Health
Consumers largely underestimating calorie content of fast food
People eating at fast food restaurants largely underestimate the calorie content of meals, especially large ones, according to a paper published today in BMJ.
May 23, 2013
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Health
Healthy Choices program for middle schoolers helps reduce obesity, encourage healthy habits
An interdisciplinary school program designed to promote healthy behaviors reduced the percentage of 7th graders who were overweight or obese and helped more than 20,000 middle school students cut back on TV viewing, increase ...
Aug 26, 2015
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Overweight & Obesity
Schools serving up better options help reverse obesity
Schools across the country are taking several steps to fight obesity by providing healthier foods, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Aug 28, 2013
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Pediatrics
Preordered school lunches may be healthier, study finds
(HealthDay)—Young students are more likely to choose healthier school lunches if they can preorder them, away from the temptations of the sights and aromas of food in the lunchroom, a new study finds.
May 3, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Innovation in health education helping children ride ups and downs of life, study shows
A new study by the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) into work going on in Gloucestershire schools shows that young people are becoming more responsible for looking after their own health.
Oct 24, 2018
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More healthy foods offered in school lunches, study finds
(HealthDay)—American kids are getting more healthy food choices in school lunches, a new study finds.
Mar 17, 2016
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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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Health
School lunch decisions made by the child and not the parent
While school lunches in the UK are subject to food standards, the contents of packed lunches are not as closely scrutinized, and studies have raised concern regarding the nutritional quality of packed lunches. A new study ...
Apr 6, 2018
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Health
Deprivation skews school children's food habits
New research has found that schools in poorer areas could be doing more to entice young people to eat at school, by making the eating areas more attractive places to socialise and treating pupils more like customers at lunchtime.
Apr 9, 2018
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Overweight & Obesity
No more BMI, diets or 'bad' foods: Why changing how we teach kids about weight and nutrition is long overdue
How many of us recall having to calculate our body-mass index (BMI) as children at school, prompting comparisons of our weight with that of our peers? Or perhaps we remember references to calories and diets in the classroom.
Feb 6, 2024
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