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Healthy eating
It is important to diagnose and treat GDM as it can have serious short and long term health consequences for both you and your baby. Don’t worry needlessly, however, if you have been told you have gestational diabetes. There are a lot of things you and your doctor and/or health team can do to keep you and your baby healthy both during the pregnancy and afterwards.
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Diabetes , Pregnancy and overweight/obesity, Weight loss (benefits), Overweight/obesity, Insulin resistance, Gestational diabetes, Hormones, Calorie counting, Portion control, Healthy eating, Carbohydrates, Complications of obesity, Serving size, Weight loss, Healthy behaviors
So you can see that ingestion of certain foodstuffs, such as glucose-containing carbohydrates, trigger a number of responses that help to balance food seeking behaviors with whether an individual is fed or fasting. These complex processes interact to help us maintain weight over both the short and the long run. Fructose, unlike glucose, does not turn on these regulatory mechanisms, leaving individuals with high fructose ingestion vulnerable to overeating and weight gain.
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Benefits or hazards of certain foods, Public health, Food labels, Overweight/obesity, High fructose corn syrup, Food policy, Calorie counting, Nutrition, Healthy eating, Weight loss
Chris was outraged. But he is turning his outrage into action. He has founded a non-profit, “Parents Against Junk Food.” This is a good old-fashioned call-to-action website that aims to get parents riled up about this issue.
Chris writes in his editorial:
““One day, mothers and fathers across America are going to wake up, throw open the window, and yell, “We’re mad, and we’re not going to take it anymore!””
Way to go, Chris! Yes, parents need to be responsible for their kids’ health and well-being, but we need to ask for, no demand, that the public institutions that we pay for with our hard-earned tax dollars, support us in our efforts keep our kids healthy and safe.
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Benefits or hazards of certain foods, Public health, Inspiration/motivation, Children, Overweight/obesity, Food policy, Childhood obesity, Nutrition, Social commentary, Healthy eating
You don't have to go hungry anymore; we can fill you with fats and carbs more cheaply than ever. You don't have to chase your food; we can bring it to you. You don't have to cook it; we can deliver it ready to eat. You don't have to eat it before it spoils; we can pump it full of preservatives so it lasts forever. You don't even have to stop when you're full. We've got so much food to sell, we want you to keep eating.
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Public health, Overweight/obesity, Food policy, Nutrition, Social commentary, Healthy eating, Food industry, Food politics
As we started talking about his health insurance, the conversation naturally drifted to health. He is prediabetic, he told me, and his brother is a type 2 diabetic who has already had some toes amputated. He knows he is facing the same future if he doesn't lose weight, but how can he do it?
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Exercise (benefits), Weight loss behaviors, Diabetes , Public health, Insulin resistance, Heart disease, Social commentary, Healthy eating, Complications of obesity, Weight loss
While I agree, parents need to be good role models and set limits, I also believe that there are so many influences in kids lives today, ranging from TV, to the internet, to peers in play groups and day care, that placing all of the responsibility and blame on parents seems naive to me.
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Weight loss behaviors, Public health, Children, Overweight/obesity, Food policy, Research on obesity/overweight, Childhood obesity, Portion control, Nutrition, Healthy eating, Weight loss
Learn more about food and class, and educate others.
When you hear someone moralizing about healthy or responsible food choices, don’t be afraid to speak up: seek clarification by asking “healthy for whom?” or “environmentally or socially responsible?” This is an opportunity to help otherwise “aware” individuals learn about the socioeconomic dimension of food and environmental responsibility.
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Public health, Food policy, Nutrition, Guest blogs, Social commentary, Eat local, Healthy eating
Have you noticed that you are ravenously hungry an hour or two after certain meals? Or that you stay fuller, longer after others? Many people have learned that adding protein to their breakfast meal is the best insurance against the mid-morning munchies. And a bit of chicken in your lunchtime salad may help you make it to dinner without a trip to the vending machines. Protein, it turns out, enhances satiety (the feeling of fullness) and helps you lose weight.
