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Researchers Embarrassed: Fast Food Makes Teens Skinnier

evilcyber — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 14:57:42 +0000

New Zealand researchers were surprised to the point of embarrassment when they checked how fast food affects the body weight of teens.

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Nutritional Gatekeepers

Steve — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 17:32:04 +0000

How much power do you have over the food others eat? Are you aware that you are their nutritional gatekeeper? What’s A “Nutritional Gatekeeper”? The person that provides the majority of food for an individual or their household is known as their “nutritional gatekeeper.” He or she largely controls what is consumed by those they […]

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How To Get Kids To Eat Their Veggies

Nicole — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 15:17:03 +0000

If you so far tried to get your kids to eat their vegetables and failed, try a new approach: have them understand how nutrition works and how vegetables fit into the big picture. Vegetables? Yuk! Thinking back to when I was small, getting me to eat vegetables was a fight. “They are good for you” […]

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Fred Sold Out

evilcyber — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 20:33:56 +0000

Using trusted cartoon characters to sell food products to children can be a particularly devious form of marketing that may influence adult eating habits and obesity rates. Little EC Zapping Through TV It happens from time to time that I idly sit on my couch and zap through the available TV channels. Sooner or later […]

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Is Tuna Safe To Eat?

evilcyber — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 11:49:39 +0000

Is tuna safe to eat? Ever since in 1970 mercury was discovered in a can of tuna, the threat of heavy metal overdose has loomed over tuna lovers. Let’s put some facts into the discussion: how safe is tuna? Prodigal Son The other day I was at one of our local supermarkets and saw that […]

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Would You Consider Surgery For Weight Loss?

evilcyber — Mon, 28 May 2012 15:07:09 +0000

More and more people get surgery for weight loss and now that even includes teens. Do you see surgery as a good way for managing weight problems? A Family Affair Diabetes, kidney failure, spinal problems and respiratory failure – that sounds like the diagnosis of an 80 year old woman, but belongs to a 19-year-old […]

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Do School Obesity Programs Promote Eating Disorders?

evilcyber — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:58:28 +0000

Few parents argue against school obesity programs that educate children about healthier eating habits. But please don’t assume that one-size-fits-all solutions work for every child out there. Rising Obesity Rates Given continuously rising rates of obesity among children, it’s clear that things aren’t quite what they should be. Children today enjoy less physical activity than […]

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Fast Food Calories Overtake School Calories

evilcyber — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:11:29 +0000

Children and teens consume more calories, get less food prepared at home and way more of it comes from fast food than 30 years ago. More Calories Per Day That is the outcome of a new meta-analysis that took the results of four national surveys conducted between 1977 and 2006 and looked at how nutrition […]

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Banning School Chocolate Milk

evilcyber — Thu, 12 May 2011 13:59:11 +0000

Another culprit for climbing childhood obesity rates was found: the chocolate milk given out at school cafeterias or, more precisely, the sugar in it. A growing movement wants to ban chocolate milk from schools. Can this make a difference? Calories In School Milk The typical serving size for milk given out at school cafeterias is […]

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Exercise Helps Overweight Children Think

evilcyber — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 13:13:10 +0000

When overweight and sedentary kids start to exercise regularly, their skills in thinking and planning improve, suggests a new study. Brain Activity Georgia Health Sciences University researchers had 171 overweight 7- to 11-year-olds either on a daily 20 or 40 minute exercise schedule or doing no exercise at all. Via Magnetic Resonance Imaging it was […]

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