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Negative Emotions Outweigh Intent To Exercise At Health Clubs
Time and time again, it has been documented that regular exercise has many health benefits including lowering risks associated with the comorbidities of obesity… Read The Full Article…Negative Emotions Outweigh Intent To Exercise At Health Clubs Read more »
UAB To Study The Effects Of Olive Oil On Breast Cancer
Ana Ripoll, Rector of Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB), and Pedro Barato, President of “Organizacion Interprofesional del Aceite de Oliva Espanol” signed a research agreement to carry out an in depth study of how the intake of olive oil can work towards preventing and fighting against breast cancer… Read The Full Article…UAB To Study The [...] Read more »
Earliest Evidence Of Modern Humans Using Wild Grains And Tubers For Food
The consumption of wild cereals among prehistoric hunters and gatherers appears to be far more ancient than previously thought, according to a University of Calgary archaeologist who has found the oldest example of extensive reliance on cereal and root staples in the diet of early Homo sapiens more than 100,000 years ago… Read The Full [...] Read more »
Long Term Thinkers Make Better Health Decisions
Two US psychologists found that people who tend to think in the long term, who focus on later rewards rather than immediate payoffs, are more likely to make better and positive decisions concerning their health, such as what and how much to eat and drink, exercise regularly, and use sunscreen… Read The Full Article…Long Term [...] Read more »
Children’s Food Marketing Misleads Parents Says British Heart Charity
A new report from a British heart charity claims that 90 per cent of parents are being deceived by manufacturers who use misleading tactics to market children’s foods in a way that implies they are healthy when they are really loaded with fat, salt and sugar. These are the findings of a new survey [...] Read more »
Study Finds Informal Social Networks Better At Encouraging Hispanics To Prepare For Disasters
FINDINGS: Historically, authorities have used broad media campaigns to encourage the public to prepare for disasters – an approach that has proven largely ineffective. For this new study, UCLA researchers sought to test novel, culturally tailored, informal social networking approaches to improve disaster preparedness, using data on 231 Hispanics in Los Angeles County… Read The [...] Read more »
Calorie Intake Linked To Cell Lifespan, Cancer Development
Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) have discovered that restricting consumption of glucose, the most common dietary sugar, can extend the life of healthy human-lung cells and speed the death of precancerous human-lung cells, reducing cancer’s spread and growth rate… Read The Full Article…Calorie Intake Linked To Cell Lifespan, Cancer Development Read more »
HZI Researchers Redefine The Invasion Mechanism Of Salmonella
“Based on our data, the molecular mechanism of infection employed by Salmonella has to be revised,” says Klemens Rottner, head of the HZI research group “Cytoskeleton Dynamics”. The group’s results have now been published in the current issue of the scientific journal Cellular Microbiology. Salmonella are highly adaptive bacteria… Read The Full Article…HZI Researchers Redefine [...] Read more »
Santa Should Change His Image Says Public Health Expert
Santa should change his image: he should get off his sleigh and walk, lose weight, eat the carrots children leave out for the reindeer and forego the sherry and mince pie, and generally stop promoting obesity, drink driving and unhealthy living, suggests a public health expert from Australia… Read The Full Article…Santa Should Change [...] Read more »
In Battle Of The Bulge Food Aromas Could Become New Weapon
A real possibility does exist for developing a new generation of foods that make people feel full by releasing anti-hunger aromas during chewing, scientists in the Netherlands are reporting after a review of research on that topic. Such foods would fight the global epidemic of obesity with aromas that quench hunger and prevent people from [...] Read more »
