Healthy Eating Research Releases Call for Proposals
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RWJF Releases Call For Proposals on Healthy Eating Research
5 DecInput Needed for a Diabetes Management Study
16 Jul
“A research team at the University of Virginia is interested in learning more about how people with Type 2 diabetes take care of their health. Check out the link to their group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/DiabetesManagementStudyCommunity/.
Feel free to pass this link on to others you believe would be interested.”
I understand that you may want to know more about this project, so I’m happy to answer any questions you may have about our research. We also have a lot of information on our group’s page, which you are more than welcome to check out.
CURRENT RESEARCH: African American women have a harder time losing weight
8 JanAfrican American women who follow the same diet as white women and exercise just as much tend to lose less weight because they burn fewer calories, a new study by the International Journal of Obesity suggests.
James DeLany from the University of Pittsburgh and his colleges studied 39 African American women and 66 white women. The participants were all severely obese and were randomly assigned to either a calorie-restricted diet alone or the diet along with exercise guidelines.
The researchers measured women’s daily energy expenditure at the beginning and end of the study. They also tracked their physical activity using wearable monitors.
By the end of the six-month intervention, white women had lost an average of 24 pounds and African American women had lost an average of 16 pounds, according to findings published in the International Journal of Obesity.
But the African American women had increased their physical activity by as much as white women and they followed the prescribed diet just as closely.
DeLany said that according to his findings, African American women would have to eat about 150 fewer calories per day than their white peers – or work out that much more – to lose the same amount of weight.
CURRENT RESEARCH: Vitamin D Deficiency Might Be Overdiagnosed in Blacks, Study Suggests
25 NovRead More at: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_142717.html
UNSCN PHOTO CONTEST: YOUR FOOD, YOUR HEALTH, YOUR FUTURE!
24 SepThe United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition (UNSCN), in collaboration and with financial support from the Public Health and Environment Department of WHO, have launched the photo contest Your FOOD, Your HEALTH, Your FUTURE! The initiative is aimed at young people aged 18 to 25 years affected by changes in their environment and wishing to voice their opinion on the links between climate change, nutrition and health. Deadline to submit photos is 11 of October 2013.
Your FOOD, Your HEALTH, Your FUTURE Photo Contest aims to gather pictures that communicate powerfully about problems and solutions but also encourage action. The three topics to be covered are:
– the impact of climate change on nutrition and/or health;
– the impact of food production, food consumption and food waste on climate change and the environment;
– developing healthier, fairer and more sustainable food systems: addressing food production, food consumption and waste.
They particularly focus on finding pictures that communicate hope, optimism and the possibility of change and that convey a clear message to the scientific, economic and political communities.
An international jury of experts on the issues related to food, health and climate change will judge the images and pick the best pictures.
These pictures will then be used in a 2-minute video which will be shown on 12 November 2013, during theNutrition and Sustainability Seminar organized by the UNSCN in close collaboration with FAO, Bioversity International and the Government of Malawi. Short-listed images will also appear on the UNSCN website and official publications.
You will find more information about the campaign and photo contest under the following links:
– UNSCN website http://tinyurl.com/pzpywzy
– The English Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/633855889980786
– The French Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/434559296658917
For more information, contact the UNSCN Secretariat. scn@who.int
CURRENT RESEARCH: Teen Eating Disorders increase suicide risk
30 JulRead more here: http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/8301/20130722/eating-disorders-linked-suicidal-behavior.htm
CURRENT RESEARCH: Salty snacks, extra pounds send blood pressure soaring in US kids
23 Jul Read more here; http://www.nbcnews.com/health/salty-snacks-extra-pounds-send-blood-pressure-soaring-u-s-6C10639746