Temple Receives $3.7M To Study Parenting Styles’ Effect On Childhood Obesity

Temple’s Center for Obesity Research and Education recently received a five year, $3.7 million grant from the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to fund a project aimed at preventing obesity among low-income pre-schoolers. The focus will be to teach mothers simple yet authoritative strategies to promote appropriate food choices and portion sizes to their children…

Dietary Omega-3 Fatty Acid Intake Associated With Reduced Risk Of Age-Related Macular Degeneration In Women

Regular consumption of fish and omega-3 fatty acids found in fish is associated with a significantly reduced risk of developing age-related macular degeneration in women, according to a report posted online today that will appear in the June issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

Vitamin D Insufficiency High Among Patients With Early Parkinson Disease

Patients with a recent onset of Parkinson disease have a high prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency, but vitamin D concentrations do not appear to decline during the progression of the disease, according to a report in the March issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Vitamin D is now considered a hormone that regulates a number of physiological processes…

Antioxidants in pregnancy prevent obesity in animal offspring

New biological research may be relevant to the effects of a mother’s high-fat diet during pregnancy on the development of obesity in her children. An animal study suggests that a high-fat, high-carbohydrate diet causes oxidative stress — an excess of deleterious free radicals — during pregnancy, predisposing the offspring to obesity and diabetes.

Antioxidants in pregnancy prevent obesity in animal offspring

New biological research may be relevant to the effects of a mother’s high-fat diet during pregnancy on the development of obesity in her children. An animal study suggests that a high-fat, high-carbohydrate diet causes oxidative stress — an excess of deleterious free radicals — during pregnancy, predisposing the offspring to obesity and diabetes.

Antioxidants in pregnancy prevent obesity in animal offspring

New biological research may be relevant to the effects of a mother’s high-fat diet during pregnancy on the development of obesity in her children.

Antioxidants in pregnancy prevent obesity in animal offspring

New biological research may be relevant to the effects of a mother’s high-fat diet during pregnancy on the development of obesity in her children. An animal study suggests that a high-fat, high-carbohydrate diet causes oxidative stress — an excess of deleterious free radicals — during pregnancy, predisposing the offspring to obesity and diabetes. Feeding rats antioxidants before and during pregnancy completely prevented obesity and glucose intolerance in their offspring.

A Comprehensive Look At Cocoa Handling And Flavanol Antioxidants

As evidence regarding the health benefits of consuming dark chocolate and cocoa mounts, there has been an increasing debate about which cocoa and chocolate products deliver the most beneficial compounds, known as flavanols, and if steps in cocoa and chocolate production diminish the levels of cocoa flavanols…

Dietary Supplements A Common Recommendation To Patients Within Various Physician Specialties

For physicians within several medical specialties, including dermatology, cardiology and orthopedics, personal usage of and patient recommendations for dietary supplements are quite common¹, according to a study published in Nutrition Journal, a peer-reviewed, on-line journal that focuses on the field of human nutrition. The 2008 “Life…

14,158 Pounds Of Ground Beef Possibly Tainted With E. Coli 0157:H7 Recalled

After third party lab results confirmed E.

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