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Weight loss behaviors, Benefits or hazards of certain foods, Dietary Fat, Overweight/obesity, Research on obesity/overweight, Regulation of appetite, Hormones, Nutrition, Healthy eating, Protein, Carbohydrates, Weight loss
When it comes to absorbing nutrients, it makes a difference how you prepare a food (cooked or raw) and what foods you eat with it. The science of understanding nutrient absorption is an area called “bioavailability.”
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Benefits or hazards of certain foods, Public health, Research on obesity/overweight, Nutrition, Healthy eating
Every morning, he has the same cereal for breakfast. It is also a Kellogg’s All-Bran, but it is their “Bran Buds” product. He thought it was lower in calories than the Yogurt Bites version. But when he looked at the serving sizes of the two cereals, he was in for a surprise. Bran Buds lists a serving size of 1/3 cup. That barely covers the bottom of the cereal bowl. The serving size of Yogurt Bites is 1-1/4 cup—a decent amount.
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Weight loss behaviors, Benefits or hazards of certain foods, Public health, Food labels, Portion wise or portion lies?, Children, Overweight/obesity, Food policy, Calorie counting, Portion control, Nutrition, Healthy eating, Serving size
Successful strategies for getting it off and keeping it off included
Self monitoring (weigh oneself, planning meals, tracking fat and calories)
Exercising 30 or more minutes daily
Adding physical activity to the daily routine.
The odds of being a successful weight loser were 48% - 76% lower for those reporting that aspects of exercise behavior were influencing factors (no time to exercise, too tired to exercise, no one to exercise with, too hard to maintain exercise routine) compared to those who reported little or no barriers to exercise as a weight control measure.
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Exercise (benefits), Weight loss behaviors, Public health, Fitness, Food labels, Overweight/obesity, Research on obesity/overweight, Healthy eating, Weight loss
Cheerios for breakfast? The box says only 110 calories per serving. But, that is without milk or sugar or fruit.
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Weight loss behaviors, Food labels, Portion wise or portion lies?, Calorie counting, Portion control, Healthy eating, Serving size
I have tried to like tofu. I am "almost" a vegetarian....I haven't eaten red meat since December of 2005. I love veggies. I love, love, love Indian dishes with paneer (I thought it was tofu...oh, well). I really want to love tofu, but, well, I don't like to eat it.
I can't tell you how much tofu I have bought at my local healthy grocery stores. I put it in the cheese section of my fridge and then I ignore it, day after day after day. Eventually, I realize it is really old or, it reminds me that it is really old by growing beautiful pastel fungi on its surface. Then I toss it into the garbage and I am so relieved that it is gone that I breathe a sigh of relief
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Weight loss behaviors, Benefits or hazards of certain foods, Calorie Wiki, Nutrition, Healthy eating
“Eat more, weigh less” sounds like a slogan for the type of weight loss products you find on the back pages of your favorite woman’s magazine. But, a study in the August 2006 issue of Journal of the American Dietetic Association has found that people who eat diets containing a lot of low energy density foods, such as fruits and vegetables, eat more than people who eat diets rich in energy-dense foods (such as chips and other snack foods with high fat contents). Despite eating a greater amount of food, by weight, people eating a low energy density diet consume fewer calories. So, they can indeed eat more and weigh less than people who eat high energy dense diets.
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Weight loss behaviors, Benefits or hazards of certain foods, Public health, Dietary Fat, Food labels, Overweight/obesity, Research on obesity/overweight, Calorie counting, Healthy eating, Serving size
“Eat more, weigh less” sounds like a slogan for the type of weight loss products you find on the back pages of your favorite woman’s magazine. But, a study in the August 2006 issue of Journal of the American Dietetic Association has found that people who eat diets containing a lot of low energy density foods, such as fruits and vegetables, eat more than people who eat diets rich in energy-dense foods (such as chips and other snack foods with high fat contents). Despite eating a greater amount of food, by weight, people eating a low energy density diet consume fewer calories. So, they can indeed eat more and weigh less than people who eat high energy dense diets.
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Weight loss behaviors, Yoga, Fitness, Aging, Portion control, Healthy eating, Serving size, Weight loss
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