Your weight loss efforts are contagious
When you shed excess weight, you’re not the only one who benefits. Your partner will be motivated to adopt a healthier lifestyle, too, a new study finds.
February 4, 2018 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: excess-weight, healthier-lifestyle, new-study, nutrition, only-one, partner
Review confirms link between sugary drinks and obesity
A new systematic review has analyzed recent studies looking at the link between sugary drinks and excess weight gain. The authors issue a call for action.
January 2, 2018 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: analyzed-recent, authors-issue, between-sugary, excess-weight, new-systematic, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, studies-looking, the-link
Obesity: ‘Switch’ in brain controls weight gain
A new study suggests that excess weight gain may be due to a faulty ‘switch’ in the brain, which promotes the retention of fat in the body.
August 2, 2017 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: body, brain, excess-weight, gain-may, new-study, nutrition, promotes-the-retention, retention, the-brain, the-retention
In Seniors Over 75, Diet May Not Impact Certain Health Outcomes
Eating diets high in sugar and fat may not affect the health outcomes of older adults ages 75 and up, suggesting that placing people of such advanced age on overly restrictive diets to treat their excess weight or other conditions may have little benefit, according to researchers at Penn State and Geisinger Healthcare System…
January 16, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: conditions, diet, diets-high, excess-weight, fat-may, geisinger, health, little-benefit, not-affect, older-adults, on call diets, overly-restrictive, state, such-advanced, the-health
Overeating When Not Hungry Is Common In Obese Kids
Children who are overweight and obese eat 34% more calories from snack foods even after eating a meal, compared to their siblings of average weight. Indulging in that much more food, if continued over time, can lead to excess weight gain, according a study from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition…
September 25, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: after-eating, clinical, continued-over, excess-weight, foods-even, from-snack, more-calories, more-food, nursing, nutritional counseling, oncalldiets, siblings, their-siblings, university
Dietary, Lifestyle Changes Can Significantly Reduce Triglycerides
Dietary and lifestyle changes significantly reduce elevated triglycerides (a type of blood fat) – which is associated with heart, blood vessel and other diseases – according to an American Heart Association scientific statement Changes such as substituting healthy, unsaturated dietary fats for saturated ones, engaging in physical activity and losing excess weight can decrease …
April 19, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: blood-vessel, diseases, excess-weight, nutrition, nutritional counseling, physical-activity, preventive medicine, reduce-elevated, such-as-substituting
Research: Obese Pregnant Women Falling Short On Nutrition
Already overweight expectant mothers are piling on excess weight and choosing fat-laden foods over fruit and vegetables, putting them and their babies at risk of chronic health problems…
April 11, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: babies, babies-at-risk, chronic-health, excess-weight, fat-laden-foods, oncalldietitian.com, over-fruit, overweight-expectant, pregnancy / obstetrics