A new study from the University of Missouri has determined that the combination of heavy alcohol consumption with eating disorders can severely affect the long-term health of college students. Researchers examined the relationship between alcohol misuse and eating disorders, including restricting calorie intake and purging. According to survey results, about 3 times more women than …
A new study has discovered that when mice are fed a high-fat diet for a prolonged period of time their brains show irreversible changes in the areas associated with reward and pleasure. What the Data Showed “Our data show that chronic consumption of a high-fat diet leads to significant changes in brain chemistry,” said senior …
According to researchers from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, females who consume lots of fruit, vegetables, and grains in their diet reduce their risk of stroke. This is true for women who have a history of cardiovascular disease as well. It is believed that these foods which are rich in antioxidants reduce oxidative stress and …
Michelle Obama, the wife of the US president, has announced the first nutritional overhaul of school meals in the United States for 15 years during a visit with elementary school students in Alexandria, Virginia. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and well-known chef and television personality Rachael Ray were also present at the school when the announcement …
A new brain imaging study that was recently presented at a meeting of cognitive neuroscientists in Chicago has found evidence linking the activation of reward centres in the brain with the eating behaviors of individuals diagnosed with various eating disorders including anorexia and obesity. A team which included researchers from Harvard Medical School and Brigham …
A new report from the California advocacy group CalPirg has noted that American taxpayers are currently subsidizing commodity crops, such as corn and soybeans, that often contribute to the ingredients used in the manufacturing of junk food. Agricultural Subsidies American taxpayers paid out more than $260 billion in agricultural subsidies between 1995 and 2010. The …
A study published in the online journal Pediatrics has determined that a large number of kindergarten age children are at risk for obesity. The study involved examining 9 years of data regarding the height and weight of almost 6,000 white, black, and Hispanic schoolchildren. Information was collected as part of an ongoing Early Childhood Longitudinal …
Researchers in Connecticut have performed the first psychological studies of eating disorders in Native American people. What the scientists believe is that Native American women were more likely to display and report behavior associated with an eating disorder. The Native American men did not open admit or report any symptoms that could be conclusive to …
A new website has been launched in the East Midlands region of the UK to raise awareness of childhood obesity, and to obtain the opinions of parents and healthcare professionals on the subject. This follows a study by researchers at the University of Nottingham. They determined that one quarter of babies were gaining weight too …
Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), have disputed the current guidelines in place for providing nourishment to adolescents who are hospitalized with anorexia. The study is the first of its kind to evaluate the process of restoring nutrition to severely malnourished individuals with anorexia. The current guidelines which were established in 2000 …
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