Teen girls: obesity linked to lower academic performance
Obesity carries with it many health risks, such as cardiovascular disease, prediabetes and many types of cancer. But now, a new study has found a link between obesity in adolescent girls and lower academic levels throughout their teens.
March 11, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: academic-levels, adolescent-girls, diet, link-between, new-study, nutrition, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, such-as-cardiovascular, teens
Children in the UK are eating too much salt, new study finds
According to a study in the American Heart Association journal Hypertension, children in the UK are consuming too much salt, with much of it coming from breads and cereals.Eating too much salt is one of the main factors behind high blood pressure, which in turn increases risk for heart disease and stroke.
March 11, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: factors-behind, heart-disease, high-blood, hypertension, oncalldietitian.com, the-main, too-much, turn-increases
