Sentences with phrase «nutrition obesity research»

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«Research has shown, most Australian parents agree that programs promoting healthy diet and lifestyle are the most effective way to tackle obesity, followed by nutrition information on packs and vending machines4.

More research on child nutrition has come down the pipe, and with high obesity rates and cardiovascular illness, we really can not get enough.

With the prevalence of childhood obesity in this country and the abundance of research that corroborates that childhood obesity is a strong risk factor for adult obesity, children's diets and nutrition are under scrutiny.

Find helpful programs and the latest facts, statistics, research, and reports on the topics of physical activity, nutrition, and obesity in the United States.

Heather, who joined FRAC in January 2009, has a rich background in nutrition policy research, obesity prevention, and healthy eating strategies, including her prior work at the American Cancer Society, Mathematica Policy Research, and Tulane Uniresearch, obesity prevention, and healthy eating strategies, including her prior work at the American Cancer Society, Mathematica Policy Research, and Tulane UniResearch, and Tulane University.

In this special theme issue of the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, food and nutrition practitioners and other health professionals take an in - depth look at the relationship between nutrition, obesity, and cancer prevention, treatment, and survival and identify research gaps for future prevention research efforts.

Working with Savage were Julie Peterson, instructor, food science and nutrition, University of Minnesota, St. Paul; Michele Marini, statistician, Center for Childhood Obesity Research, Penn State; Leann Birch, Distinguished Professor of Human Development and professor of nutritional sciences, and director of the Center for Childhood Obesity Research, Penn State; and Peter Bordi Jr., director, Center for Food Innovation, and associate professor of hospitality management, Penn State.

She is responsible for managing a grant portfolio of research projects related to human nutrition and adult obesity prevention clinical trials.

Kavanagh conducts translational research in comparative and molecular medicine, specializing in aging, diabetes, obesity, nonalcoholic fatty liver diseases (NASH) and nutrition.

Kirwan leads an internationally acclaimed biomedical research program focused on diabetes, obesity, nutrition and exercise.

After 10 years with the Mid-Atlantic NORC and the cultivation of a broad range of experience in nutrition and obesity research under the leadership of Alan Shuldiner, M.D., Sara is delighted to rejoin her colleagues at Researcresearch under the leadership of Alan Shuldiner, M.D., Sara is delighted to rejoin her colleagues at ResearchResearch Diets.

Ms. Haelle is a full - time freelance science journalist and photojournalist who specializes in vaccines, pediatric and maternal health, parenting, nutrition / obesity, mental health, medical research, environmental health, marine science, and the social sciences.

Research Interests: lipid metabolism; lipoprotein metabolism; atherosclerosis; obesity; diabetes; reverse cholesterol transport; triacylglycerol; nutrition

«In terms of obesity, we found no support for the notion that low - fat dairy is healthier,» says Dr. Mario Kratz, first author of the review and a nutrition scientist at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle.

Currently completing her doctoral studies at Western University in Health and Rehabilitation Science, Gillian's research examines health promotion, specifically physical activity, childhood obesity, nutrition, and diabetes.

He taught me a lot about evolutionary medicine and nutrition in general, opened many doors and introduced me (directly and indirectly) to various players in this field, such as Dr. Boyd Eaton (one of the fathers of evolutionary nutrition), Maelán Fontes from Spain (a current research colleague and close friend), Alejandro Lucia (a Professor and a top researcher in exercise physiology from Spain, with whom I am collaborating), Ben Balzer from Australia (a physician and one of the best minds in evolutionary medicine), Robb Wolf from the US (a biochemist and the best «biohackers I know»), Óscar Picazo and Fernando Mata from Spain (close friends who are working with me at NutriScience), David Furman from Argentina (a top immunologist and expert in chronic inflammation working at Stanford University, with whom I am collaborating), Stephan Guyenet from the US (one of my main references in the obesity field), Lynda Frassetto and Anthony Sebastian (both nephrologists at the University of California San Francisco and experts in acid - base balance), Michael Crawford from the UK (a world renowned expert in DHA and Director of the Institute of Brain Chemistry and Human Nutrition, at the Imperial College London), Marcelo Rogero (a great researcher and Professor of Nutrigenomics at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil), Sérgio Veloso (a cell biologist from Portugal currently working with me, who has one of the best health blogs I know), Filomena Trindade (a Portuguese physician based in the US who is an expert in functional medicine), Remko Kuipers and Martine Luxwolda (both physicians from the Netherlands, who conducted field research on traditional populations in Tanzania), Gabriel de Carvalho (a pharmacist and renowned nutritionist from Brazil), Alex Vasquez (a physician from the US, who is an expert in functional medicine and Rheumatology), Bodo Melnik (a Professor of Dermatology and expert in Molecular Biology from Germany, with whom I have published papers on milk and mTOR signaling), Johan Frostegård from Sweden (a rheumatologist and Professor at Karolinska Institutet, who has been a pioneer on establishing the role of the immune system in cardiovascular disease), Frits Muskiet (a biochemist and Professor of Pathophysiology from the Netherlands, who, thanks to his incredible encyclopedic knowledge and open - mind, continuously teaches me more than I could imagine and who I consider a mentor), and the Swedish researchers Staffan Lindeberg, Tommy Jönsson and Yvonne Granfeldt, who became close friends and mentors.

