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Food adverts in your magazine: how healthy are they?

(PhysOrg.com) -- At a time when many of us are thinking about how to get rid of a few extra pounds, research at Newcastle University has shown that even the magazine you read may affect how healthy your diet is.

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created Jan 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Fast food and sweets advertised when children watch television

Children in Sweden are exposed to a huge number of TV advertisements. Food adverts – primarily for fast food and sweets – dominate the advertisements shown during children's viewing times. Research from the University ...

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created Dec 14, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists call for tighter regulations on food adverts during children's TV viewing

Psychologists at the University of Liverpool have called for tighter advertising regulations after a study revealed unhealthy foods are more likely to be advertised during children's peak viewing times than at any other point ...

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created Oct 28, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Most US kids see fewer food ads on television: study

Most US kids saw fewer TV food ads between 2003 and 2007, but black kids were bombarded with more calorie-rich advertising than whites, a study showed Monday.

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created Sep 06, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Anti-obesity drugs unlikely to provide lasting benefit according to scientists

15 March 2010: Scientists at the University of Liverpool argue that anti-obesity drugs fail to provide lasting benefits for health and wellbeing because they tackle the biological consequences of obesity, and not the important ...

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created Mar 16, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dino tooth sheds new light on ancient riddle

Microscopic analysis of scratches on dinosaur teeth has helped scientists unravel an ancient riddle of what a major group of dinosaurs ate- and exactly how they did it!

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Children who watch more TV are fatter

(PhysOrg.com) -- Pre-school children who watch a lot of television are considerably fatter than those who don’t, according to a major new study.

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created Feb 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Too much TV linked to future fast-food intake

High-school kids who watch too much TV are likely to have bad eating habits five years in the future. Research published in BioMed Central's open access International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity follow ...

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created Jan 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Drug marketing techniques may be risking patient safety

With new drugs being reviewed by regulatory agencies and then released onto the market faster than ever before, patients' safety is being compromised, warns a study published on bmj.com today.

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created Dec 03, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

TV food adverts increase obese children's appetite by 134 percent

Obese and overweight children increase their food intake by more than 100% after watching food advertisements on television; a study by the University of Liverpool psychologists has shown.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 24, 2007 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Thin models do not sell better, according to new research

Despite advertisers defending the use of ultra-thin models by saying that thinness sells, research conducted by Sussex's Dr Helga Dittmar and Dr Emma Halliwell from the University of the West Of England suggests that models ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 18, 2006 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (31) | comments 0


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