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FOOD 2010.MARCH

Influences on child fruit and vegetable intake

Recipes

A novel school-based intervention to improve nutrition knowledge in children

Lunchbox menus for 5-8 year olds

Eating vegetables first: the use of portion size to increase vegetable intake in preschool children

Trends in snacking among U.S. children

Fruit intake in Norwegian schoolchildren

Pattern of intake of food additives associated with hyperactivity in Irish children and teenagers

Fish oil and mental health

A family-based intervention to increase fruit and vegetable consumption in adolescents

What makes a meal tasty?

Eat yourself gorgeous

Young healthy individuals develop lack of energy when adopting an obesity provoking behaviour for 4 weeks

Dietary habits and overweight/obesity in adolescents in Xi'an City, China

Exposure to food temptations can lead to avoiding food stimuli

Food price and diet and health outcomes: 20 Years of the CARDIA Study

 

FOOD 2010.FEB.

Healthier primary school lunches

Effects of switching from whole to low-fat/fat-free milk in New York city public schools

Grants towards half the cost of a set of high quality cooking equipment for primary schools

Peanut allergy therapy tested

Should avoidance of foods be strict in prevention and treatment of food allergy?

A Tale of Two ObesCities - report comparing responses to childhood obesity in London and New York City (1Mb pdf)

Preventing obesity and being overweight in children by focusing health promotion activities towards grandparents providing childcare

How to promote fruit consumption in children: visual appeal versus restriction

Healthier options for U.S public schoolchildren program improves weight and blood pressure in 6- to 13-year-olds

Size zero is bad news for bones

Prevalence and risk factors for obesity in Balearic Islands adolescents

New eating device retrains dietary habits and helps children lose weight

Differences in school environment, school policy and actions regarding overweight prevention between Dutch schools

'It’s disgusting how much salt you eat!’

Perceived body weight and body mass index among university students in seven European countries

Effects of worksite health promotion interventions on employee diets

Dietary behaviours during pregnancy: findings from first-time mothers in southwest Sydney

 

FOOD 2010.JAN.

Packed lunches - Always a need to produce practical educational material on how to prepare a nutritionally balanced packed lunch

"...any rise in the price for school meals is likely to see a fall in the number of pupils buying them."

Links between eating behavior and maternal feeding practices with childhood and maternal weight status

Offering choice and its effect on Dutch children's liking and consumption of vegetables

Rickets and the range of risk factors for vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency

Milk: semi-skimmed milk and lower fat milk

Healthy School Lunches - resources from the U.S.

Book - "Living vegetarian for dummies"

Pattern of intake of food additives associated with hyperactivity in Irish children and teenagers

Assessing the prevalence of underweight, and overweight/obesity among Palestinian school adolescents

Economic and other barriers to adopting recommendations to prevent childhood obesity: results of a focus group study with parents

The tracking of dietary intakes of children and adolescents in Sweden over six years

Is adolescent obesity associated with U.S. college degree attainment?

Insufficient evidence to support separate BMI definitions for obesity in children and adolescents from south Asian ethnic groups in the UK

New eating device retrains dietary habits and helps children lose weight

Food consumption patterns of Nigerian adolescents and effect on body weight

Childhood anxiety associated with low BMI in women with Anorexia Nervosa

 

FOOD 2009.DEC.

Are children who drink full-fat milk less likely to become overweight?

Family mealtimes

A healthy nutrition programme with child ‘Cub Scouts’ in Italy

Associations between food consumption patterns and sleeping habits among 10–11-year-old children in Finland

Grandmothers’ involvement in preschool-aged children’s consumption of fruits and vegetables

The impact of removing snacks of low nutritional value from U.S. middle schools

Book - Children, Food and Identity in Everyday Life

Eating disturbances among adolescent schoolgirls In Jordan

School Food Trust Research Activities

The impact of nutrition standards on competitive food offerings and purchasing behaviors of U.S. high school students

Uncovering hidden eating disorders using the SCOFF questionnaire: cross-sectional survey of Finnish adolescents and comparison with nurse assessments

Chocolate may still be enjoyed as part of a balanced diet

Using your body sense to control holiday eating

Weight control strategies of overweight adolescents who successfully lost weight

Energy drinks for children and adolescents

Influence of environmental factors on food intake and choice of beverage during meals in teenagers: a laboratory study

Students can eat snacks to help their memory during finals

Dietary habits and physical activity in Greek youth

 

FOOD 2009.NOV.

Survey of daily caffeine intakes from Korean children's beverage consumption and the effectiveness of nutrition education

Weight, dietary patterns and exercise habits in first-year Spanish primary school children

From policy to plate: Barriers to implementing healthy eating policies in primary schools in Wales

Exploring pre-operational and concrete operational children’s thinking on nutrition

Impact of milk consumption on performance and health of primary school children in rural Vietnam

Snacking patterns according to location among Northern Ireland children

" 'Healthy' snacks loaded with sugar or salt "
...and the...Which report

Gender differences in food preferences of school-aged children and adolescents.

