Children less likely to eat food if they know it’s good for them
When it comes to urging young children to eat healthy food, parents are better off saying nothing about the benefits than saying it will help them grow stronger or smarter.
May 23, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: benefits, better-off-saying, eat-healthy, nutrition, psychology / psychiatry, saying-nothing, stronger-or-smarter, urging-young, will-help
Chronic Diseases May Be Avoided By Plant-Based Diets
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 63 percent of the deaths that occurred in 2008 were attributed to non-communicable chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, certain cancers, Type 2 diabetes and obesity – for which poor diets are contributing factors. Yet people that live in societies that eat healthy, plant-based diets rarely fall victim to these ailments…
October 20, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: 2008-were, chronic-diseases, diet, eat-healthy, fall-victim, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, organization, the-deaths, world, world-health
