New report: Forests could be the trump card in efforts to end global hunger
One billion people worldwide depend on forests and trees for balanced diets and sustainable incomesAbout one in nine people globally still suffer from hunger with the majority of the hungry…
May 8, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: balanced-diets, billion-people, depend-on-forests, globally-still, hungry, majority, nine-people, nutrition / diet, on call diets, the-majority, worldwide-depend
Parents feel banning junk food ads could cut childhood obesity
New statistics show the majority of UK parents believe stopping children being exposed to junk food adverts could cut childhood obesity, as the British Heart Foundation (BHF) delivered a 30,000…
March 26, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: being-exposed, british, british-heart, cut-childhood, junk-food, majority, nutrition, nutritional counseling, oncalldiets, parents-believe, show-the-majority, statistics-show, stopping-children, the-majority
Majority of weight loss occurs ‘via breathing’
Researchers have stated that when weight is lost, the majority of fat leaves the body in the form of carbon dioxide, making the lungs the primary excretory organ for weight loss.
December 17, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, fat-leaves, form, leaves-the-body, majority, making-the-lungs, primary-excretory, the-form
Certain communities disproportionately affected by fast food marketing for children
A newly published research study examining only marketing directed at children on the interior and exterior of fast food restaurants has found that the majority of black, middle-income and rural…
November 7, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, directed-at-children, fast-food, interior, majority, marketing-directed, newly-published, oncalldietitian.com, research-study, the-interior
Sports stars endorse junk food, sending kids ‘mixed messages’
Athletes must be in tip-top shape to compete at the pro-level, and once they attain fame, endorsement deals come rolling in. But a new study shows that the majority of foods these star athletes promote are nutrient-poor, encouraging young people to adopt bad eating habits
October 7, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: adopt-bad, journal, majority, new-study, nutrition, star-athletes, the-journal, tip-top-shape
Vitamin D – Which Type Is Best?
Although vitamin D is essential for healthy bones and muscles, the majority of people do not get enough of it through exposure to sunlight or through diet.
June 6, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: healthy-bones, majority, not-get, nutrition, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, provide-more, sunlight-or-through, through-exposure
Men’s Diets Benefit From Good Communication Between Couples
Eating a healthy balanced diet is vital for all-round good health and although women try to keep their husbands on a healthy food track, the majority of married men tend to binge on unhealthy foods when away from home…
May 28, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: all-round-good, healthy-balanced, healthy-food, husbands, majority, married-men, nutrition / diet, the-majority, unhealthy-foods
An apple or pear a day may keep strokes away
Eating apples and pears may help prevent stroke, according to a new study. While high consumption of fruits and vegetables is associated with lower stroke risk, a Dutch study found that eating fruit and vegetables with white edible portions was associated with a 52 percent lower stroke risk
September 15, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, help-prevent, lower-stroke, majority, nutrition, oncalldiets, pears-may, percent-lower, study, the-white, white, white-edible
Obesity Fears For Parents
One in eight parents consider their child to be overweight, a study revealed recently. Researchers found a startling number of mums and dads believe their son or daughter is obese or severely overweight, with the majority blaming it on their unhealthy diet…
June 26, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: dads-believe, diet, eight-parents, majority, majority-blaming, startling-number, study-revealed, their-son, their-unhealthy
Energy Drinks Contain Substances That Can Harm Sporty Children
In the majority of cases, an exercising child needs to drink to rehydrate, and there is nothing better than water for that. Energy drinks contain a lot of caffeine, which if taken in large amounts can be dangerous for a child, experts have written in the journal Pediatrics. Energy and sports drinks are aggressively marketed at children and teenagers…
May 30, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: aggressively-marketed, drinks-contain, exercising-child, journal, large-amounts, majority, marketed-at-children, nothing-better, oncalldietitian.com, the-journal, the-majority