News tagged with dietary choices
Eating healthier means living longer
The leading causes of death have shifted from infectious diseases to chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease and cancer. These illnesses may be affected by diet. In a study published in the January ...
Dec 22, 2010 |
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How do organisms make dietary choices?
When given a choice, organisms will choose a diet that maintains a nutritional balance in tune with their needs. That choice, studied in fruit flies for the first time, is regulated by activity in a molecular pathway involved ...
May 13, 2010 |
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Food choices can affect antibiotic's effectiveness
When your child needs antibiotics, dietary choices can get complicated. Food can help support the body nutritionally and hinder the effectiveness of the medication, depending on what your child eats and when.
Nov 19, 2010 |
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Childrens' overall diet affected by school vending machine choices
Vending machines in public schools influence the diets of school children and can affect overall dietary intake and health, depending on what foods they contain.
Nov 16, 2010 |
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New study indicates that parents' influence on children's eating habits is small
The popular belief that healthy eating starts at home and that parents' dietary choices help children establish their nutritional beliefs and behaviors may need rethinking, according to a study by researchers at the Johns ...
May 29, 2009 |
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Dietary habits of teenagers could be better
Adolescents, especially those who are not very physically active, eat too much sweet and fatty foods and not enough fruits and vegetables. This is the conclusion of a study from the Sahlgrenska Academy, at the University ...
May 03, 2010 |
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Dietary factors influence ovarian cancer survival rates
2009 estimates projected that in the United States alone 21,550 new cases of ovarian cancer would be diagnosed and 14,600 women would die of the disease. Often diagnosed in late stages, ovarian cancer has an asymptomatic ...
Mar 01, 2010 |
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Studies do not support unhealthful relation between animal foods and breast cancer
Breast cancer is the 7th leading cause of mortality in the United States and results in approximately 41,000 deaths each year. Although genetic factors are important, there is considerable evidence that breast cancer risk ...
Aug 14, 2009 |
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Research on Childhood Obesity May Help Fight Epidemic
(PhysOrg.com) -- More than 16 percent of children and adolescents in the United States are overweight-a doubling of the estimated incidence of overweight among children and a tripling of the rate among adolescents ...
Oct 29, 2009 |
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