Menus with reduced calories at large chain restaurants could impact obesity epidemic
New research from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health finds that large chain restaurants, whose core menu offerings are generally high in calories, fat and sodium, introduced newer…
October 10, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, from-the-johns, johns, johns-hopkins, large-chain, menu-offerings, on call diets, public, public-health
American diet ‘improving’ but remains poor overall
Consumption of trans fats has fallen, but there is a widening gap in terms of diet quality between rich and poor, according to a new study from Harvard School of Public Health.
September 2, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: between-rich, diet-quality, harvard, harvard-school, new-study, nutrition / diet, oncalldiets, public, trans-fats, widening-gap
Promoting a healthy diet from infancy prevents childhood obesity and the onset of chronic disease
Healthy diet set early in lifeThis is the finding from a study published in the latest issue of Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health.
August 8, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: australian, diet-set, finding, latest, nutrition, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, public, study-published, the-finding, the-latest, zealand-journal
Caffeine affects males and females differently after puberty
Researchers from University at Buffalo School of Public Health, NY, follow up their previous research on differences in response to caffeine between males and females.
June 16, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: buffalo, caffeine-between, nutrition, public, public-health, research-on-differences, university, university-at-buffalo
Caffeine affects males and females differently after puberty
Researchers from University at Buffalo School of Public Health, NY, follow up their previous research on differences in response to caffeine between males and females.
June 16, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: buffalo, nutrition, public, public-health, research-on-differences
Report outlines dietary fat intake among 266 countries
Harvard School of Public Health researchers and colleagues have compiled the first global data on dietary intakes of specific fats worldwide.
April 22, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: compiled-the-first, data-on-dietary, dietary-intakes, global-data, harvard-school, nutrition, on call diets, public, public-health, school, specific-fats, the-first
Students ‘eat more fruits and vegetables’ under new school lunch standards
In 2012, the US Department of Agriculture updated the guidelines on school lunches, recommending that schools should offer healthier meals to students.
March 4, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: agriculture, among-low-income, boston, department, from-the-harvard, guidelines, harvard, healthier-meals, nutrition / diet, oncalldiets, public, public-health, should-offer, these-guidelines, vegetable-consumption
Good risk communication, safer food
Food scares make authorities uneasy. In previous cases, national food safety agencies have not always known how to react, making the public wary. For example, in 2011, the German health authorities incorrectly linked the deadly E
February 12, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: always-known, ensuing-panic, german, making-the-public, nutrition / diet, on call diets, public, safety-agencies, saw-consumers, scares-make, shun-fruit
Researchers analyze nutritional value of foods marketed to children through online games
In a new study from Michigan State University, researchers classified the foods marketed to children through advergames (free online games) as those meeting or not meeting nutrition recommendations of the U.S.
September 30, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: cspi, diet, foods, foods-marketed, free-online, institute, medicine, michigan, michigan-state, not-meeting, oncalldiets, public
Informing Diners Of Recommended Calorie Intake Does Not Enhance Use Of Menu Labeling
As many states introduce regulations requiring restaurants to post calorie information on menus, a new study from the American Journal of Public Health finds that also informing consumers of recommended calorie intake does not help consumers use menu labels more effectively…
July 18, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: calorie-intake, diet, does-not, labels-more, nformation-on-menus, nutrition / diet, post-calorie, public, public-health
