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Investigators identify effective weight control strategies for overweight adolescents

Adolescent obesity is a major public health problem that impacts one out of every three children, resulting in 4-5 million overweight youth in the United States. In a study published in the December 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, researchers evaluated differences in weight control behaviors, including dietary intake and physical activity, comparing overweight adolescents who lost weight and those who did not in order to better understand which strategies could be most effective.

1 Dec 2009

Dr. Gail Harrison to receive the March of Dimes Agnes Higgins Award

A nutritionist whose research was instrumental in adding fruits and vegetables to the federal Women, Infants and Children (WIC) food subsidy will receive the March of Dimes Agnes Higgins Award for outstanding achievement in the field of maternal-fetal nutrition.

27 Nov 2009

Healthy dietary habits are important for GCA prevention

The gastric cardiac adenocarcinoma (GCA) is a very rare disease. In recent decades, however, the incidence of the GCA has increased dramatically in many Western countries. An increasing trend in GCA is also observed in municipal regions but not in rural regions of China. Another striking feature is the strong male predominance among patients with GCA. Some of the reasons above are still unclear and require further epidemiological investigations.

26 Nov 2009

Study: GSTP gene protects against bowel cancer

CANCER RESEARCH UK scientists have shown that deleting a single gene can increase the average number of tumours in the bowel by 50-fold, according to research published in PNAS today.

25 Nov 2009

Mayo Clinic Women's HealthSource offers tips to reduce gas

Passing gas -- flatulence -- is normal and happens to everyone. But for some people, excessive gas and pain interfere with normal activities. The November issue of Mayo Clinic Women's HealthSource offers tips to reduce gas.

24 Nov 2009

Researchers awarded grant to find effective methods for childhood obesity prevention

Childhood obesity is on the rise, and with it comes an increased risk for developing health problems such as type 2 diabetes. The best way to reduce the risk of serious weight-related health issues such as diabetes is to eat healthy and increase physical activity.

24 Nov 2009

Foods rich in antioxidant substances could delay the onset of Alzheimer's disease

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) researchers have confirmed that a diet rich in polyphenols and polyunsaturated fatty acids, patented as an LMN diet, helps boost the production of the brain's stem cells -neurogenesis- and strengthens their differentiation in different types of neuron cells.

23 Nov 2009

8.3% of households in Massachusetts struggle with food insecurity

Project Bread, the state's leading anti-hunger organization, released numbers from its upcoming annual status report on hunger in the Commonwealth. The disquieting trends described in this report, caused by high unemployment, point to 554,000 people in the Commonwealth struggling with hunger.

20 Nov 2009

Fruitful and delicious recipes for holiday season

Mott's is getting sneaky this holiday season by teaming up with The Sneaky Chef, Missy Chase Lapine, to sneak Mott's into classic holiday meals. As many Americans tend to skimp on fruits and vegetables during this time of year, Mott's and The Sneaky Chef have responded with a list of holiday recipes that provide fruitful and delicious meals for both kids and adults to enjoy.

19 Nov 2009

Preliminary report from Harvard School of Public Health reveals students prefer healthy school meals

Think your kids won't eat healthy foods? Think again. A preliminary report of the Chefs in Schools Initiative by the Harvard School of Public Health, funded by Project Bread, proves that kids not only like healthy school meals, but actually eat more of the healthy foods than they would if they were eating a traditional school meal.

19 Nov 2009

Nutrition is crucial to achieve the most desirable complexion

Researchers from the universities of Bristol and St. Andrews in the UK have found that the color of a person's skin affects how healthy and therefore attractive they appear, and have found that diet may be crucial to achieving the most desirable complexion. The work will be published in the December issue of Springer's International Journal of Primatology.

17 Nov 2009

Antioxidant found in vegetables can protect cells from damage caused by infection and injury

Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine discovered that a dietary antioxidant found in such vegetables as broccoli and cauliflower protects cells from damage caused by chemicals generated during the body's inflammatory response to infection and injury. The finding has implications for such inflammation-based disorders as cystic fibrosis (CF), diabetes, heart disease, and neurodegeneration.

17 Nov 2009

Color of skin impacts health, say researchers

16 Nov 2009

Tips for preventing cancer

The risk of cancer can be dramatically reduced through everyday choices about diet, exercise and tobacco use, according to a Special Report on Cancer Prevention in the November issue of Mayo Clinic Women's HealthSource.

12 Nov 2009

Artificially increasing selenium status above the level required is unwarranted, study calls for further research

A new study from the University of Warwick has discovered taking too much of the essential mineral selenium in your diet can increase your cholesterol by almost 10%.

12 Nov 2009

New website on healthy lifestyle and its issues launched by Healthy Life Network

HealthyLifeNetwork.com is officially online and making its healthful presence known on the world-wide web. The new site has been in development for sometime but overall the time to market from concept to publish was fast-tracked by a Chicago-based team of writers, editors, designers and marketing wizards.

12 Nov 2009

Tips to cut calories before Christmas time

It's official, everyone is getting ready for the Christmas Party Season. Research published this week from British Lion Eggs stated that 6 out of 10 women will be slimming down to fit into those LBDs from now until December in order to look their very shimmering best!

11 Nov 2009

New cookbook from NHLBI

The health of your heart has a lot to do with the foods you eat. To help busy people and families shop for, prepare, and serve healthy meals, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health created and published Keep the Beat Recipes: Deliciously Healthy Dinners. The new cookbook features 75 simple and delicious recipes influenced by Asian, Latino, Mediterranean, and American cuisine that are good for your heart and taste great too.

11 Nov 2009

Occupational contact dermatitis and asthma are most common work-related health issues, says new research

Occupational contact dermatitis and asthma are two of the most common work-related health issues facing workers worldwide, according to experts presenting the latest research at the annual meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) in Miami Beach, Fla.

11 Nov 2009

Breeders can enhance vegetables' nutritional value using colorimeter method

Carotenoids, the family of yellow to red pigments responsible for the striking orange hues of pumpkins and the familiar red color of vine-ripe tomatoes, play an important role in human health by acting as sources of provitamin A or as protective antioxidants.

5 Nov 2009

Vegetables News and Research

Investigators identify effective weight control strategies for overweight adolescents

Dr. Gail Harrison to receive the March of Dimes Agnes Higgins Award

Healthy dietary habits are important for GCA prevention

Study: GSTP gene protects against bowel cancer

Mayo Clinic Women's HealthSource offers tips to reduce gas

Researchers awarded grant to find effective methods for childhood obesity prevention

Foods rich in antioxidant substances could delay the onset of Alzheimer's disease

8.3% of households in Massachusetts struggle with food insecurity

Fruitful and delicious recipes for holiday season

Preliminary report from Harvard School of Public Health reveals students prefer healthy school meals

Nutrition is crucial to achieve the most desirable complexion

Antioxidant found in vegetables can protect cells from damage caused by infection and injury

Color of skin impacts health, say researchers

Tips for preventing cancer

Artificially increasing selenium status above the level required is unwarranted, study calls for further research

New website on healthy lifestyle and its issues launched by Healthy Life Network

Tips to cut calories before Christmas time

New cookbook from NHLBI

Occupational contact dermatitis and asthma are most common work-related health issues, says new research

Breeders can enhance vegetables' nutritional value using colorimeter method

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