The EDGE: Self-help program may help fight childhood obesity

Study finds poor health behaviors among U.S. teens | RD: Realistic meal planning can help with healthy eating | NYC subway ads urge people to cut back on salt

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RD: Realistic meal planning can help with healthy eating
Many shoppers buy more food than they need for a week, so registered dietitians say one way to save money and eat healthy is to have a meal plan and stick to it, but not to over-plan and buy too many perishable items that will not be used. RDs say buying in bulk and freezing produce, along with buying generic products, can save money. U.S. News & World Report/Eat + Run blog (3/29)

NYC subway ads urge people to cut back on salt
New York City's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has posted ads in subways urging people to read food-nutrition labels for salt content and choose products that contain less sodium. The ads caution that excess salt can increase the risk of heart attack and stroke. WCBS-TV (New York)/The Associated Press (4/1)

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Science & Research

Self-help program may help fight childhood obesity
A five-month guided self-help weight-loss program helped overweight and obese children ages 8 to 12 lose weight, U.S. researchers found. They said that the weight loss was sustained over the next six months. The findings appear in the journal Pediatrics. Time.com/Family Matters blog (4/1), Nature World News (4/1)

More weight loss is seen with group-based incentives
Obese employees who received individual incentives to lose weight attained a mean weight loss of 3.7 pounds, compared with 10.6 pounds in those who received group-based incentives, a study in the Annals of Internal Medicine says. Reuters (4/1)

High blood levels of omega-3 fatty acids tied to lower mortality
Older people with the highest blood levels of omega-3 fatty acids lived more than two years longer on average than did those with the lowest levels, according to a study on the website of the Annals of Internal Medicine. High blood levels of the fatty acids also were tied to lowered odds of heart disease, researchers said. The New York Times (tiered subscription model)/Well blog (4/1), MedicalDaily.com (4/1)

Walnut consumption may reduce diabetes risk, study finds
Data on about 140,000 U.S. women showed that those who ate 28 grams of walnuts at least twice a week had a 24% lower risk of type 2 diabetes compared with those who rarely or never ate them. The results appear in the Journal of Nutrition. The Daily Mail (London) (4/1)

Fitness

Study: Fibromyalgia patients can exercise without adding pain
Fibromyalgia patients can benefit from long-term exercise without increasing joint pain, according to Dr. Anthony Kaleth of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, who designed aerobic exercise regimens for a study of 170 people with fibromyalgia. Patients who exercised during the study also reported less physical impairment and better overall well-being than did those who did not increase activity levels. The findings were published on the website of Arthritis Care and Research. Medscape (free registration)/Reuters (3/29)

Institutional Foodservice

School celebrates Nutrition Month with healthy-cooking contest
School staff, parents, chefs and students at an elementary school in Maine held a cooking competition last week as part of its Nutrition Month celebration in which students were asked to judge the best dishes. The competitors were asked to prepare dishes that taste good, but also are nutritious. The dish that won "best tasting" during the Food Face-Off Challenge was tenderloin, tomato basil grits and a cheese omelet. SeacoastOnline (Portsmouth, N.H.) (tiered subscription model) (4/2)