Posts Tagged ‘calories’
Thinking before eating pays off
CALTECH (US) — Deciding between broccoli or super-sized fries gives the brain a workout, forcing it to weigh choices based on taste, healthiness, size, and even packaging, all more-or-less instantaneously. Continue…
Thursday, July 28, 2011 15:31 - 0 Comments
Top Stories - Jun 1, 2011 12:22 - 0 Comments
To feel full, think ‘treat’ when you eat
YALE (US) — People who think they’re indulging when they eat have lower levels of ghrelin, the so-called “hunger hormone,” new research shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 3, 2011 12:47 - 0 Comments
Sleep loss burns calories at both ends
U. COLORADO (US) — The metabolic cost of missing one night’s sleep is the equivalent of walking slightly less than two miles. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 1, 2010 11:35 - 1 Comment
Skinny on soda: It makes kids fat
U. ROCHESTER (US) — Empty calories, like those in soda and fruit juice with little to no nutritional value, now make up about 40 percent of the energy consumed by children in the United States. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 9, 2010 8:30 - 0 Comments
Soda pops girls’ chances of a healthy diet
PENN STATE (US)—Young girls who drink soda have less healthy diets through adolescence than their peers that don’t, according to a new study. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 24, 2010 11:38 - 0 Comments
Genes regulate overeating in flies
CALTECH (US)—Biologists have identified two genes that appear to regulate meal sizes and frequency in fruit flies. Both genes have mammalian counterparts that seem to play a similar role in food intake. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 24, 2010 11:03 - 1 Comment
Calorie restriction: longer life, fewer memories?
PRINCETON (US)—Decreasing calorie intake and tweaking the activity of the hormone insulin are two methods long known to increase lifespan in a wide range of organisms. Now, biologists have uncovered evidence that these mechanisms also have an impact on learning and memory. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 11, 2009 9:46 - 3 Comments
Trading in the treadmill for Nintendo
“What I wanted to demonstrate was how many more calories your body can burn by playing Wii as opposed to playing a traditional video game—and it’s quite a lot,” says lead researcher Lorraine Lanningham-Foster.
Health & Medicine - Sep 10, 2009 11:09 - 2 Comments
Midnight snacks pack on pounds
“How or why a person gains weight is very complicated, but it clearly is not just calories in and calories out,” says lead researcher Fred Turek.
