Study: NYC restaurant calorie postings don’t change eating habits in low-income neighborhoods

September 17th, 2009 First lady speaks and shops at farmers marketWASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama bought cheese, fingerling potatoes, eggs, black kale and other items Thursday at the launch of a new farmers market blocks from the White House. Before shopping, Mrs.

July 20th, 2009 NEW YORK - Eating and/or drinking while driving has been blamed for 80 percent of car accidents in the US, according to a new study. The study conducted by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has shown that about 80pct of the car accidents, and 65pct of near misses, were caused by drivers more focused on their burgers than the road.

July 15th, 2009 Looking for love? Australian study has some ideasADELAIDE, Australia — If you're looking for happily ever after, Australian researchers have a suggestion: Find a partner who shares your smoking habits. Researchers at Australian National University studied 2,482 married or cohabiting heterosexual couples over a seven-year period to pinpoint what the relationships that were still going strong had over ones that fizzled.

May 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - The higher one's education level, the greater the preference for low-calorie diets which are rich in nutrients, but cost more. University of Washington (UW) researchers compared eating habits and food costs of a sample of 164 adults in the Washington area.

April 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Having eggs for breakfast can help adults manage hunger as well as cut calorie consumption throughout the day, according to new research. A study led by Maria Luz Fernandez, professor in nutritional sciences at the University of Connecticut, probed differences in post-meal hunger and daily caloric intake when eating a breakfast of either protein-rich eggs or carbohydrate-rich bagels.

April 20th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A sugar-free chewing gum can potentially control appetite, cut calorie intake and reduce cravings for sweets, according to new research. In a study conducted by the Pennington Biomedical Research Centre (PBRS) and Louisiana State University (LSU), chewing gum helped participants suppress hunger and their craving for sweets between lunch and an afternoon snack.

April 20th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Drinking at least one glass of low sodium vegetable juice daily can help the obese shed weight. The maximum benefit will be to the obese with metabolic syndrome, which is defined by a number of risk factors including excess body fat in the midsection, high blood pressure (BP), high blood sugar and abnormal blood lipids.

April 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Fast food and soft drinks may be fattening children but they are also making them merrier, a new study has found. One way of tackling childhood obesity effectively is to reduce their consumption of unhealthy food and drink, and keeping them happy in other ways, according to Hung-Hao Chang from National Taiwan University and Rodolfo Nayga, University of Arkansas.

April 9th, 2009 NEW YORK - Overzealous photoshopping now has another celebrity enlisted as its victims-Halle Berry. The Oscar-winning actress' picture on the cover of Harper's Bazaar's May issue appears suspiciously airbrushed.

April 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Providing calorie and nutrition information on the menu can influence consumers' food choices and prompt them to eat sensibly, a new report says. More and more Americans eating out demand nutritional labelling of restaurant food as the country faces an epidemic of obesity.

February 26th, 2009 SYDNEY - Food prices may have skyrocketed worldwide since 2000, but eating healthy is still affordable for the average family, according to new research. The survey found rising food costs have been matched by increasing average incomes and welfare payments, making the affordability of healthy food about the same as it was in 2000.

January 29th, 2009 WASHINGTON - High-school kids glued to TV sets most of the time are likely to develop bad eating habits five years later, according to a study. Daheia Barr-Anderson worked with University of Minnesota researchers to investigate the link between TV and diet.

January 20th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A low-carbohydrate diet burns more excess liver fat than a low-calorie diet, according to a clinical study. These findings could open the way for treating obesity and related conditions like diabetes, insulin resistance and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), said Jeffrey Browning, assistant professor at the University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Advanced Imaging Research Centre.

January 6th, 2009 WASHINGTON - As adolescents grow into young adults, time constraints imposed by school or work can begin to affect their eating habits in an unhealthy way. In a study, researchers observed that while young adults enjoy and value time spent eating with others, 35 percent of males and 42 percent of females admitted lacking time to sit down and eat a meal.

January 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Does eating less help fend off weight gain in middle age? Yes, says a new study. The study found that women had more than twice the risk of substantial weight gain if they did not become more restrained in their eating.