The rise of the takeaway
The number of takeaway food outlets has risen substantially over the past two decades, with a large increase seen in areas of socioeconomic disadvantage, according to a study carried out across…
April 3, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: large-increase, nutrition, nutritional counseling, over-the-past, past, past-two, study-carried, takeaway-food
Survey of ready-to-eat salads exposes high salt content
Despite a large reduction in average salt content over the past decade, many food stores and restaurants in the UK are still loading their salads with unhealthy quantities of salt.
July 30, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: average-salt, content-over, large-reduction, nutrition, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, over-the-past, past, salads, the-past, unhealthy-quantities
Worldwide obesity rates see ‘startling’ increase over past 3 decades
An international research team has found that, unlike other major global health risks – such as smoking – obesity rates have significantly increased over the past 30 years.
May 29, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: health-risks, increased-over, major, major-global, obesity-rates, oncalldiets, over-the-past, past, research-team, such-as-smoking, the-past
Bedroom TVs a cause of childhood obesity, study suggests
Recent figures show that childhood obesity has more than doubled in children and quadrupled in adolescents over the past 3 decades. New research suggests that children who have televisions in their bedroom are more likely to gain weight, compared with those who do not have them in their bedroom.This is according to a study recently published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics.
March 4, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: bedroom, figures-show, gain-weight, journal, nutritional counseling, over-the-past, past, the-journal, their-bedroom
What are the health benefits of oats?
Oats (Avena sativa) are a cereal commonly eaten in the form of oatmeal or rolled oats.They are mainly eaten as porridge, as an ingredient in breakfast cereals and in baked goods (oatcakes, oat cookies and oat bread). Over the past few decades oats have become a very popular “health food”.
January 30, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: baked-goods, breakfast-cereals, eaten-as-porridge, few-decades, health-food, nutrition, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, oatmeal-or-rolled, oncalldietitian.com, over-the-past, past, the-form, the-past, very-popular
Black Tea Lowers Type 2 Diabetes Risk Rates
Countries with high black tea consumption have lower type 2 diabetes rates, compared to other nations, researchers reported in BMJ Open today. The authors carried out a mathematical analysis of data from fifty different nations
November 8, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: bmj, diet, fifty-different, nations, nutrition / diet, on call diets, other-nations, over-the-past, risen-six-fold
Omega-3 Fatty Acids Don’t Improve Heart’s Ability To Relax And Efficiently Refill With Blood
Over the past three decades, researchers have firmly established that the omega-3 fatty acids in fish oil, including eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), have healthy effects on the heart…
April 26, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: dha, epa, fish-oil, heart, heart-disease, nutrition, nutritional counseling, omega, omega-3-fatty, oncalldiets, over-the-past, past, the-past, three-decades
Cooking Should Be Integrated Into School Curriculum To Fight Childhood Obesity
Based on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other reports that childhood obesity has tripled over the past 30 years, we recognize the importance of reaching our children early to form good food habits…
November 10, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: centers, childhood-obesity, children, disease, disease-control, form-good, importance, nutritional counseling, over-the-past, past, prevention, recognize-the-importance, reports
Classroom Cookery Lessons To Fight Obesity Head On
Since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other studies revealed that obesity among children has tripled over the past 3 decades, it is vital that we teach children early to form healthy food habits…
November 8, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: disease, oncalldietitian.com, over-the-past, past, prevention, since-the-centers, studies, teach-children
Peer Mentors Help Teens Lose Weight
Obesity among adolescents has more than tripled over the past 40 years, and recent estimates find that over 18% of teens in the U.S. are obese…
October 6, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: among-adolescents, estimates-find, nutrition, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, over-the-past, past