Food Served In Children’s Hospitals Rated Largely Unhealthy
Given the obesity epidemic among the nation’s young, one would hope that children’s hospitals would serve as a role model for healthy eating. But hospitals in California fall short, with only 7 percent of entrees classified as “healthy” according to a new study published in Academic Pediatrics…
December 3, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: academic, among-the-nation, california, entrees-classified, new-study, nutrition / diet, obesity, on call diets, oncalldiets, role-model, the-nation, the-obesity
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…
August 17, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: cartoon-characters, cereal, create-nagging, epidemic-as-well, kids-love, low-nutritional, make-repeated, nutrition, nutrition / diet, obesity, oncalldietitian.com, products-including, some-parents, the-cereal, the-obesity
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.
August 16, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: cartoon-characters, cereal, create-nagging, epidemic-as-well, kids-love, marketing-contribute, nutrition, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, obesity, products-including, some-parents, the-obesity
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…
February 3, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: babies-born, body-fat, growing-problem, improve-the-lifelong, lifelong, obese-mothers, obesity, obesity-cycle, on call diets, oncalldiets, the-lifelong, the-obesity