Modest changes in military dining facilities promoted healthier eating
The prevalence of obesity within the military is currently 13 percent. This rising epidemic, also rampant throughout the general population, could result in military career setbacks, negatively impact operational readiness, and jeopardize Department of Defense operations. To combat the epidemic, a team of researchers chose the military cafeteria as the venue to observe and evaluate eating behavior and the positive impact of modest changes to promote healthy eating and food selection.
March 22, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: department, epidemic, military, modest-changes, nutrition, obesity-within, promote-healthy, the-military, the-positive, venue
Changes In Specific Dietary Factors May Have Big Impact On Long-Term Weight Gain
In a series of three separate studies looking at how changes in multiple dietary and other lifestyle factors relate to long-term weight gain, Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers found that modest changes in specific foods and beverages, physical activity, TV-watching, and sleep duration were strongly linked with long-term weight gain…
June 23, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: hsph, lifestyle, looking-at-how, modest-changes, multiple-dietary, nutritional counseling, oncalldiets, physical-activity, public, public-health, specific-foods, strongly-linked, studies-looking, three-separate
