It probably won’t surprise you that kids between 3 and 16 tend to prefer sweet and fatty foods, and parents know that smaller children often prefer familiar foods that they like and are resistant to new foods. That said, left to their own devices children [...]
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Meal replacements have long been a popular way to lose weight. Metrecal was one of the first meal replacement drinks, introduced in the 1960’s as a high protein powder that could be mixed with water and drunk in place of a regular meal. Slim-Fast in [...] “Clean your plate; there are children starving in Africa [or China, or Ethiopia].” I’m sure you heard it too. We’re well-programmed to eat everything we put on our plate. When studying how much people eat at meals, the vast majority of research focuses on measuring how much [...] Dr. Tim Says…. This week I want to talk about fruit. Nothing too stressful and after a few weeks of telling you “what not to eat” and other controversial issues we need a break. Even so, fruit is really important. For those of you who [...] 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 [...] The best way to lose weight and maintain that weight loss? Eat right and exercise. There’s been a lot of research on ways to help people make the effort to make changes in their diet and exercise behaviors, but recently Dr. Brian Wansink and colleagues [...] We know from previous research that when people eat from larger bowls or plates, they tend to eat more than those eating the same food but from smaller plates (Bite, 10/06/2006; Dr. Tim Says,10/13/08). That’s one reason that the food industry has introduced those 100-calorie packs [...] In our ongoing pursuit of decent meals at chain restaurants we turned to one that is a bit more upscale. The Daily Grill is not as large a chain as some we have reviewed, but there were high hopes that since the food is [...] People send me stuff all the time. Some of it is good and some not so good. Sometimes they write and ask if they can send samples, and we always warn them that they may not particularly like the review. I even have been contacted after we [...] |
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