Policies Associated With Reduced Availability Of Foods And Beverages High In Fats, Sugars, Or Sodium Sold Outside The School Meal Program
The association between district and state policies or legal requirements regarding competitive food and beverages (food and beverages sold outside the school meal program) and public elementary school availability of foods and beverages high in fats, sugars, or sodium was examined in a study Jamie F. Chriqui, Ph.D., M.H.S., and colleagues at the University of Illinois at Chicago…
June 13, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: beverages-sold, elementary-school, illinois, illinois-at-chicago, jamie, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, outside-the-school, policies-or-legal, regarding-competitive, school-meal, university
Overeating And Weight Gain Contributing To Onset Of Diabetes Could Be Related To A Deficit In Reward Circuits In The Brain
Using positron emission tomography (PET) imaging of the brain, researchers have identified a sweet spot that operates in a disorderly way when simple sugars are introduced to people with insulin resistance, a precursor to type 2 diabetes…
June 13, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: brain, disorderly-way, insulin-resistance, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, pet, positron-emission, sweet-spot, the-brain
BPA Linked To Obesity In Girls Aged 9 To 12
Bisphenol-A (BPA), a chemical used in plastics, including food packaging, is associated with a higher risk of obesity in girls aged between 9 and 12 years, researchers from the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research in Oakland, California, reported in the journal PLoS ONE…
June 13, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: bpa, california, chemical-used, diet, from-the-kaiser, girls-aged, including-food, kaiser, kaiser-permanente, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, risk, the-journal
