Diet and Weight Loss Programs

• Speaking of Salad
(December 10th, 2007)
Tagged In: elementary schools, fruits and vegetables, lunch salad, vegetable consumption, weight loss, weight management

Speaking of Salad

UCLA study
A new UCLA study has found that elementary schools can significantly increase the frequency of fruit and vegetable consumption among low-income students by providing a lunch salad bar.
Fruits and vegetables help with weight management and can also be beneficial in reducing the risk of certain cancers, heart disease, stroke and Type […]

• Gum Chewing
(October 23rd, 2007)
Tagged In: appetite control, caloric intake, calories, chewing gum, Newsbites, obesity, shock and awe, weight management

Gum Chewing
The Annual Scientific Meeting of the Obesity Society did a study and found that chewing gum before snacking helps reduce hunger.
Aside from the fact that I look like a cow chewing it’s cud when I chew gum, so I don’t touch the stuff, but I used to chew gum. And it never, and I […]