Family Meals Boost Kids’ Fruit And Veg Intake
Children in families that eat meals together, even if only once or twice a week, eat more fruit and vegetables than children who never eat with their families. The boost they receive from learning eating habits from parents and older siblings is enough to bring kids’ fruit and veg consumption close to the recommended “5 a Day”, say researchers at the University of Leeds in the UK…
December 20, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, learning-eating, oncalldietitian.com, once-or-twice, recommended, say-researchers, the-recommended, university, veg-consumption
Nectarines, Plums And Peaches May Fight Obesity And Diabetes
Stone fruits, also known as drupes, such as nectarines, plums and peaches, may contain useful compounds that help fight-off metabolic syndrome, which can lead to diabetes, heart attack and stroke, say researchers from Texas AgriLife Research, a member of Texas A & M University System…
June 19, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: fight-off-metabolic, heart-attack, known-as-drupes, may-contain, nutrition / diet, on call diets, oncalldiets, research, say-researchers, such-as-nectarines, texas, texas-agri, university, useful-compounds
The Influence Of Nanoparticles On Nutrient Absorption
Nanoparticles are everywhere. From cosmetics and clothes, to soda and snacks. But as versatile as they are, nanoparticles also have a downside, say researchers at Binghamton University and Cornell University in a recent paper published in the journal Nature Nanotechnology
March 12, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: binghamton, cornell, journal, low-doses, nutritional counseling, recent-paper, say-researchers, tiny-particles
Milk Better Than Water To Rehydrate Kids
Active children need to be watered with milk. It’s a more effective way of countering dehydration than a sports drink or water itself, say researchers at McMaster University. That’s particularly important during hot summer weather, says Brian Timmons, research director of the Child Health and Exercise Medicine Program at McMaster and principal investigator of the study…
August 18, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: child-health, diet, drink-or-water, hot-summer, oncalldiets, particularly-important, program, say-researchers, sports-drink, study, water-itself
Bigger Bites Means Eating Less, So Go For A Bigger Fork
The larger your fork and the bigger your bite when you eat, the less you will probably end up eating when you are in a restaurant, say researchers from the University of Utah in the Journal of Consumer Research…
July 16, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: fork, from-the-university, journal, nutrition, nutrition / diet, oncalldiets, probably-end, say-researchers, the-less, your-bite
Exercise May Help Regulate Body Weight By Influencing Gut Hormones Released Before And After Meals
Influecing levels of gut hormones released before and after meals, may be how physical exercise helps to regulate body weight, say researchers presenting to the annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB) that is taking place this week in Clearwater, Florida, in the US…
July 13, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: annual, exercise-helps, gut-hormones, how-physical, ingestive, ingestive-behavior, nutrition, say-researchers, ssib, study, week
Link Between High Dietary Fat, Cholesterol And Increased Risk Of Breast Cancer
Elevated fat and cholesterol levels found in a typical American-style diet play an important role in the growth and spread of breast cancer, say researchers at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson. The study, published in the January issue of The American Journal of Pathology, examines the role of fat and cholesterol in breast cancer development using a mouse model…
January 7, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet-play, growth, important-role, kimmel, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, pathology, role, say-researchers, the-growth
High Dietary Fat, Cholesterol Linked To Increase Risk Of Prostate Cancer
Elevated fat and cholesterol levels found in a typical American-style diet plays an important role in the growth and spread of prostate cancer, say researchers at Thomas Jefferson University’s Kimmel Cancer Center. Their study, the first to show such an association, is published in the December issue of The American Journal of Pathology…
December 2, 2010 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet-plays, growth, important-role, kimmel, nutritional counseling, say-researchers, the-first, the-growth, thomas, university
High Dietary Fat, Cholesterol Linked To Increase Risk Of Prostate Cancer
Elevated fat and cholesterol levels found in a typical American-style diet plays an important role in the growth and spread of prostate cancer, say researchers at Thomas Jefferson University’s Kimmel Cancer Center. Their study, the first to show such an association, is published in the December issue of The American Journal of Pathology…
December 2, 2010 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: growth, kimmel, nutrition, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, say-researchers, the-growth, thomas, university
Breast Cancer Risk Significantly Lower With Exercise, Body Weight Control And Drinking Less Alcohol
Regardless of whether or not you have a family history of breast cancer, your risk of developing the disease can be reduced considerably if you do exercise regularly, keep your body weight as near as possible to the ideal for your height and age, and consume less alcohol, say researchers from the University of Rochester Medical Center, New York, USA, who carried out a study inv…
October 18, 2010 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: body, body-weight, disease, family-history, height, ideal, less-alcohol, nutrition, oncalldietitian.com, risk, rochester, say-researchers, university, usa, whether-or-not