Weight loss surgery ‘more effective than diet and exercise’
To maintain a healthy weight, medical professionals emphasize that diet and exercise are key. But a new study suggests that for those who are obese, weight-loss surgery is more effective at reducing body weight, compared with non-surgical methods…
October 23, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, effective-at-reducing, healthy-weight, medical-professionals, more-effective, new-study, nutritional counseling, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, reducing-body
Understanding and managing non-coeliac gluten sensitivity: "We are all on a learning curve", says UK expert
The newly-emerged clinical syndrome non-coeliac gluten sensitivity continues to puzzle gastroenterologists and other medical professionals, as scientists and clinicians grapple to understand the condition and how best to manage it…
October 17, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: clinical-syndrome, clinicians-grapple, diet, food intolerance, how-best, medical-professionals, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, understand-the-condition
WIC Breastfeeding Rate Data Confirmed By Researchers
While medical professionals have long known breastfeeding positively impacts infant and maternal health, few effective tools are available to measure breastfeeding practices nationally. According to a new study, one preexisting government-funded program is a potential wealth of accurate data about the breastfeeding practices of low-income mothers…
February 24, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: accurate-data, breastfeeding, few-effective, known-breastfeeding, maternal-health, measure-breastfeeding, medical-professionals, new-study, nutritional counseling, one-preexisting, positively-impacts, potential-wealth