Proper Protein Intake Crucial For Moderating Energy Intake, Keeping Obesity At Bay

Testing protein leverage in lean humans: a randomised controlled experimental study Obesity is a growing problem worldwide, but proper protein consumption can help keep it at bay, according to a paper published Oct. 12 in the online journal PLoS ONE…

How Children Use The ‘Nag Factor’ To Convince Their Parents To Buy Unhealthy Foods

Sure they’re fun and kids love them, but could cartoon characters used in marketing contribute to the obesity epidemic as well as create nagging children? Today, some parents find themselves having a battle in the cereal aisle. Recognizable characters and logos prompt children to make repeated requests for a range of products including low nutritional foods and beverages…

How Do Children Convince Their Parents To Buy Unhealthy Foods?

Sure they’re fun and kids love them, but could cartoon characters used in marketing contribute to the obesity epidemic as well as create nagging children? Today, some parents find themselves having a battle in the cereal aisle.

No Magic Bullet To Improve Diet, Stem Obesity Epidemic

Will people eat healthier foods if fresh fruits and vegetables are available in stores near their homes? Will they eat less fast food if restaurants are not in their neighborhoods

Losing Body Fat Before Pregnancy Could Help Break Obesity Cycle

Losing body fat before pregnancy could help break the obesity cycle and improve the lifelong health of babies born to obese mothers, according to US researchers who are studying what happens across generations that could be contributing to the obesity crisis. Obesity is a growing problem worldwide, and more and more women are obese when they fall pregnant…

When Given Low-Sugar Cereals, Children Will Eat More Fresh Fruit

If you give children low-sugar cereals and place some fresh fruit and sugar on the table, most of them will add a good portion of fresh fruit, researchers from the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, Yale University, wrote in the medical journal Pediatrics…

Stuffed At Thanksgiving, A New Corporate Solution To The Obesity Crisis

As millions of Americans will soon be eating an unhealthy amount of food this holiday season, Hudson Institute Visiting Fellow Hank Cardello author of Stuffed: An Insider’s Look at Who’s (Really) Making America Fat offers a solution to our obesity crisis: Change the food companies…

Of Over 3,000 Kids’ Meal Combinations, Only 12 Seen As Healthy For Preschoolers

Despite promises to improve their marketing, a new study has found that preschoolers now are exposed to 21% more junk food ads on television than seven years ago – older children are being targeted with 34% more than they were in 2003, researchers from Yale’s Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity report…

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