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 Nutrition Information - December 1, 2008
| In an effort to curb the growing waist lines of kids, lawmakers want to expel soda, candy bars, chips and other junk food from the nation's schools. This week, the Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the rate of obese and overweight kids has climbed to 18 percent of boys and 16 percent of girls. Four years ago, the number was 14 percent. Lawmakers blame high-fat, high-sugar snacks that compete with nutritious meals in schools | | New research reveals that women who decide to move in with their boyfriends might be doing a great deal more for their love lives than for their waistlines. In the beginning of a relationship, both partners try to impress each other, which helps them watch what they eat. After the 'honeymoon period' is over, both partners conform to their old eating habits and ways | | New York, NY (AHN)-New research, in the March 2006 issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, suggests men with high levels of calcium and dairy foods in their diet have a lower risk of colorectal cancer | | Scientists using genetic engineering have produced pigs rich in omega-3 fatty acids, the kind believed to stave off heart disease. Geneticists have mixed DNA from the roundworm C. elegans and pigs to produce swine with significant amounts of omega-3 fatty acids - a kind of healthy fat abundant in many fish but not naturally found in meat | | New research from the University of Liverpool suggests that environmental contaminants, such as pesticides, are more influential in causing cancer than previously believed. Prior studies in cancer-causing agents often concluded that exposure to carcinogenic or endocrine-disrupting chemicals, found in pesticides and plastics occur at concentrations that are too low to be considered a major factor in cancerous disease | |
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