Kids meals, toys, and TV advertising: A triple threat to child health
Fast food companies advertise children’s meals on TV with ads that feature toy premiums, and it has been suggested that the use of these toy premiums may prompt children to request eating at fast…
October 30, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, eating-at-fast, food-companies, nutrition, nutrition / diet, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, premiums-may, prompt-children, request-eating, the-use, these-toy, toy-premiums
Adverts for kid’s meals with toys draw children
A new study confirms that when children see advertisements for fast food directed at their age group, especially with toys, they will ask to visit the restaurant advertised.
October 30, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: food-directed, new-study, nutrition, oncalldietitian.com, restaurant, see-advertisements, their-age, visit-the-restaurant
Low-fat diets are not the best way to achieve weight loss
A new meta-analysis of 53 studies on dieting produces a surprising result: low-fat diets are not the most effective way of losing weight and keeping it off.
October 30, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, dieting-produces, effective-way, losing-weight, low-fat-diets, nutrition / diet, on call diets, studies-on-dieting, surprising-result, the-most
Diet high in soluble fiber may prevent weight gain
Researchers found mice fed a diet lacking soluble fiber experienced poor gut health and weight gain, but this was reversed when soluble fiber was added to their diet.
October 30, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, diet-lacking, nutrition / diet, poor-gut, soluble-fiber, weight-gain
