Posts Tagged ‘wellness’

One of the most vigorous debates we encounter centers on a false choice between two big health concerns: obesity vs fitness. Folks who have pledged loyalty to the cause of Health at Every Size® (HAES) believe that concerns about obesity are exaggerated and advocate for a greater focus on fitness as opposed to arbitrary weight […]

A new analysis of five a day fruits and veggies in BMJ reminds us that more is not always better. The meta analysis of 16 prospective cohort studies found an incremental benefit of reduced mortality for every serving of fruits and veggies, up to five a day. The benefit they found was a reduction in […]

Arguing about weight is a fool’s errand. But the impulse to tell someone else how much they should weigh lies under the surface of a new analysis published by CDC. Neda Sarafrazi and colleagues from the National Center for Health Statistics found that nearly 48% of boys and 36% of girls with obesity between the […]

Four wellness trends pop out of the latest survey research on employee benefits from the Society for Human Resource Management. A year ago, all the talk was about outcome-based financial penalties to tame the threat of obesity. Now reality is taking hold. Carrots seem to have more staying power than sticks. Health and Lifestyle Coaching. […]

Organic produce and grains deliver more nutrition and less pesticide residue than conventionally-grown crops. That conclusion — from a review of 343 peer-reviewed studies just published in the British Journal of Nutrition — has generated a lot of buzz this week. End of story, eh? But (you knew it was coming) the bottom line is not so […]

Stealth health is a growing movement within the food industry as restaurants and packaged food makers quietly reformulate their products to take sugar, salt, and fat out. They are doing it to meet commitments to provide healthier products without taking a hit on sales. Healthy Weight Commitment. An assortment of big food companies committed to […]

Food marketing is alternately held up as the problem behind the obesity epidemic or the source of a solution to it. In a study just published in Appetite, Bettina Cornwell and colleagues found among preschool children that their knowledge of junk food brands and logos did a very good job of predicting a child’s BMI. The […]

Under regulations for employer wellness programs, doctors get the final say on wellness. This key point floats to the top of a lengthy point-counterpoint discussion just published in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. Both Morgan Downey and John Cawley seem to agree that the provisions for employer wellness programs under the Affordable Care […]

The UK’s largest retailer is cutting sweets from the checkout line in every one of its UK outlets by the end of the year. Tesco chief executive Philip Clarke said: We all know how easy it is to be tempted by sugary snacks at the checkout, and we want to help our customers lead healthier […]

Exercise treats — short bits of intense physical activity — before meals may help with glycemic control in patients with insulin resistance, a condition that can lead to type 2 diabetes. A small, elegant randomized crossover control study just published online in Diabetologia points to a potentially promising strategy for maximizing the benefit of exercise for people with […]