News tagged with eating behaviors

Recipe for family mealtimes calls for 3 ingredients in the right amounts

A University of Illinois scientist reports that family mealtimes that contain three ingredients in the right amounts can improve the quality of life in children who have chronic asthma.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 04, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Missing self-injury behavior in youths with eating disorders, study finds

An alarming number of adolescents already battling eating disorders are also intentionally cutting themselves, and health-care providers may be failing to diagnose many instances of such self-injury, according to a new study ...

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created Oct 08, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study shows serious emotional disturbances among children after Katrina

A team made up of mental health professionals, emergency response experts, and researchers from several universities, including Virginia Tech, has published the results of a study that shows serious emotional disturbances ...

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created Jan 05, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Health-centered weight control method shows promise

Most weight-control strategies emphasize energy-restricted diets and increased physical activity - and most are not effective over the long term. In a study of a "weight-acceptance" intervention, published in the November ...

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created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Long-term exercise, healthy eating habits in young adults: study

ANN ARBOR, Mich.---Despite mounting public health concerns about obesity and persistent social pressures dictating that slim is beautiful, young women in their '20s consistently exercise less than young men.

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created Aug 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Friendship influences eating behavior, particularly when friends are overweight

A new study of childhood obesity in the United States has found that some social factors, such as the presence of friends, may put overweight youths at greater risk of overeating.

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created Aug 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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