The DASH diet (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) is a diet consisting of grains, veggies, fruits, some low-fat dairy, nuts/seed, some lean meats and fish. A study looking at weight gain in girls from age 9 through age 19 found that “adolescent girls whose diet more closely resembled the DASH eating pattern had smaller...
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DASH Diet Effective for Healthier Weight in Girls
Active Video Games Better
A study of overweight and obese children found that “active video game intervention has a small but definite effect on BMI (Body Mass Index) and body composition in overweight and obese children” over a 24 week period. As sedentary behavior is thought contribute to obesity, the more you can get kids moving, the better....
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Parents of Young Children Need to Focus on their Own Health
Parents of young children (under 5 year old) need to remember their own health needs as well as the health of their child. New research found that “mothers reported greater consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages, total energy (calories), and percent saturated fat compared with women without children. Both mothers and fathers had lower amounts of...
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Greater Waist Circumference Increases Death Risk
When it comes to getting slimmer, recent research is showing that your waist circumference (WC) is just as important as your body mass index (BMI). The study found that “very high levels of WC were associated with an approximately 2-fold higher risk of mortality in men and women.” Read Abstract
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Reducing Colon Cancer Risk Different for Women and Men
The U.S. could see 20,000 fewer cases of colon cancer each year and 10,000 fewer attributable deaths by following the recommendations found in this study, which discovered that men and women have different risk factors when it comes to colon cancer. Women can significantly reduce their risk of colon cancer with 30 minutes of...
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Greater Waist Circumference Increases Risk of Death in Older Adults
While Body Mass Index (BMI) can be harder to calculate, waist circumference is easy. This study examined to see if there is a correlation between waist circumference (WC) and the risk of mortality (death). The study found that a larger waist circumference is “a risk factor for mortality in older adults, regardless of BMI.” Read...
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Preventing Obesity and Osteoporosis Is Really Easy
While obesity and osteoporosis tend to plague adults, these ailments begin at preschool age. The solution? Feed your children their veggies. Researchers found that a “high intake of dark-green and deep-yellow vegetables was related to low fat mass and high bone mass” that impacted health later in life. The more vegetables the children ate, the lower their fat mass...
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Physical Fitness = Mental Fitness
Here is a good reason to encourage your children to keep fit.A study of 5th, 7th and 9th graders in California schools found that “Students whose mile run/walk times exceeded California Fitness gram standards or whose BMI (Body Mass Index) exceeded Centers for Disease Control sex- and age-specific body weight standards scored lower on...
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Measure and Get Serious
A study from the Netherlands takes the guesswork out of computing if you are in danger for cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Researchers found that waist circumference and body-mass index (BMI) we equally accurate in predicting non-fatal and fatal CVD for both men and women. If you are a women, your waist should be ideally under...
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