News tagged with healthful food choices


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

Breast cancer survivors helped to lose weight and live longer

A project based at The University of Queensland is helping women who have survived breast cancer to lose weight and live healthier, longer lives.

Cancer created Oct 26, 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

Study shows consumers need more guidance about fish consumption choices

In a first-of-its kind summary of fish consumption choices, a team of researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital has determined that consumers are not getting all the information they need to make informed decisions about ...

Health created Jun 01, 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

Are you a healthy grocery shopper?

Shop the perimeter and avoid center isles, don't buy anything at eye level, investigate the label. Grocery shopping can be a daunting task. Moreover, studies have shown that Americans obtain most of their food from grocery ...

Health created May 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Fast-food menu calorie counts legally compliant but not as helpful to consumers as they should be

Calorie listings on fast-food chain restaurant menus might meet federal labeling requirements but don't do a good job of helping consumers trying to make healthy meal choices, a new Columbia University School of Nursing (CUSON) ...

Health created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Games and interactive media are powerful tools for health promotion and childhood obesity prevention

Children are naturally drawn toward gaming and other types of technology, creating an ideal opportunity to design interactive media tools to encourage physical activity and promote healthy eating habits, according ...

Health created Feb 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Impoverished schools, parent education key factors in student weight

Attending a financially poor school may have more of an effect on unhealthy adolescent weight than family poverty, according to Penn State sociologists.

Health created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

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

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

Fast food most popular with middle incomes

(Medical Xpress) -- A new national study of eating out and income shows that fast-food dining becomes more common as earnings increase from low to middle incomes, weakening the popular notion that fast food should be blamed ...

Health created Oct 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study suggests children's food choices are affected by direct advertising and parental influence

Directly advertising food items to children worries many parents and health care providers, and the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Psychological Association have expressed concern about the negative impact ...

Health created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Students 'jump into action' for better health

The National Survey of Children's Health indicates 31 percent of Missouri children are overweight or obese; yet, the state lacks physical activity requirements for students and nutritional standards for school meals beyond ...

Health created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0