Health
Eating well can benefit both your health and your bank account
It is well-known that a poor diet can hurt your health. But, according to research, the consequences don't stop there—it also can hurt your wallet.
Mar 30, 2020
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News tagged with unhealthy foods
Pediatrics
Parent confidence is key to keeping kids from unhealthy foods
As the countdown to a new school year begins, many parents will soon find themselves facing the often-arduous task of filling the school lunchbox which, despite the best of intentions, often ends up containing more junk food ...
Jan 21, 2020
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Overweight & Obesity
Walking to school is not enough to prevent obesity
More children are overweight or obese nowadays because they don't get enough exercise, it is often claimed. One of the UK government's goals in the Childhood Obesity Plan is to increase the number of children who walk to ...
Jan 20, 2020
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Health
Healthy commercial ads don't change teens' desire to eat junk food
How teens' brains respond to TV commercials for fast food can predict what they are going to eat for dinner, according to new University of Michigan research.
Jan 16, 2020
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Health
Junk food diet may predict future depression symptoms in teens
An innovative study finds that sodium and potassium levels—reflections of a person's typical diet—may be predictors of future depression in teens. The first-of-its-kind study is published in Physiological Reports.
Sep 19, 2019
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Health
Our evolving palate—professors examine what influences healthy, sustainable food choices
"We eat first with our eyes."
Sep 11, 2019
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Health
Research shows high prices of healthy foods contribute to malnutrition worldwide
Poor diets are the now the leading risk factor for the global burden of disease, accounting for one-fifth of all deaths worldwide. While the causes of poor diets are complex, new research finds the affordability of more nutritious ...
Jul 23, 2019
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Health
Online brain game reduces meat consumption
If you want to live a healthier life and help save the planet then the science points to eating less meat. To help make this change, psychologists at the University of Exeter have developed an online game and phone App that ...
Jun 19, 2019
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Pediatrics
Do images of food on kids' clothes influence eating behavior?
Frosted cupcakes, sprinkled donuts and chocolate chip cookies—all on the list of foods that pediatrician Megan Pesch suddenly found difficult to avoid.
Jun 4, 2019
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Overweight & Obesity
Industry self-regulation of food advertising doesn't work, worldwide study shows
Children in countries with industry self-regulation are exposed to more unhealthy food and drink advertising on television than children in countries with no regulation at all, a global study led by a University of Wollongong ...
May 15, 2019
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