Health
Can branding improve school lunches?
A popular marketing ploy with junk foods and other indulgent table fare can be an equally effective tool for promoting healthier eating in school cafeterias.
Aug 28, 2012
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Parents with heavy TV viewing more likely to feed children junk food
If your preschooler thinks a cheeseburger is healthy, you may want to reconsider how you watch TV. A recent study by researchers at the University of Michigan found commercial TV viewing, as opposed to commercial-free digitally ...
Jun 6, 2013
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Junk food and poor oral health increase risk of premature heart disease
The association between poor oral health and increased risk of cardiovascular disease should make the reduction of sugars such as those contained in junk food, particularly fizzy drinks, an important health policy target, ...
Dec 2, 2013
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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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NZ children see more than 40 ads for unhealthy products each day
Unhealthy products—including junk food, alcohol and gambling—are leading causes of cancer, obesity, diabetes, mental illness and many social harms. In New Zealand, alcohol alone contributes to an estimated 800 deaths ...
Sep 12, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Modern life, bad habits: Africa faces deadly new illnesses
When Rose Kariuki first felt a lump on her left breast, the spectre of cancer—a disease she had only heard of on television—was the last thing on her mind.
Dec 20, 2016
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Chronic stress heightens vulnerability to diet-related metabolic risk
New research out of UC San Francisco is the first to demonstrate that highly stressed people who eat a lot of high-fat, high-sugar food are more prone to health risks than low-stress people who eat the same amount of unhealthy ...
Apr 29, 2014
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Study reveals parents not immune to junk food adverstising
(Medical Xpress)—The idea that adults are better equipped than children to resist junk food advertising has been debunked by a new study that has found both are influenced by television and Internet advertising.
May 3, 2013
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Critical windows to turn away junk food craving
University of Adelaide researchers have shown there are two critical windows during the developmental pathway to adulthood when exposure to junk food is most harmful, particularly for female offspring.
Apr 2, 2015
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Family TV saturated with junk food adverts
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers from the University of Liverpool have found that young people are exposed to adverts that promote unhealthy food during primetime TV, which are normally banned from children's programming.
Mar 24, 2014
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