Nutrition & Weight Loss

Many people think about eating a healthy diet in order to lose weight and lower their risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes and stroke. But filling up your plate with nutritious fruits and vegetables does something else equally as important – it prevents cancer. And for people already diagnosed with cancer, eating nutritious foods can […]READ MORE

Stop and think before you reach for that dinner plate. A smaller plate may be just the right size when it comes to weight loss. It’s simple advice, really. Use a smaller plate, eat a smaller portion. But does it work? Apparently, it can. Researchers studied the eating habits of first-graders who were allowed to […]READ MORE

Let them sleep. That’s the advice of researchers who studied the sleep habits of teens struggling with obesity. A new study from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania found that increasing the number of hours that adolescents sleep may lower the prevalence of obesity for that age group. In fact, fewer […]READ MORE

Calories. Fat. Sodium. When it comes to reading nutritional labels, those are the top three ingredients people like to control. But a new study may steer folks to look for something else in the Nutritional Facts label: Fiber. Dietary fiber, already known for its ability to help reduce risk factors for stroke, can lower a […]READ MORE

Higher test scores. Weight loss. Improved sleep. It seems physical activity for youth now has another health benefit: reducing the risk for fracture in old age. That’s what researchers from Sweden found when they studied children ages 7 to 9 over a six-year span. They compared two groups of children. One group exercised daily for […]READ MORE

The next time you reach for something sweet to drink at the gym, you might want to check the listed ingredients for sugar. That’s because new research shows sugar-sweetened sodas, sports drinks and fruit drinks may be associated with 180,000 deaths annually worldwide. The research was presented at the American Heart Association’s Epidemiology and Prevention/Nutrition, […]READ MORE

A new poll shows that many parents do not believe their children are overweight. National statistics suggest that nearly one-third of all children are either overweight or obese according to their body mass index. But when parents were asked about their children’s weight, only 15 percent said their child needed to lose weight, a news […]READ MORE

Walking at a brisk pace can help stroke survivors improve their physical fitness, mobility and quality of life, according to new research. In a new study of 128 adult stroke survivors, researchers found that those who walked briskly three times a week for three months lowered their resting heart rate, improved their walking endurance and […]READ MORE

Have you ever wondered when the best time to work out is? Are workouts more effective in the morning, just after you wake up? Or do you burn more calories and lose weight if you stop at the gym on the way home from work. Here’s what I think – it really doesn’t matter. What […]READ MORE

Cutting back physical education classes in schools so kids can have more instructional time may not have been such a smart move for school districts across the nation. Not only does it work against childhood obesity prevention efforts, but it may be counterproductive, according to a study to be published in the Journal of Pediatrics. […]READ MORE