Test Shows Subconscious ‘Stop Signs’ Can Help Control Overeating
Once you pop the top of a tube of potato chips, it can be hard to stop munching its contents. But Cornell University researchers may have found a novel way to help: edible serving-size markers that act as subconscious stop signs…
July 26, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: cornell, cornell-university, edible-serving-size, novel-way, nutrition / diet, on call diets, oncalldiets, potato-chips, stop-munching, the-top
Choline Consumption During Pregnancy May ‘Program’ Healthier Babies
Pregnant women may have added incentive to bulk up on broccoli and eggs now that a Cornell University study has found increased maternal intake of the nutrient choline could decrease their children’s chances of developing hypertension and diabetes later in life…
May 6, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: children, cornell, cornell-university, developing-hypertension, diet, eggs-now, maternal-intake, oncalldiets, pregnancy / obstetrics, the-nutrient, women-may
The Influence Of Nanoparticles On Nutrient Absorption
Nanoparticles are everywhere. From cosmetics and clothes, to soda and snacks. But as versatile as they are, nanoparticles also have a downside, say researchers at Binghamton University and Cornell University in a recent paper published in the journal Nature Nanotechnology
March 12, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: binghamton, cornell, journal, low-doses, nutritional counseling, recent-paper, say-researchers, tiny-particles
Nutritionists Say Willpower No Match For Cheap Food, Big Portions
Ditching the diet for Thanksgiving? Turkey with all the fixings isn’t the only temptation causing would-be dieters to miss their goals, according to a new Cornell University review article that finds powerful environmental cues are subconsciously bending willpower every day…
November 19, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: cornell, cornell-university, diet, ditching-the-diet, fixings, nutrition, powerful-environmental, review-article, temptation-causing
Gene, Lack Of B Vitamin Linked To Increased Colon Cancer Risk In Mice
Offering a likely insight into how such cancers develop in humans Cornell University researchers report they have identified a gene that increases the risk for colon cancer in laboratory mice when the animals’ diets are deficient in folate…
March 30, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: animals, cornell, cornell-university, diet, increases-the-risk, laboratory-mice, likely-insight, nutrition, on call diets, risk
Improved Nutrition On A Shoestring Budget, $1 Million USDA Grant Establishes Center To Help School Cafeterias Get Students To Eat Better
Better living through healthy eating: The U.S. Department of Agriculture has granted $1 million to establish the Cornell Center for Behavioral Economics in Child Nutrition Programs at the university’s Charles H. Dyson School for Applied Economics and Management.
October 13, 2010 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: applied, applied-economics, behavioral, child, child-nutrition, cornell, diet, healthy-eating, living-through, programs, school, university