The impact of nutrition standards on competitive food offerings and purchasing behaviors of U.S. high school students

Dosing up on food and physical activity: New Zealand children’s ideas about ‘health’

Allergic status of schoolchildren with food allergy to eggs, milk or wheat in infancy

The chemistry of self-heating food products: An activity for classroom engagement

‘Eating beans ... that is a "no-no" for our times’: Young Cypriots’ consumer meanings of ‘healthy’ and ‘fast’ food

Food habits of Kuwait university nutrition students: pilot study

Eating behaviour and body image in a sample of adolescents from Sevilla

Cholesterol levels in later life amongst UK Channel Islanders exposed to the 1940-45 German occupation as children, adolescents and young adults

The role of adolescent behaviors in the female-male disparity in obesity incidence in U.S. black and white young adults

Obesity - progress in clinical care and education? - seminar

 

FOOD 2009.OCT.

Adherence to food-based dietary guidelines and evaluation of nutrient intake in 7-year-old Icelandic children.

Breakfast eating habits

Risk factors of simple obesity in primary and middle school students in Xuzhou city

FSA Mission: Possible!, a pilot scheme aimed at teaching food hygiene messages to children aged 8 to 10 (key stage 2).

Free school meals in Newham sees take-up exceed 75%

The Mediterranean diet may help to prevent depression

Adolescents' perceptions of healthy eating and communication about healthy eating

Diet,exercise and weight control behaviors among adolescents in Xicheng district, Beijing

Teenagers' attitudes to diet and weight are shaped by their social class

Participation in the U.S. national school lunch program

Eating sweets as a child has been linked to violence as an adult

The Dutch Obesity Intervention in Teenagers (DOiT)

"The decline of domestic cookery skills is a significant factor in the trend to buy processed materials and ready-prepared meals."

The prevalence of food hypersensitivity in young adults.

"Overeating is not about the food": Women describe their experience of a yoga treatment program for binge eating

The health and nutrition of young indigenous women in north Queensland - intergenerational implications of poor food quality, obesity, diabetes, tobacco smoking and alcohol use.

Computer-tailored dietary behaviour change interventions: a systematic review

Health behavior interests of adolescents with unhealthy diet and exercise: implications for weight management

Food prices and fruit and vegetable consumption among young American adults.

 

FOOD 2009.SEPT.

Free school meal trial begins for primary school children

Mothers' views on portion sizes for children

Assessment of fruit and vegetable preferences in a group of school children in grades 1 and 5

Young children's dietary habits and associations with the mothers’ nutritional knowledge and attitudes

Relationship between parental feeding styles and eating behaviours of Dutch children aged 6–7

Changes in food and nutrient intake of 6- to 17-year-old Germans between the 1980s and 2006.

Maternal influences on fruit and vegetable consumption of schoolchildren: case study in Hong Kong

The Switch® program - helps children live healthier lives and could be a new tool in the fight against childhood obesity

Young people : attitudes to food choices and weight control

Love food hate waste

Association between the food retail environment surrounding schools and overweight in Canadian youth

Organic food compared with conventionally produced food

Breakfast cereals and salt content

Schoolday breakfast of Peperami and chocolate bars

Heart attack survivors benefit from chocolate consumption

Food prices and fruit and vegetable consumption among young American adults.

Contribution of honey in nutrition and human health: a review

Recipes4us - September

Cool and independent or foolish and undisciplined? Adolescents’ prototypes of (un)healthy eaters and their association with eating behaviour

The effect of including a conventional snack (cereal bar) and a nonconventional snack (almonds) on hunger, eating frequency, dietary intake and body weight

Safer food, better business teaching resources for colleges

Adolescent-parent interactions and attitudes around screen time and sugary drink consumption: a qualitative study

 

FOOD 2009.AUG.

Food allergies

Frozen foods - Use and nutritional acceptability in primary school lunch provision

Organic food compared with conventionally produced food

Is popcorn good for you?

A guide to introducing the Government's food-based and nutrient-based standards for school lunches

"No significant difference between 'fresh' and frozen food"

Perceived parental food controlling practices are related to obesogenic or leptogenic (promoting leanness) child life style behaviors

British Food Fortnight

Overweight children are more easily led by food advertising and branding

Breakfast consumption in adolescence and young adulthood: Parental presence, community context, and obesity

TV Food advertising increases snacking and potential weight gain in children and adults

'Appetite for Life' in Wales
...and...'Appetite for Life'

Almost half of Wigan's secondary school children are taking up school meals

Somerset school menus on Twitter
...and...Somerset school menus

The British Egg Information Service website

Poor knowledge of fruit and veg

The impact of lifestyles and food knowledge on the food patterns of German children

Mother employment status and nutritional patterns in Japanese junior high schoolchildren

Eating styles and energy intake in young women

Do burdens of underweight and overweight coexist among lower socioeconomic groups in India?

