News tagged with poor nutrition
Alleviating hunger in the US, it's a SNAP, researcher says
A University of Illinois researcher says that the cornerstone of our efforts to alleviate food insecurity should be to encourage more people to participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) "because ...
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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
Jan 19, 2012 |
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How poor maternal diet can increase risk of diabetes -- new mechanism discovered
Researchers have shown one way in which poor nutrition in the womb can put a person at greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes and other age-related diseases in later life. This finding could lead to new ways of identifying ...
Medical research
Jan 06, 2012 |
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Australians getting fatter, more anxious, survey finds
Australians are smoking and drinking less than they were five years ago but are fatter and more anxious, according to a new survey profiling the nation's health launched Tuesday.
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Apr 16, 2013 |
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The relationship between prenatal stress and obesity is confirmed in rats
The intrauterine environment plays an important role in the health of the offspring. Now, experts from the University of Navarra affirm that the mother's stress, due to socio-economic or psycho-social causes, is associated ...
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Apr 09, 2013 |
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Cutting daily sitting time to under 3 hours might extend life by 2 years
Restricting the amount of time spent seated every day to less than 3 hours might boost the life expectancy of US adults by an extra 2 years, indicates an analysis of published research in the online journal BMJ Open.
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Jul 09, 2012 |
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Researchers validate the potential of a protein for the treatment of type 2 diabetes
Researchers at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona, Spain)) have discovered that deficiency of a single protein, Mitofusin 2, in muscle and hepatic cells of mice is sufficient to cause ...
Diabetes
Mar 23, 2012 |
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Guidelines say diet, exercise, weight control improve odds after cancer diagnosis
New guidelines from the American Cancer Society say for many cancers, maintaining a healthy weight, getting adequate physical activity, and eating a healthy diet can reduce the chance of recurrence and increase the likelihood ...
Cancer
Apr 26, 2012 |
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Couch potato or elite athlete? A happy medium keeps colds at bay
Battling colds and doing (or pledging to do) more exercise are familiar activities for most of us in January. But different levels of exercise can actually significantly increase or decrease your chances of catching a respiratory ...
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Jan 05, 2012 |
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Old habits die hard: Helping cancer patients stop smoking
It's a sad but familiar scene near the grounds of many medical campuses: hospital-gowned patients, some toting rolling IV poles, huddled in clumps under bus shelters or warming areas, smoking cigarettes.
Cancer
Nov 26, 2012 |
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Researcher finds elderly lose ability to distinguish between odors
Scientists studying how the sense of smell changes as people age, found that olfactory sensory neurons in those 60 and over showed an unexpected response to odor that made it more difficult to distinguish specific smells, ...
Neuroscience
Nov 10, 2011 |
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Starting antiretroviral therapy improves HIV-infected Africans' nutrition
Starting HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy reduces food insecurity and improves physical health, thereby contributing to the disruption of a lethal syndemic, UCSF and Massachusetts General Hospital researchers ...
HIV & AIDS
Oct 02, 2012 |
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Food Cultures: Growing, Cooking, Eating project reveals new appetite for behavioural change
At a time when 25% of the adult population is considered to be obese and the annual cost of the national obesity epidemic is estimated at £5 billon, a Plymouth-based research project that introduced young men and older people ...
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Jan 31, 2013 |
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Helping dementia patients remember to eat well improves physical and mental health
A new analysis has found that a combination of methods that help patients with dementia remember proper eating habits can improve their physical health and lessen symptoms of depression. Published early online in the Journal of ...
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Feb 28, 2013 |
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Patients to be more involved in decision-making, report finds
For the purpose of improving patient safety, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a new management model based on customer needs. All the actors taking part in the organizational activity in social and health ...
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Nov 29, 2012 |
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