Portion sizes, nutrient content of fast food remain ‘relatively consistent’ since 1996
From an analysis of three national fast-food chains between 1996-2013, researchers find there has been little change in portion sizes and nutrient content of popular menu items.
December 31, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: between-1996-2013, fast-food-chains, little-change, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, popular-menu, portion-sizes, three-national
How to make realistic diet and exercise goals
New Year’s and weight-related resolutions go hand in hand. So why are they so quickly broken?
December 31, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: oncalldietitian.com, quickly-broken
High-fat diet, obesity during pregnancy harms stem cells in developing fetus
Physician-scientists at OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital reveal a high-fat diet and obesity during pregnancy compromise the blood-forming, or hematopoietic, stem cell system in the fetal liver…
December 31, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: blood, compromise-the-blood, fetal, hospital, ohsu, pregnancy / obstetrics, scientists-at-ohsu, stem-cell
Stress may increase desire for reward but not pleasure, research finds
Feeling stressed may prompt you to go to great lengths to satisfy an urge for a drink or sweets, but you’re not likely to enjoy the indulgence any more than someone who is not stressed and has the…
December 31, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: anxiety / stress, drink-or-sweets, enjoy-the-indulgence, great-lengths, indulgence, not-stressed, nutrition, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, stressed-may
Changing diet to unmask cancer vulnerabilities and reduce cancer risk
Many recent studies showed that calorie restrictions reduce the incidence of cancer, whereas high-calorie diets cause obesity and diabetes, both of which increase the risk of developing cancers.
December 31, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: calorie-restrictions, diet, diets-cause, incidence, oncalldietitian.com, reduce-the-incidence, risk, the-risk
