A clinical trial that mimicked a food benefit program and paired incentives for buying fruits and vegetables with restrictions on sugary foods found that participants ate fewer calories, less sugary foods, more solid fruit ...
Sep 19, 2016
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New research presented at this year's European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) meeting in Munich, Germany (12-16 September) shows that environmental and lifestyle factors have greatest effects on obesity in those ...
Sep 13, 2016
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People crave fatty and sugary foods when they are bored.
Apr 28, 2016
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The Chancellor's recent announcement about a tax on sugary drinks is a step in the right direction towards fighting obesity, but we will need to use lot of different approaches simultaneously to make big changes, writes Dr ...
Apr 12, 2016
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Scientists have been telling Americans about the benefits of healthy eating for decades, and yet more Americans are obese than ever—more than a third of the country.
Mar 2, 2016
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A 20 per cent tax on sugary drinks could reduce obesity rates in the UK by five per cent by 2025 - equal to 3.7 million fewer obese people - according to a new report from Cancer Research UK and the UK Health Forum published ...
Feb 19, 2016
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A combination of a carbon tax on food and a tax on sugary drinks in the UK could lead to health benefits, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and raise up to GB£3.6 billion revenue, according to research published in the open ...
Feb 2, 2016
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A new study in rats may provide significant insights into the long-term impacts of over-consumption of sugary foods during adolescence.
Jan 19, 2016
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The extent to which Scotland's children are being directly influenced by junk food marketing is uncovered in a report for the Scottish Government by researchers at the University of Stirling.
Dec 10, 2015
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Weight loss surgery curbs the sweet tooth by acting on the brain's reward system, according to a study published November 19 in Cell Metabolism. The researchers found that gastrointestinal bypass surgery, which is used to ...
Nov 19, 2015
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