Women’s diets not related to local offerings
Canadian men’s eating habits are associated with the availability of healthy food sources in their residential neighbourhood but women’s are not, according to researchers at the University of…
January 7, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: availability, eating-habits, healthy-food, nutrition, nutrition / diet, residential, their-residential, university
Men’s diets are related to local offerings, unlike women’s
Canadian men’s eating habits are associated with the availability of healthy food sources in their residential neighborhood but women’s are not, according to researchers. Why men and not women? “This may be because women, who are in general more nutritionally knowledgeable, may engage in different food shopping strategies than men, and rely on other aspects of the food environment than the proportion of food stores locally available,” suggested the study’s leader
January 6, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: aspects, availability, because-women, different-food, food, food-stores, general-more, healthy-food, may-engage, not-women, oncalldiets, other-aspects, proportion, residential, study
Freezing blueberries improves antioxidant availability
Blueberries pack a powerful antioxidant punch, whether eaten fresh or from the freezer, according to a researcher. Anthocyanins, a group of antioxidant compounds, are responsible for the color in blueberries, and since most of the color is in the skin, freezing the blueberries actually improves the availability of the antioxidants.
July 22, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: actually-improves, antioxidants, availability, blueberries, color, diet, eaten, freezing-the-blueberries, oncalldiets, skin, the-color, the-skin, whether-eaten
Unhealthy High Calorie Drinks Still Widely Available In US Public Elementary Schools
Despite campaigns to reduce overweight and obesity in American schools, the availability of sugar-laden or full fat drinks in US public elementary schools is still far too high, researchers report in the peer reviewed journal Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. The study is called “Wide Availability of High-Calorie Beverages in U.S. Elementary Schools”…
November 2, 2010 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: adolescent, availability, calorie-beverages, full-fat, laden-or-full, on call diets, schools, the-availability, too-high