Sentences with phrase «obesity prevention at»

The findings show that «from a metabolic perspective, all calories are not alike,» said Ludwig, who researches obesity prevention at Children's Hospital Boston.

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Interventions in urban - fringe and rural stores targeting the shelf space of healthy foods and the placement of soft drinks at key displays may be useful obesity prevention initiatives.

Help kids fit in at least 60 minutes of fitness every day (for weight loss, maintenance, obesity prevention, and general health).

Here at Parenting Squad, we have been on board with childhood obesity prevention tips and research information for families.

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 University.

«Maybe we shouldn't be touting breastfeeding as an obesity prevention method, but it's still important,» said Alison Ventura, a nutrition scientist at Drexel University in Philadelphia.

The UCLA / RAND Center for Adolescent Health Promotion, a CDC - funded prevention research program, has been test - driving a way to get children drinking more water at mealtime to help combat America's obesity epidemic.

«This means that interventions and programs aiming at prevention of overweight and obesity may need to be broadened to also include these groups that are normally regarded as being at low risk for weight gain,» says Kristina Lindvall.

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.

The report Adoption of obesity prevention policies and practices by Australian primary schools: 2006 to 2013, published in 2015, looked at the extent to which schools have adopted obesity prevention policies and practices.

Think tank 2020health's latest report on obesity, which looks at prevention measures around the world, has shown that school - based measures must be complimented by other local policies to be most effective.

Their lifelong food preferences are established at a very young age; therefore, feeding for prevention of adult conditions such as obesity starts in kittenhood!

Previously he worked in the WHO Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention and CO-OPS (the collaboration for community - based obesity prevention initiatives) at Deakin University where he designed and delivered professional development natiObesity Prevention and CO-OPS (the collaboration for community - based obesity prevention initiatives) at Deakin University where he designed and delivered professional development natiobesity prevention initiatives) at Deakin University where he designed and delivered professional development nationally.

And he asked the sector for help in addressing obesity — bringing to mind comments from former Labor Health Minister Nicola Roxon in 2013 on her frustration at the lack of a «clear message» from health advocates on obesity prevention, versus the strong messages on tobacco.

Nutrition Research Newsletter (2003) reported on a study done by the Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences at the University of Vermont (Berino, 2003), in which Active Parenting was used as part of an obesity prevention program with Native American children in a home visitation intervention with their parents.

Healthy Homes / Healthy Kids: A randomized trial of a pediatric primary case - based obesity prevention intervention for at - risk 5 - 10 year olds