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Individual and small-chain restaurant meals exceed recommended daily calorie needs, study shows

As the restaurant industry prepares to implement new rules requiring chains with 20 or more locations to post calorie content information, the results of a new study suggest that it would be beneficial to public health for ...

Health created May 13, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Largest-ever genome-wide study identifies genes for common childhood obesity

Genetics researchers have identified at least two new gene variants that increase the risk of common childhood obesity.

Genetics created Apr 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Dieting youth show greater brain reward activity in response to food

The story is a familiar one: most people are able to lose weight while dieting but once the diet is over, the weight comes back. Many of us can personally attest that caloric deprivation weight loss diets typically do not ...

Neuroscience created May 02, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Menu labels displaying amount of exercise needed to burn calories show benefits

More restaurants are displaying calorie information on their menus than ever before. It's not a coincidence; by law, retail food establishments that are part of a chain with twenty or more locations nationwide must disclose ...

Health created Apr 23, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Smartphone way to lose weight

Forget fad diets and hypnotherapy; your smartphone could be a key tool to losing those post-Easter egg pounds, according to scientists at the University of Leeds, UK.

Health created Apr 15, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New triggers for weight gain: Researchers focus on air pollution, sleep deprivation

As obesity rates soar worldwide, the antidote may seem obvious: Eat less! Move more! But the common-sense approach hasn't been terribly effective, prompting some scientists to question the simplicity of the formula.

Overweight and Obesity created Oct 08, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

When the cost of healthy eating gets too high

Preaching the benefits of healthy eating has little point when the cost of purchasing healthy foods in South Australia can cost as much as a third of a low-earner's income, according to Flinders University ...

Health created Feb 25, 2013 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Study: Omega 6 fats may pose dangers

New research is challenging widely held beliefs about the dietary benefits of unsaturated fats, showing that some types long considered healthy, such as corn and safflower oil, may actually harm people with heart problems.

Health created Feb 22, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Making healthy choices easy for shoppers

FoodSwitch, an Australian-first iPhone app, has been launched recently to help shoppers make healthier food choices in the supermarket and reduce high levels of fat, salt and sugar from their diets.

Health created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Diabetes study: 'Mindful eating' equals traditional education in lowering weight and blood sugar

(Medical Xpress)—Eating mindfully, or consuming food in response to physical cues of hunger and fullness, is just as effective as adhering to nutrition-based guidelines in reducing weight and blood sugar levels in adults ...

Health created Nov 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Color-coded labels improve healthy food choices in employees from all backgrounds

A program designed to encourage more healthful food choices through simple color-coded labels and the positioning of items in display cases was equally successful across all categories of employees at a large ...

Health created Aug 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Seeing certain foods prompts kids to eat healthier

(Medical Xpress) -- Just because healthful foods are available in school cafeterias doesn't mean children are going to eat them, but in some cases, the very presence of such foods as whole fruit may actually prompt kids to ...

Health created Jul 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Food scientists fortify goat cheese with fish oil to deliver healthy omega-3 fatty acids

Fish oil is an underused ingredient in the food industry because of its association with a strong odor and aftertaste. A new study in the February issue of the Journal of Food Science, published by the Institute of Food T ...

Health created Feb 16, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Color-coding, rearranging food products improves healthy choices in hospital cafeteria

A simple program involving color-coded food labeling and adjusting the way food items are positioned in display cases was successful in encouraging more healthful food choices in a large hospital cafeteria. ...

Health created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Considering what Batman would eat helps kids' diets

(Medical Xpress) -- In the ongoing battle to get children to eat healthfully, parents may do well invoking the names of superheroes to come to their rescue, say Cornell researchers.

Pediatrics created May 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0