Poor knowledge of fruit and veg

The presence of friends increases food intake in youths

Dietary fish and meat intake and dementia in Latin America, China, and India

 

FOOD 2009.JULY

School lunch and learning behaviour in primary schools: an intervention study

Diets high in calcium and dairy products in childhood may lower mortality

School lunch and learning behaviour in primary schools: baseline dietary data

'Wren's Nest' transforming school meal service

Food for Thought Merseyside and the difference in children's behaviour
The Times ... and... Nerve

The effect of the consumption of water on the memory and attention of children.

Fruit Juice 'Facts'

Supermarket salads' nutrition

Take up of school lunches in England 2008-2009

Family structure, nonresident father involvement, and adolescent eating patterns

Meal patterns and food consumption of adolescents in Palestine

St Aidan’s High, Harrowgate, is the winner of the Best School Dinners Awards 2009

Sexual orientation disparities in purging and binge eating from early to late adolescence

School lunch and learning behaviour in secondary schools

Clearer guidance on food labelling

Do vegetarians have to eat fish for optimal cardiovascular protection?

Food and diet: Differences between students and nonstudents

Longer life for milk drinkers

Cooking with sound

 

 

FOOD 2009.JUNE

Should dairy be recommended as part of a healthy vegetarian diet? - Yes
...and...
Should dairy be recommended as part of a healthy vegetarian diet? - No

'Simple cooking - cold food that tastes great' - free cookbook

Kent children invited to create fruit and veg masterpiece

FOOD 2009.MAY

School breakfast programme (but not school lunch programme) participation is associated with lower body mass index

U.S. schools and obesity prevention: creating school environments and policies to promote healthy eating and physical activity

Lettuce gets a healthy suntan

The popular belief that healthy eating starts at home and that parents’ dietary choices help children establish their nutritional beliefs and behaviors may need rethinking

Effects of providing a nutrition education program for teenagers: Dietary and physical activity patterns

Does school environment affect 11-year-olds' fruit and vegetable intake in Denmark?

Communicating healthy eating to adolescents

Changes in BMI and blood pressure after a school based intervention

'Morning oriented' pupils exhibit a healthier and more regular lifestyle

Schools are a suitable setting for the promotion of healthy lifestyles although more work, particularly focussed on dietary change, is needed

Snack service model for a comprehensive school

The development and evaluation of a computer game (RightWay Café) as a special medium to promote a healthy diet for young adults

Disordered Eating Behaviors: What About Boys?

Longitudinal and cross-sectional influences on youth fruit and vegetable consumption

Spanish young people are abandoning the adherence to the Mediterranean Diet

Changes in dietary habits following temporal migration. The case of international students in Belgium

 

FOOD 2009.APR.

Fast food and soft drinks may be making children fatter but they also make them happy

The Children's Food Festival 2009

Teaching tools - Resources developed to help teachers enable young people to learn how to choose, cook and eat safe healthy food

"There is a large literature now that correlates, but does not prove that a culprit in the rise of teenage obesity may be fructose."

Children who skip breakfast are more likely to be overweight

Teenage boys who eat fish at least once a week achieve higher intelligence scores

In-school snacking, breakfast consumption, and sleeping patterns of normal and overweight Iranian High School girls

Young adult vegetarians may eat a healthier diet but there is some evidence that they may be at increased risk for disordered eating behaviors

Weight-loss campaigns that promote exercise may actually cause people to eat more

Calls for national college dedicated to Indian cookery

The presence of healthy food can lead to unhealthy choices

A study showed that, although vegans had lower dietary calcium and protein intakes than omnivores, veganism did not have adverse effect on bone mineral density and did not alter body composition

“The End of Overeating" - retrain your brain

 

FOOD 2009.MARCH

Children in poor families are entitled to free school meals — but do they get them? Figures from The Guardian suggest they don't.

Active kids get cooking

Pushing child to 'clean his plate' can backfire, study warns

Annabel Karmel website for food and nutrition for children 4-10 yrs old

Food for Life Partnership in your region

British Nutrition Foundation Education News

The U.S. school food environment, children's diets, and obesity

Our culture of wasting food will one day leave us hungry

Eating for Health, Mental Performance and Wellbeing Conference

The affordability of healthy eating in Australia remained relatively constant from 2000 to 2007

The risk of stroke increases with the number of fast-food restaurants in a neighbourhood

Characteristics and dietary patterns of adolescents who value eating locally grown, organic, nongenetically engineered, and nonprocessed food

 

     
The above links concern young people's (5-16+ year old's) health and behaviour chosen, over the last 12 months, from our databanks and the Internet .
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