News articles tagged with 'meal' (Page 2)
Restaurant and packaged foods can have more calories than nutrition labelling indicates
— 6 Jan 2010 09:46 | HealthWith obesity rising markedly, reliance on the accuracy of food labelling is an important weight management strategy. Since people who are trying to reduce their weight are encouraged…
New scientific study indicates that eating quickly is associated with overeating
— 4 Nov 2009 12:23 | HealthAccording to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (JCEM), eating a meal quickly, as compared to slowly, curtails…
Work conditions impact parents' food choices
— 9 Sep 2009 15:08 | HealthSince most parents in the US are employed, there are competing demands on their time that can compromise food choices for themselves and their children. How parents cope with these…
'Shortcuts' of the mind lead to miscalculations of weight and caloric intake
— 15 Jun 2009 22:18 | HealthPsychologists at the University of Pennsylvania have identified a cognitive shortcut, or heuristic, they call 'Unit Bias,' which causes people to ignore vital, obvious information in…
Moderately reduced carbohydrate diet keeps people feeling full longer
— 12 Jun 2009 16:18 | HealthA modest reduction in the amount of carbohydrates eaten, without calorie restriction and weight loss, appears to increase a sense of fullness, which may help people eat less, a preliminary…
Regular family meals result in better eating habits for adolescents
— 9 Mar 2009 11:00 | HealthGood eating habits can result when families eat together. In the March/April 2009 issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behaviour, researchers from the School of Public Health,…
Results of the third school nutrition dietary assessment study published
— 1 Feb 2009 20:26 | HealthA special Supplement to the February 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association presents findings from the recently released Third School Nutrition Dietary Assessment…
Young adults need to make more time for healthy meals
— 7 Jan 2009 15:08 | HealthAs adolescents mature into young adults, increasing time constraints due to school or work can begin to impact eating habits in a negative way. In a study published in the January 2009…
Nutritious fast-food kids' meals are scarce
— 23 Dec 2008 14:20 | HealthOnly 3 percent of kids' meals served at fast-food restaurants met federal dietary guidelines in the first study to examine the nutrient quality of such meals in a major U.S. metropolitan…
Fast food meals are smaller, have fewer calories than food served at restaurants
— 18 Dec 2008 11:12 | HealthA new study in the Review of Agricultural Economics compares fast food and table service meals at restaurants. Results show that both are larger and have more calories than meals prepared…