Calorie consumption: Do numbers or graphics encourage diners to eat less?

To encourage consumers to lower their caloric intake, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration now requires most chain restaurants to state the number of calories that each menu item contains.

Slow eating may reduce hunger but not calorie intake

It is a well known fact that the more calories one consumes, the more weight is gained.

Mining The Wealth Of The World’s Seed Banks Today Essential For Feeding The Future

With fewer than a dozen flowering plants out of 300,000 species accounting for 80 percent of humanity’s caloric intake, people need to tap unused plants to feed the world in the near future, claims Cornell University plant geneticist Susan McCouch in the Comment feature of the recent issue of Nature…

Human Babies May Be Less Prone To Obesity If Given Solid Foods Later

Consumption of foods high in carbohydrates immediately after birth programs individuals for lifelong increased weight gain and obesity, a University at Buffalo animal study has found, even if caloric intake is restricted in adulthood for a period of time…

Human Babies May Be Less Prone To Obesity If Given Solid Foods Later

Consumption of foods high in carbohydrates immediately after birth programs individuals for lifelong increased weight gain and obesity, a University at Buffalo animal study has found, even if caloric intake is restricted in adulthood for a period of time…

Lose Weight While Still Consuming Sugar

According to a new study featured in Nutrition Journal, people can still lose weight even if they consume typical amounts of sugar or high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), as long as their overall caloric intake is reduced.

US Kids Consuming Too Much Sugar

With Tobacco, Alcohol and Salt locked in the crosshairs, the new public enemy number one seems to be sugar. A new report from the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) shows 16% of total daily caloric intake of children and adolescents coming from added sugar in foods and drinks. The recommended amount is no more than 15%, but includes fat, as well as sugar…

Those That Love Soda Have Worse Eating Habits Overall

We all know how important it is to control the sugar and carbohydrates in one’s diet, so we read food labels and labor over caloric intake and FDA recommended vitamin, sodium and trans fat levels. However, most fruit drink and soda companies disguise heart damaging sugar as “high fructose corn syrup” on labels, a product name which has been on the market since the 1970’s…