Highlights from the April 2007 Journal of the American Dietetic Association
...altime," the researchers write. "Because dietary habits and preferences are established early in life, parents should be counseled to promote family meal environments that support healthful eating." Body Weight Associated with Portion Sizes in Young Adults College students with higher body mass indexe...Leanest teens are biggest energy users and consumers
...ore calories, which encourages more healthy eating habits while remaining in energy balance." Unfortunat... didn't actually contain fruit juice. "Eating habits formed during our youth tend to stay with us into adulthood, so this does not bode well for preventi...Study examines calorie restriction and glycemic load
... about lifestyle factors like shopping and cooking habits interfering with dietary change." Roberts previously conducted a pilot study showing that a diet's overall glycemic load may be an important determinant of weight loss for people with high levels of insulin secretion, such as people with diabetes. ...Study finds dietary fat interacts with genes
...termine our risk of obesity, dietary and lifestyle habits are also important to consider. Ordovas determined that the interaction between the specific SNP (-1131T>C) and dietary fat was strongest for monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs), found in foods such as olive oil and canola oil. People with the ...Urbanization favors sedentary males
...tudy, we wanted to determine if changing migratory habits were due to changes in genetic composition in urba...ban habitats operates differently on the migratory habits of male and female European blackbirds. In partially migratory species, sedentary individuals are n...100 percent of pregnant women have at least one kind of pesticide in their placenta
...source of inadvertent exposure) are very important habits which help to control the presence of pesticides in our organisms....IMS updated recommendations on postmenopausal hormone therapy
...esult, there was a dramatic change in prescription habits following recommendations to reserve HT for very symptomatic women, and to limit its use to the shortest duration needed and to the lowest effective dosage. This was the atmosphere in which the International Menopause Society (IMS) initiated the IMS ...Lipoic acid explored as anti-aging compound
...thing to do with diet, exercise, healthy lifestyle habits and micronutrient intake. At the moment, Hagen said, that's not the way things appear to be headed diabetes is skyrocketing, about 50 percent of people over 65 have high blood pressure, heart disease often leads to permanent disability, and almost...Some forest birds can survive in agricultural countryside with limited habitat conservation
...ou need a multi-pronged approach to look at birds' habits from every level."...Color vision drove primates to develop red skin and hair, study finds
...mpiled data on the color vision, social and sexual habits and red skin and pelage of 203 different primate s...and orange skin and hair, as well as highly social habits that make it easier to visually compare mates. In fact, the more social the trichromats are, the mor...Hormone that signals fullness also curbs fast food consumption and tendency to binge eat
.... Participants maintained their typical exercise habits and made no lifestyle changes that could account for weight loss. During the inpatient stays, food intake was measured throughout the day under carefully controlled conditions. Participants were allowed to eat as much as they wanted but were told to ...Recycling is not enough -- we need to consume less
...calating waste problem lies in changing our buying habits and our attitudes to consumption, according to the authors of a new Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) publication. Consumption: reducing, reusing and recycling, which accompanied a seminar in Belfast organised jointly with the Office of ...International team to honor 30th anniversary of deep-sea vent discovery in Galpagos
... live in the deep sea, animals that have looks and habits unlike those of any creature one might meet at the edge of the sea. There are paradoxes: eyeless shrimp that can see in the dark, beauties: giant worms of exquisite design, and curiosities: snails with plates of armor." The most well known animal ...Study finds Western-style 'meat-sweet' diet increases risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women
...ity. The Fox Chase researchers identified dietary habits among women in the study based on their reported eating habits, classifying them as either meat-sweet or vegetable-soy eaters. The Shanghai data gave us a unique look at a population of Chinese women who were beginning to adopt more western-style...Obesity found to be a risk factor for multiple myeloma
...on enrolled, as well as diet, medications, smoking habits and other health behaviors, and has updated that information every two to four years. Of the 136,623 participants who qualified for their study protocol, Birmann and her colleagues confirmed 215 cases of multiple myeloma. Body Mass Index (BMI) is ...Adult survivors of childhood leukemia exercise less, worsening high risk for obesity and illness
...each children and their families healthy lifestyle habits early, so they can carry them into adulthood. The storyline is that physical inactivity and obesity outcomes are based upon type of therapy administered to patient, said Dr. Oeffinger. Importantly, there are things we can do to intervene and to hel...Prenatal stress keeps infants, toddlers up at night, study says
...en were then asked to report on their childs sleep habits at 6, 18 and 30 months, detailing how long the child slept (a consolidated daytime and nighttime total), how often the child awoke, and if he or she exhibited any of seven common forms of sleep problems, such as having nightmares, refusing to go to b...