Study links shorter sleep and sugar-sweetened drink consumption
Treating sleep deprivation could potentially help reduce sugar intake, say UC San Francisco researchers.
November 10, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, francisco, help-reduce, on call diets, sleep-deprivation, sugar-intake
Randomized pediatric autism clinical trial conducted entirely online
UC San Francisco researchers have completed the first Internet-based clinical trial for children with autism, establishing it as a viable and cost effective method of conducting high-quality and…
July 2, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: clinical-trial, completed-the-first, conducting-high-quality, cost-effective, diet, francisco, internet-based, nutrition, on call diets, the-first
Vulnerability to diet-related metabolic risk heightened by chronic stress
New research out of UC San Francisco is the first to demonstrate that highly stressed people who eat a lot of high-fat, high-sugar food are more prone to health risks than low-stress people who eat…
May 2, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, francisco, health-risks, high-sugar-food, highly-stressed, nutritional counseling, research-out, the-first
Positive lifestyle changes linked to reversed aging process
Positive lifestyle changes, such as adopting a healthy diet and moderate exercise, may reverse the aging process, according to a study published in The Lancet Oncology. Researchers from the University of California in San Francisco have discovered that certain lifestyle changes may increase the length of telomeres…
September 17, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: aging, california, francisco, from-the-university, healthy-diet, lancet, length, may-increase, may-reverse, on call diets, seniors / aging, the-aging, university
Body’s Food Clock Upset By Holiday Overindulgence
Overindulgence during this feasting season can play havoc with the human body’s food clock, researchers from the University of California, San Francisco reported in PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)…
December 27, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: california, diet, feasting-season, food-clock, francisco, human, national, national-academy, nutrition, nutrition / diet, oncalldiets, sciences, the-human, university
Food Insecurity, Poor Nutrition Increases Hospital Use By HIV-Infected Urban Poor In SF
UCSF researchers found that poor HIV-infected individuals living in San Francisco are significantly more likely to visit emergency rooms and to have hospital stays if they lack access to food of sufficient quality and quantity for a healthy life…
August 24, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, francisco, hiv, hiv / aids, oncalldiets, sufficient-quality, ucsf, visit-emergency
Folate Does Not Offer Protection Against Preterm Delivery, Study Finds
In a study presented at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s (SMFM) annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting ™, in San Francisco, researchers presented findings that show that folate intake before and during pregnancy does not protect Norwegian women against spontaneous preterm delivery…
February 11, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: annual-meeting, diet, fetal-medicine, francisco, intake-before, medicine, norwegian, not-protect, pregnancy, pregnancy-does, pregnancy-meeting, presented-findings, society, study-presented
Folate Does Not Offer Protection Against Preterm Delivery, Study Finds
In a study presented at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s (SMFM) annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting ™, in San Francisco, researchers presented findings that show that folate intake before and during pregnancy does not protect Norwegian women against spontaneous preterm delivery…
February 11, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: annual-meeting, fetal-medicine, francisco, intake-before, medicine, norwegian, nutrition, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, pregnancy, pregnancy / obstetrics, pregnancy-does, pregnancy-meeting, smfm, study-presented
Mercury In Bay Area Fish A Legacy Of California Mining
Mercury contamination, a worldwide environmental problem, has been called “public enemy No. 1” in California’s San Francisco Bay…
January 26, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: california, diet, francisco, nutrition / diet, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, public-enemy, worldwide-environmental
Teens Should Cut Salt Intake To Protect From Hypertension, Heart Disease And Stroke Later On In Life
A teenager who consumes recommended quantities of salt each day has a considerably lower risk of developing hypertension (high blood pressure), stroke, heart disease, and dying prematurely later on in life during adulthood, researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, explained at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2010, Chicago…
November 15, 2010 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: association, california, developing-hypertension, francisco, from-the-university, heart-disease, lower-risk, nutritional counseling, scientific