Swap a soda for water to reduce weight gain
Swapping an 8-ounce sugary drink for water reduces calorie intake, obesity prevalence, and benefits overall health, say Virginia Tech researchers.
August 15, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: calorie-intake, nutrition, nutrition / diet, obesity-prevalence, overall-health, virginia, virginia-tech, water-reduces
International researchers say nutrition science must change to meet world food needs
An international team of researchers, including scientists at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech, said nutrition science will have to change drastically to feed an exploding…
September 9, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: including-scientists, institute, institute-at-virginia, nutrition, nutrition / diet, on call diets, oncalldiets, said-nutrition, virginia, virginia-bioinformatics, virginia-tech
Nutrition researchers develop the healthy beverage index
Researchers at Virginia Tech have developed a new scoring method for assessing beverage intake, the Healthy Beverage Index (HBI).
July 10, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: assessing-beverage, esearchers-at-virginia, hbi, healthy, healthy-beverage, new-scoring, nutrition / diet, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, virginia, virginia-tech
Restaurants lack healthy food options for kids in certain Southern regions
A study from Virginia Tech researchers finds children’s menus at restaurants in the Dan River region of Virginia and North Carolina lack healthy food options, particularly in areas with high black…
March 26, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: finds-children, lack-healthy, north, north-carolina, nutrition / diet, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, river, virginia, virginia-tech
