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Miracle diets are useless to get a stable negative energy balance

After summer holidays, miracle-diet adherents stick to these diets to lose the weight gained in the last months in record time.

11 Sep 2007

Academic comments on horse flu scare

We should not be shocked that equine influenza has emerged in Australia. What is surprising is that we kept it out for so long. The Australian thoroughbred breeding and racing industry has received huge financial benefits from globalisation, but this process carries enormous risks. Foremost is the risk of disease.

28 Aug 2007

Social dynamics of obesity

American women have gotten fatter as it has become more socially acceptable to carry a few extra pounds, according to a new study.

7 Aug 2007

Trans fats offer a double whammy

Along with the knowledge that 'trans fats' are particularly bad because they clog up arteries and increase the risk of heart attacks comes new information which makes them even more undesirable.

31 Jul 2007

Gluten-free foods - growing market - taste issues

An estimated 2 million Americans are afflicted with celiac disease, an intolerance for food containing wheat, and the market for gluten-free products is booming even while food companies and researchers have yet to fully solve their greatest challenge - making products taste good.

31 Jul 2007

Researchers create flour enriched with varying levels of bran

Trying to get more fiber in your diet? Munching on cookies or tortillas probably doesn't come to mind.

9 Jul 2007

Pramlintide treatment curbs fast food consumption and tendency to binge eat

The synthetic form of a hormone previously found to produce a feeling of fullness when eating and reduce body weight, also may help curb binge eating and the desire to eat high-fat foods and sweets.

8 Jun 2007

Multitasking mental cells

In the mid-1990s, scientists at the University of Parma, in Italy, made a discovery so novel that it shifted the way psychologists discuss the brain. After researchers implanted electrodes into the heads of monkeys, they noticed a burst of activity in the premotor cortex when the animals clutched a piece of food.

8 May 2007

Macadamia nuts can reduce cardiovascular disease risks

Incorporating macadamia nuts into a heart healthy diet can reduce cardiovascular disease risks according to Penn State researchers.

1 May 2007

Animal model for binge eating disorder

University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) psychologists have developed an animal model for the binge eating disorder, which affects an estimated one in 20 Americans.

18 Apr 2007

American Heart Association highlights BAD fats and BETTER fats

As the nation moves to significantly reduce trans fat consumption, the American Heart Association is launching "Face The Fats," an educational campaign to teach consumers how to minimize trans fat in their diet, while avoiding the unintended health consequence of defaulting to more saturated fat.

11 Apr 2007

Senate hearing to debate junk food in schools

Tomorrow the Senate Agriculture Committee will hold a hearing on school nutrition issues, a move that the nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) says signals new hope for strong, national action to get junk food out of schools.

5 Mar 2007

Restaurants guilty of sponsoring "extreme eating" say food police

According to a consumer group in the U.S., chain restaurants are guilty of promoting "extreme eating" by offering patrons dishes loaded with calories.

27 Feb 2007

Healthy 4 year-olds who eat lots of fat weigh less

Four-year-olds eat too few vegetables and too much sugar. They also bolt down lots of junk food, but children who eat more fat than others nevertheless weigh less. This is shown in a new dissertation from the Sahlgrenska Academy at Goteborg University in Sweden.

28 Jan 2007

Cookies News and Research

Miracle diets are useless to get a stable negative energy balance

Academic comments on horse flu scare

Social dynamics of obesity

Trans fats offer a double whammy

Gluten-free foods - growing market - taste issues

Researchers create flour enriched with varying levels of bran

Pramlintide treatment curbs fast food consumption and tendency to binge eat

Multitasking mental cells

Macadamia nuts can reduce cardiovascular disease risks

Animal model for binge eating disorder

American Heart Association highlights BAD fats and BETTER fats

Senate hearing to debate junk food in schools

Restaurants guilty of sponsoring "extreme eating" say food police

Healthy 4 year-olds who eat lots of fat weigh less

Don't pig out on "low fat" snacks

The Big Apple bans bad fat!

Latex in food wrappers, packaging and rubber gloves must be declared

Green leaves may fight obesity

Better understanding of olfactory system

Know your fats because now trans fats are the bad guys

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