Research finds social influence can prompt healthier eating choices
Researchers from the University of Birmingham have found that exposure to social-based messages promoting healthy eating can increase consumption of fruit and vegetables and reduce consumption of…
July 13, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: birmingham, from-the-university, healthy-eating, messages-promoting, nutrition, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, reduce-consumption
Will Large Soda Ban Help New York Obesity Battle? Seems Not
Will Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s idea banning of large sugary drinks in New York City have any impact on obesity rates? Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham do not think so. They say that the focus is too narrow – on just one item – and does not address the big picture in the battle against the obesity epidemic
June 6, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: alabama, battle, birmingham, bloomberg, diet, focus, idea-banning, large-sugary, mayor-michael, not-address, not-think, obesity, obesity-rates, the-focus, too-narrow
