How stress eating might prime the body to store fat
New research in mice finds a molecular pathway that may explain why eating comfort food during stressful times can lead to increased weight gain.
April 29, 2019 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, eating-comfort, food-during, increased-weight, mice-finds, molecular-pathway, stressful-times
After the new year, shoppers make healthier purchases but don’t cut the regular less-healthy ones
First, the researchers found that shoppers spend 15% more on food during the holiday season (Thanksgiving to New Year’s) and only about 25% of that additional food is healthy.
January 7, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: during-the-holiday, food-during, holiday, more-on-food, nutrition / diet, oncalldietitian.com, researchers, shoppers-spend, the-holiday, the-researchers
Comfort eaters may consume less in good times
When faced with stress, does the very thought of food turn your stomach, or do you instantly reach for a burger and fries or a bar of chocolate? People who seek solace in food during times of stress are usually the ones told to regulate their bad habits, but new research from Germany finds that, in good times, stress eaters eat much less…
November 2, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: bad-habits, does-the-very, food-during, food-turn, good-times, nutrition, on call diets, oncalldiets, stomach, stress-eaters, very-thought, your-stomach
Winter Diets? The Secret Is To Chill The Extremities
Large mammals living in temperate climates frequently have difficulty finding food during winter…
December 17, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: difficulty-finding, food-during, mammals-living, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, on call diets, oncalldiets, temperate-climates
Obesity Among American Kids Driven By Lifestyle, Not Genes
Obese children in America are much less physically active, consume larger quantities of food during school meals, and watch much more TV than their normal-weight schoolmates, researchers from the University of Michigan Medical School revealed in The American Heart Journal…
February 1, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: america, food-during, from-the-university, michigan, michigan-medical, much-more, normal, nutrition, school, school-meals, university