-- Vera Tarman, MD, medical director of Renascent «Dr. Nicole Avena is a renowned expert in the fields of neuroscience, nutrition, and obesity research.

In the past several years, nutrition and obesity research - in studying ALL types of diets - has continued to conclude that almost any hypocaloric diet that is not completely moronic can work, at least in the short term.

I have looked at Quackwatch and it is quite apparent to me that Stephen Barrett's knowledge base would be in tune with medical and nutrition consensus from 50 years ago.In other words, woefully outdated.To give one example, Dr Robert Lustig's research linking fructose consumption to obesity has been universally accepted by the medical profession and nutritionists.It is quite evident he had not eve heard of such research.

Low - carb diets are as effective as other diets (though no more so in the long run) at helping people lose weight, which can mitigate many of the health problems associated with obesity, such as diabetes and even low energy, says Julie Miller Jones, PhD, a professor emerita of nutrition at St. Catherine University in Minneapolis, who researches grains.

The Committee for a Healthy Nation is a project of The Nutrition & Metabolism Society, a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit health organization providing research, information and education in the application of fundamental science to nutrition, particularly dedicated to the problems of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

NuSI's mission is reduce the individual, social, and economic costs of obesity, diabetes, and their related diseases by improving the quality of science in nutrition and obesity research

You can hear more from award - winning health journalist and author Gary Taubes about sugar and the quality of science in nutrition and obesity research in this Bulletproof Radio

You can hear more from award - winning health journalist and author Gary Taubes about sugar and the quality of science in nutrition and obesity research in this Bulletproof Radio podcast.

Delegates attending the BNF conference heard from a panel of eminent scientific experts including Professor Ashley Adamson from University of Newcastle, Dr Graham Moore from University of Cardiff, Professor John Reilly of University of Strathclyde, and Professor Jeanne Goldberg from Tufts University in Massachusetts, USA, about the role and impact of a whole school approach to nutrition; the association between breakfast consumption and education outcomes in primary schools, with particular reference to deprivation; the impact of obesity, and of physical activity, on academic attainment; and research which points to the most effective methods of communicating about nutrition with school children.

One area of ongoing research in feline nutrition and obesity concerns adipokines, molecules that can become dysregulated in obese animals and may have direct causal links to many of the associated abnormalities, Dr. Hickman says.

In addition to kidney disease, obesity remains a common topic of discussion and an area of much research in feline nutrition.

Obesity Panacea began as a way to educate people about the science (or lack thereof) behind popular weight loss products, and has grown to include discussions of the latest news and research regarding obesity, nutrition and physical acObesity Panacea began as a way to educate people about the science (or lack thereof) behind popular weight loss products, and has grown to include discussions of the latest news and research regarding obesity, nutrition and physical acobesity, nutrition and physical activity.

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Dr. Quigg's pediatric research experience includes: pediatric growth and development, failure - to - thrive, feeding, development, caregiver stress and mental health, public policy, obesity, nutrition, and poverty.

She has worked in the areas of child obesity prevention, health promotion, seniors» mental health, alcohol warning statement labelling, alcohol use in teenagers, nutrition literacy, Indigenous health behaviour, workplace health promotion and evaluation, health policy development, and qualitative research methodologies.