A few years ago I reported on two studies that indicated thatchildren eat more when they’re watching TV while they’re eating and that adults who watched less television ate less and burned more calories than their peers who watched all the TV they wanted. Clearly television has [...]
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These days I love trolling through the grocery store looking for gluten free products. There’s been an explosion of offerings in the last few years and some of it is really good. The products have even gone more mainstream. Walking through the grocery [...] Q: Loved the article on teaching cooking as part of wellness. Great idea. My questions is – Are we starting too late? By the time kids are in college their eating habit are pretty ingrained. Although I am sure it will benefit many people, I was [...] It’s important for kids to develop healthy eating and exercise habits so that those habits persist into adulthood. Yet more and more children are becoming overweight and obese, which can cause diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure and other chronic conditions long before they stop [...] OK, sarcasm aside, there’s a great report by the Yale University Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity that shows how marketing has an profound effect on our children’s nutrition. Here’s the link: http://opa.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=7013 If you want more great info and a look at the Nutrition Facts of cereals click this link: http://cerealfacts.org/ This is a great organization that [...] Way back in May of 2007 I reported on the Intitute of Medicine’s report and recommendations for school nutrition standards. In that News Bite I mentioned that the Institute recommended specifically that each school district limit their students’ opportunities to choose foods that are not nutritionally approved. [...] The last time that we tasted boxed Mac & Cheese was about a year and a half ago. At the time I did this at the urging of my brother. His kids ate a lot of the stuff, and he felt that the Annie’s products came out [...] It really is sort of an accident that we’re reviewing Amy’s frozen meals two weeks in a row. I was shopping and noted that they were offering “Kids Meals.” I was struck by the blatant commercialism of this from a company that seems so, well, respectable. The [...] Dear Dr. Gourmet, Q: My question is really how much should I weigh? I’m a girl. Almost 13. I’m 5′3″ – almost 5′4″, and my weight is different every day! It’s from 114-118! It changes so much! Can you tell me why, as well?
I’ve reported on several reasons to avoid sugared soft drinks, including: Calories from sweetened liquids, whether from soda or fruit juices, don’t seem to be perceived by the body as food in the same way that solid calories are perceived as food (News Bite, 11/7/07) |
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