Health
Santa calorie counting
Heated debates often flare in the festive season. Fuelled by the spirit of Christmas, controversial ideas can be flung flippantly across the table.
Dec 12, 2018
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News tagged with food choice
Health
Simple tips can lead to better food choices
A few easily learned tips on eating and food choice can increase amount of healthy food choices between 5 percent and 11 percent, a new Yale University study has found.
Nov 13, 2018
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Health
Cultural awareness key to helping pregnant immigrant women eat healthy
Watermelon and honeydew melon are, by Canadian standards, healthy foods. But to a Chinese mom-to-be, they're considered dangerous enough to cause a miscarriage.
Nov 6, 2018
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Neuroscience
Scientists discover the region of the brain that registers excitement over a preferred food option
At holiday buffets and potlucks, people make quick calculations about which dishes to try and how much to take of each. Johns Hopkins University neuroscientists have found a brain region that appears to be strongly connected ...
Oct 19, 2018
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Immunology
Better food labels could reduce food allergy-related anaphylaxis
Researchers want food labelling regulations tightened after their study found that some people with allergies had anaphylactic reactions to packaged foods.
Oct 3, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Eating foods with low nutritional quality ratings linked to cancer risk in large European cohort
The consumption of foods with higher scores on the British Food Standards Agency nutrient profiling system (FSAm-NPS), reflecting a lower nutritional quality, is associated with an increased risk of developing cancer, according ...
Sep 18, 2018
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Health
Four habits that lead to better food choices
(HealthDay)—The choices you make every day, both big and small, influence your weight and your health.
Sep 10, 2018
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Health
How to approach packing your child's school lunch bag
It's less likely a healthy lunch will be tossed in favour of vending machine chips if the kids—big and small—get to plan alongside their parents, says a University of Alberta nutrition expert.
Aug 29, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Merely thinking about the grocery store could lead to a lapse in diet
Merely thinking about the food store could lead a dieter to make the wrong food choices, explains a new doctoral dissertation. What is happening if a consumer on a diet is being guided towards unhealthy food choices without ...
Aug 27, 2018
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Health
Why banning drive-throughs could make communities healthier
Noise and litter are two big reasons communities have banned drive-through windows in restaurants, but one University of Alberta researcher hopes it also helps put the brakes on unhealthy eating.
Aug 17, 2018
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