Kids may need more vitamin D, study finds
Currently recommended daily dietary allowances of vitamin D may be insufficient to prevent deficiency in children, according to researchers at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC and the…
July 10, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: children, currently-recommended, daily-dietary, esearchers-at-children, hospital, oncalldiets, pittsburgh, prevent-deficiency, upmc
Pitt-led study shows lifestyle interventions can prevent major depression in adults with mild symptoms
Discussions with a dietary coach to learn about healthy eating were as effective as meeting with a counselor for problem-solving or “talk” therapy in preventing major depression among older black and white adults with mild symptoms of the mood disorder, according to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Maryland.
March 24, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: depression, dietary-coach, healthy-eating, mild-symptoms, mood, nutrition, older-black, on call diets, pittsburgh, preventing-major, the-mood, university
African-American women must eat less or exercise more to lose as much weight as caucasians
African-American women may need to eat fewer calories or burn more than their Caucasian counterparts to lose a comparable amount of weight, according to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in a study published online in the International Journal of Obesity.
December 30, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: burn-more, calories-or-burn, caucasian, eat-fewer, international, medicine, oncalldiets, pittsburgh, study-published, university, women-may
Diets lacking omega-3s lead to anxiety, hyperactivity in teens
Diets lacking omega-3 fatty acids – found in foods like wild fish, eggs, and grass-fed livestock – can have worsened effects over consecutive generations, especially affecting teens, according to a University of Pittsburgh study…
July 31, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, especially-affecting, fatty-acids, nutrition, nutrition / diet, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, over-consecutive, pittsburgh, university, wild-fish, worsened-effects
Deadly Intestinal Problem In Preemies May Be Prevented By Breast Milk Ingredient
An ingredient that naturally occurs in breast milk might be used to prevent premature babies from developing a deadly intestinal condition that currently is largely incurable, according to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC in this week’s online early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
May 8, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: breast-milk, deadly-intestinal, diet, hospital, largely-incurable, medicine, national, pittsburgh, proceedings, university
Long-Term Weight Loss Extremely Hard For Post-Menopausal Women
Postmenopausal women naturally consume much less energy than when they were younger, the strategies and behaviors they followed earlier in life are simply not sustainable or effective in the long-term any more, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh Department of Health and Physical Activity, reported in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics…
August 28, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: academy, health, journal, nutrition, physical, pittsburgh, simply-not, strategies, the-long-term, the-strategies, university
Fish Baked Or Broiled Reduces Alzheimer’s Risk
Eating fish once a week is good for brain health, as well as lowering your risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease and MCI (Mild Cognitive Impairment), researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine explained at the annual meeting of RSNA (Radiological Society of North America), Chicago, yesterday. Cyrus Raji, M.D., Ph.D…
December 1, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: alzheimer, annual, cyrus-raji, medicine, north-america, nutrition / diet, oncalldiets, pittsburgh, risk, rsna, university, well-as-lowering
Imagining Gorging On Your Favorite Food Eases Cravings And Helps You Eat Less
If you want to lose weight, imagine that you are devouring your favorite food repeatedly; apparently your cravings will ease, you will end up eating less food, and your diet is more likely to be successful, scientists from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, revealed in the journal Science today…
December 10, 2010 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: carnegie, carnegie-mellon, cravings, diet, eating-less, journal, lose-weight, nutritional counseling, oncalldiets, pittsburgh, science, the-journal, university