Research Paper Title School based education programme to reduce salt intake in children and their families (School-EduSalt): cluster randomised controlled trial. Objective To determine whether an education programme targeted at schoolchildren could lower salt intake in children and their families. Design Cluster randomised controlled trial, with schools randomly assigned to either the intervention or control… Read More
Making any improvements, however small, to physical activity or dietary habits is likely to help individuals stay at a healthy weight or prevent further weight gain, guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence have said. The new guidelines described the many things that people can do to maintain a healthy weight that… Read More
Vegetarian diets are associated with an overall lower incidence of colorectal cancers, a large prospective cohort trial of Seventh Day Adventist men and women has found (Orlich et al., 2015). The US study, published online by JAMA Internal Medicine, included 77,659 men and women who were assessed by a food frequency questionnaire and categorised into… Read More
Free sugar should make up less than 5% of a person’s total energy consumption, new guidance from the World Health Organization states (WHO, 2015). In the new guidance WHO is backing a 2002 recommendation that monosaccharides and disaccharides – that is, sugar added to food or found in honey, fruit syrups, fruit juice, and fruit… Read More
Research Paper Title New School Meal Regulations Increase Fruit Consumption and Do Not Increase Total Plate Waste. Background The 2010 Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act required the USDA to update the nutrition standards of the National School Lunch Programme. New policies were implemented in the 2012–2013 school year. These changes were followed by anecdotal reports of increased food… Read More
Not necessarily. For years, this advice has been given to parents to avoid triggering a nut allergy – but it may be out-dated. Children regularly given foods containing peanuts before age five were 17 times less likely to develop a peanut allergy than children whose parents avoided giving them peanuts. Research Paper Title Randomized Trial… Read More
A new campaign called Gulp (Give Up Loving Pop) takes to the road in half term week to tell the truth about the harmful effects of sugary drinks. There is a chronic lack of awareness among adults and young people about the effect of sugary drinks on weight and and a range of associated health… Read More
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