News tagged with calorie content

Chefs can create reduced-calorie restaurant foods

(PhysOrg.com) -- Restaurants could play an important role in helping to reduce the growing obesity epidemic by creating reduced-calorie meals, according to Penn State researchers.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 05, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Low-calorie cheesecake? Why we have trouble estimating calories

When it comes to estimating calorie counts, Americans aren't really on the ball. According to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, this may be because of the order in which we encounter the food.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 20, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Organic food can sabotage diet and weight-loss

(PhysOrg.com) -- While organic food may contain fewer, if any, pesticides and additives, consumers mistakenly believe it also has fewer calories, say researchers at the University of Michigan.

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created Jun 30, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Popcorn at the movies still an unhealthy treat

(PhysOrg.com) -- A study carried out in 1994 by advocacy group CSPI (Center for Science in the Public Interest) found that popcorn being sold by cinema chains in the US was high in saturated fat and calories, ...

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created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 5 weblog

Drinking milk in the morning may help stave off lunchtime hunger

Now there's a new reason for the weight-conscious to drink fat free milk at breakfast time, suggests a new study published in the July issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Researchers in Australia found that d ...

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created Jun 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 3