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Exercise more – and you’ll eat better!

25 November 2011
Looking at the ways in which lifestyle choices – particularly diet and exercise – are related to each other, and whether they share any common neurocognitive mechanisms, may provide insights to optimise weight-loss interventions. A new study published in Obesity...
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The Americas take on salt

14 November 2011
A meeting on 27 and 28 October of the Regional Expert Group on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention through Dietary Salt Reduction of the Pan American Health Organization discussed efforts made by many countries in North, Central and South America to reduce salt intake...
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Fast food, healthy food and middle-class diners

09 November 2011
Recent articles have been a reminder of the social gradient in health and wellness, reinforcing that the poor are more likely to be overweight or obese, but the question remains as to whether this is because of a diet of fast-food restaurant dining.  The December...
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Filipinos gaining weight…

07 November 2011
A survey by the National Statistics Coordination Board (NSCB) in the Philippines has found that 26.6 per cent of Filipino adults were overweight in 2008 (5.2 per cent are obese), a marked increase from 16.6 per cent in 1993. Overweight is also rising among children...
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Commercial weight-loss programmes

05 November 2011
According to recent research published in the Lancet, programmes like Weight Watchers, which have commercially prepared diet plans, are more successful at encouraging sustained weight loss than mere advice and guidance from GPs, and research shows that these individuals...
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Depression link with stroke

04 November 2011
A study published in Stroke (here >>) has found that people who have suffered from depression at some point in their lives are about a third more likely to have a stroke than those who have not. The study, led by Dr Li-Qiang Qin from Soochow University (China),...
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Vitamin D fortification for public health

03 November 2011
Vitamin D has been in the news again recently as the Kellogg’s Corporation, best known for popular breakfast cereals, decided to fortify cereals with vitamin D in the United Kingdom. Produced by the skin when exposed to UVB light (sunlight), vitamin D regulates...
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Alcohol and breast cancer

02 November 2011
New research in the Journal of the American Medical Association, based on the study of 106,000 nurses in America from 1980 until 2008, has found that regularly drinking levels of alcohol even well below the current recommended maximum can increase the risk of breast...
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Nutrition transition in East Africa

01 November 2011
At a workshop on the Promotion of Fruit and Vegetables in Arusha, Tanzania, the risk of low fruit and vegetable intake has been highlighted. WHO and FAO experts recommends 146 kg per capita consumption of fruits and vegetables per year (equivalent to 400g a day)...
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Veggies’ impact on CVD

12 October 2011
Research led by McGill University in Canada and published in PLoS Medicine looked at how certain genetic variations known to increase a person’s risk of CVD are influenced by lifestyle factors, such as diet, physical activity and smoking – and found that some...
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