News tagged with dietary habits


Eating low-fat dairy foods may reduce your risk of stroke

If you eat low-fat dairy foods, you may be reducing your risk of stroke.

Cardiology created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study unravels health impact, interplay of diet soft drinks and overall diet

Are diet sodas good or bad for you? The jury is still out, but a new study sheds light on the impact that zero-calorie beverages may have on health, especially in the context of a person's overall dietary habits.

Health created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Higher risk of autism among certain immigrant groups

A major register study from Karolinska Institutet shows that children born to certain groups of immigrants had an increased risk of developing autism with intellectual disability. The study includes all children in Stockholm ...

Autism spectrum disorders created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study: Mexican-American youth add pounds as they lose native eating habits

(Medical Xpress) -- A University of South Carolina study shows that Mexican-American youth gain pounds as they move away from the dietary habits of their native country, a move that is putting them at risk for serious health ...

Health created Feb 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

'Do your best' not a good enough goal to improve diabetes diet

(Medical Xpress) -- A specific goal to eat a set number of daily servings of low-glycemic-index foods can improve dietary habits of people with Type 2 diabetes, according to new research.

Diabetes created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Increase dietary fiber, decrease disease: Review confirms benefits of more roughage in the diet

We should all be eating more dietary fiber to improve our health - that's the message from a health review by scientists in India. The team has looked at research conducted into dietary fiber during the last few decades across ...

Health created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

More reasons to keep this New Year's weight loss resolution uncovered

Long-term healthy dietary interventions frequently induce a rapid weight decline, mainly in the first four to six months, followed by weight stabilization or regain, despite continued dieting. The partial regain may discourage ...

Health created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Former football players prone to late-life health problems, study finds

Football players experience repeated head trauma throughout their careers, which results in short and long-term effects to their cognitive function, physical and mental health. University of Missouri researchers ...

Health created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

E-Learning programs may do little to change eating habits

With more people online and using smart phones, health applications or “apps” as they are popularly known are being promoted to help with everything from exercising to quitting smoking. A new review ...

Health created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

No link found between cured meat and pancreatic cancer

(Medical Xpress) -- Previous research has suggested that the consumption of cured meat may have a possible link to pancreatic cancer risk however a new study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology shows that t ...

Cancer created Jul 05, 2011 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Study gives clues to how obesity spreads socially

Obesity is socially contagious, according to research published in the past few years. How it is "caught" from others remains a murky area. But findings from Arizona State University researchers published online May 5 in ...

Health created May 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2 | with audio podcast


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