E-Mail
Obesity rates have increased dramatically in developed countries over the past 40 years and many people have assumed that food marketing is at least in part to blame. But are people with obesity really more susceptible to food marketing? And if they are, is that a permanent predisposition, or can it change over time?
According to a new study by UBC Sauder School of Business Assistant Professor Dr. Yann Cornil (he/him/his) and French researchers, people with obesity do tend to be more responsive to food marketing but when their weight drops significantly, so does their responsiveness to marketing.
E-Mail
IMAGE: Exercise expert Zhen Yan, PhD, of the University of Virginia School of Medicine, stands in a door decorated with numbers from races his lab members have participated in. view more
Credit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications
Exercise during pregnancy may let mothers significantly reduce their children s chances of developing diabetes and other metabolic diseases later in life, new research suggests.
A study in lab mice has found that maternal exercise during pregnancy prevented the transmission of metabolic diseases from an obese parent - either mother or father - to child. If the finding holds true in humans, it will have huge implications for helping pregnant women ensure their children live the healthiest lives possible, the researchers report in a new scientific paper.
New research indicates that COVID-19 lockdowns could be linked to an increase in symptoms associated with eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia.
The longitudinal study by Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) researchers, published in the journal
Credit: Flinders University
Dietary and infant feeding guidelines should be strengthened to include more practical advice on the best ways to support children to learn to like and eat vegetables, say nutrition and dietetics researchers from the Flinders University Caring Futures Institute.
With the Australian Health Survey showing only 6% of children aged 2-17 years are eating the recommended amount of veggies, experts say more tailored practical advice is needed on how to offer vegetables to young children through repeated exposure and daily variety in order to increase their intake.
A recent paper co-authored by researchers from Caring Futures Institute and CSIRO, Australia s national science agency, published in the