Stress after birth linked to comfort food preferences in adulthood
Researchers have found that rats exposed to heightened levels of stress during their first few days of life are more likely to be prone to anxiety and stress in later life, and prefer to consume sugary and high-fat foods. The study was presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB)…
August 4, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: annual, annual-meeting, anxiety / stress, consume-sugary, diet, few-days, ingestive, ingestive-behavior, nutrition, nutritional counseling, on call diets, society, ssib, study
Sugary Drinks Linked To Genetic Risk Of Obesity
People who regularly consume sugary drinks are genetically more susceptible to becoming obese or overweight, researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health reported in NEJM (New England Journal of Medicine), September 21, 2012 issue. The authors wrote that their study provides further evidence proving that genetic and environmental factors act together in driving up the risk of obesity…
September 22, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: becoming-obese, consume-sugary, england-journal, evidence, factors-act, harvard, harvard-school, medicine, nutritional counseling, public-health, study, study-provides, the-risk
