each day than they did 12 years ago, according to a new government report.
Health
Feb 21, 2013 |
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Smoking cessation in old age: Less heart attacks and strokes within five years
Smokers increase their risk of myocardial infarction (heart attack) and stroke with every cigarette they smoke. Conversely, those who quit smoking even at an advanced age will have a considerable decrease in their risk after ...
Addiction
Feb 20, 2013 |
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Study shows alcohol consumption is a leading preventable cause of cancer death in the US
Researchers from the Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) have shown that alcohol is a major contributor to cancer deaths and years of potential life lost. These ...
Addiction
Feb 14, 2013 |
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By guessing, clinicians may miss 3/4 of alcohol problems
By relying on hunches rather than posing a few screening questions, primary care clinicians may be missing three-fourths of the alcohol problems in their patients, a newly released analysis shows.
Addiction
Feb 13, 2013 |
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Alcohol consumption may be in response to smoking cessation
(Feb.12, 2013) – New findings by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health may help identify situations in which smokers who are trying to quit are at a higher ...
Addiction
Feb 13, 2013 |
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World leaders must 'take tobacco much more seriously' to achieve development goals
In order to cut premature death rates, the world's politicians need to focus on "simple measures" like anti-tobacco policies, cutting salt levels in food, and improving access to affordable heart disease ...
Addiction
Feb 13, 2013 |
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EU says too early to impose meat labelling
The European Commission said Tuesday it is too early to require labelling on meat used in processed foods despite growing uproar over horse meat being passed off as beef in frozen hamburgers and lasagne.
Other
Feb 12, 2013 |
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New study finds neither HFCS nor table sugar increases liver fat under 'real world' conditions
A study published in the Journal of Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism presented compelling data showing the consumption of both high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) and sucrose (table sugar) at levels consistent with a ...
Diabetes
Feb 12, 2013 |
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Physicians' belief about obesity causes impacts advice and care
How physicians view the causes of obesity may impact the advice they give their patients. The findings are from a new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health who compared the relationship ...
Overweight and Obesity
Feb 08, 2013 |
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Worm offers clues to obesity
(Medical Xpress)—As obesity rates continue to rise, experts are searching for answers in the clinic and at the lab bench to determine the types and amounts of food that people should eat.
Medical research
Feb 08, 2013 |
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Expert says sport and food connection too strong to ignore
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 ...
Health
Feb 05, 2013 |
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Drinking milk can prevent garlic breath, study finds
If you're planning a romantic Italian dinner this Valentine's Day, you may want to consider drinking a glass of milk along with your meal.
Health
Feb 05, 2013 |
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