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N.J. bill would regulate requirements for dietitians, nutritionists | Restrictive diet may increase risk of gallstones, study says | Community-based programs can help fight childhood obesity

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Food diaries are one of the best diet tools, expert says
Dieters do not like to keep food diaries because they can "feel like homework," but it remains one of the most effective dieting tools, says professor J. Graham Thomas of Brown Alpert Medical School, who helps oversee the National Weight Control Registry. Online food journals such as Lose It! or My Fitness Pal can make chronicling food choices easier, Rene Lynch writes. Los Angeles Times (tiered subscription model) (6/8)

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Dietary Health

N.J. bill would regulate requirements for dietitians, nutritionists
A New Jersey bill would require dietitians and nutritionists to meet specific criteria, such as having a college degree and completing an internship. The New Jersey Dietetic Association supports the bill as a way to protect people from misleading claims, while certified nutritional specialists say it would exclude them from practicing and they want state recognition of their educational standards and exams as alternative criteria. NJSpotlight.com (New Jersey) (6/10)

Science & Research

Restrictive diet may increase risk of gallstones, study says
More people on a very restrictive crash diet developed gallstones than did those on a low-calorie eating plan, according to a study from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden published in the International Journal of Obesity. Researchers could not determine the reason for the difference. Reuters (6/7)

Community-based programs can help fight childhood obesity
U.S. researchers reviewed nine studies on community-based childhood-obesity programs and found that those that focused on children's diet and physical activity as well as those paired with schools were more effective than others. They noted that programs with more participants, longer follow-up time and those that involved middle-school-aged children or younger yielded better outcomes. The findings appear in the journal Pediatrics. DailyRx.com (6/9)

Review ties higher vitamin D to lower type 2 diabetes risk
A meta-analysis in Diabetes Care showed that higher levels of vitamin D in the blood was associated with a reduced risk of type 2 diabetes. Researchers said the odds of developing the disease fell by 4% for every 10 nmol/L increase in blood levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D. PhysiciansBriefing.com/HealthDay News (6/7)

Wellness policies in care centers may boost child nutrition, activity
Child-care centers in Georgia that implemented a wellness policy and trained caregivers on practices that would boost child nutrition and physical activity reported substantial improvements in total nutrition and physical-activity scores, a study in the journal Preventing Chronic Disease showed. DoctorsLounge.com/HealthDay News (6/7)

Fitness

Study links adolescent fitness to vascular health
An atherosclerosis prevention study from Finland said being fit may benefit adolescent vascular health, pointing to data on aortic intima-media thickness and elasticity. The study was published on the website of the journal Pediatrics. MedPage Today (free registration) (6/10)