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Sleep deprivation linked to poor dietary choices among teens | Multiple types of fiber can create confusion, dietitian says | RD: Tuna can be part of healthy diet despite mercury concerns

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June 26, 2013

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Sleep deprivation linked to poor dietary choices among teens
Teens who got fewer than seven hours of sleep every night were less likely than well-rested peers to consume healthy food and were more likely to eat fast food, U.S. researchers reported in the journal JAMA Pediatrics. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that teens sleep at least eight hours each night, but 18% of 13,284 participants in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health were sleep-deprived, sleeping for fewer than seven hours. MedicalDaily.com (6/23)

Dietary Health

Multiple types of fiber can create confusion, dietitian says
People get confused about fiber because there are many types that have different physical properties and functions, registered dietitian Tamara Duker Freuman writes. Some fibers speed digestion and others slow it down, but the most important distinction to make is between soluble and insoluble fiber, she writes. U.S. News & World Report/Eat + Run blog (6/25)

RD: Tuna can be part of healthy diet despite mercury concerns
Tuna contains important nutrients and protein, and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and the FDA advise limiting portions rather than eliminating it from the diet over concerns about mercury, registered dietitian Mary-Jo Sawyer writes. She notes that light tuna contains less mercury than do albacore or yellowfin tuna, and recommends using water-packed tuna, which is low in fat and high in omega-3 fatty acids. Richmond Times-Dispatch (Va.) (6/26)

Science & Research

Higher risk of hypoglycemia admission seen in blacks, older patients
Data presented at the American Diabetes Association meeting showed that hypoglycemia rates were twice as high in diabetes patients 85 and older than in patients ages 65 to 74, while black patients had a fourfold increased risk of hypoglycemia-related admission compared with whites. Healio/Endocrine Today (6/25)

Carb counting leads to small A1C improvements, review finds
Type 1 diabetes patients who followed a variety of carbohydrate-counting methods attained an overall A1C improvement of only 0.3 percentage points compared with other dietary interventions, according to an analysis presented at the American Diabetes Association meeting. InternalMedicineNews.com (free registration) (6/24)

Study links high sodium intake to bone fracture risk in older women
Postmenopausal women who consumed an average of 7,561 milligrams of sodium a day were about four times more likely to develop a bone fracture than those with lower sodium intake, according to a study of 213 women in Japan. The findings were presented at the annual meeting of The Endocrine Society. DailyRx.com (6/24)

Fitness

Most youths don't meet exercise, healthy eating recommendations
NIH data on about 10,000 11- to 16-year-olds across 39 states revealed that just 50% met the recommended daily amount of physical activity and less than 1 in 3 ate the recommended daily amounts of fruits and vegetables. Youths with healthy diet and exercise patterns had the highest rates of life satisfaction, and were least likely to suffer depressive symptoms and spend time in front of a screen compared with those in the unhealthful and typical groups. The findings appear in the Journal of Adolescent Health. U.S. News & World Report/HealthDay News (6/25), MedicalDaily.com (6/25)