Health, Personal Health
Summary of Findings: American Dietetic Association's Public Opinion Survey "Nutrition and You: Trends 2008"
Submitted on Nov 10, 2008 Diet and Nutrition
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The American Dietetic Association's survey of consumer attitudes regarding food and nutrition shows that health continues to play a key role in consumer diets. Nearly half of consumers (43%) feel that they are currently doing all they can to eat a healthy diet, and 67% feel that diet and nutrition are personally very important to them. People also note consuming less in beef, pork, and dairy.
Study Links Lead in Blood to Wild Game Consumption
Submitted on Nov 09, 2008 (Original item from 2008) Diet and Nutrition | Wildlife and Exotics
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A study conducted by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that people who ate wild game killed with lead bullets appeared to have higher lead levels than those who ate little or no wild game.
Western Diet Risk to Asian Women
Submitted on Oct 25, 2008 (Original item from 2007) Diet and Nutrition | Vegetarianism and Veganism
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A study of 1,500 Chinese women showed those who ate a "meat-sweet" diet were twice as likely to develop breast cancer compared with those on a vegetable-based diet.
Farmed Meat Main Source of Campylobacteriosis: Study
Submitted on Oct 06, 2008 (Original item from 2008) Diet and Nutrition | Farmed Animals
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A new study conducted in England has found that nearly all of the campylobacteriosis cases in the patients evaluated were caused by bacteria in animals farmed for meat, in particular chicken and cattle. In the European Union, 175,000 people suffered from campylobacter in 2006, while in the U.S. the number is estimated at 2-3 million annually.
Vitamin B12 Status and Rate of Brain Volume Loss in Community-Dwelling Elderly
Submitted on Oct 02, 2008 (Original item from 2008) Diet and Nutrition
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Oxford University researchers found that people who adopt a vegan or vegetarian diet are six times more likely to sustain brain shrinkage than meat eaters due to the former's lack of vitamin B-12, which is found in meat, fish, and dairy products including cheese.
Plant Based Diet Helps Reduce Premature Aging and Disease Risk
Submitted on Oct 01, 2008 (Original item from 2008) Diet and Nutrition | Vegetarianism and Veganism
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In a study released by The Lancet Oncology, Dean Ornish, M.D. and his colleagues found that comprehensive lifestyle changes, including a low-fat vegan diet, increase the body's ability to fight premature aging, cancer, heart disease, and other chronic illnesses.
New Survey: U.S. Consumers More Concerned About Food Safety than War in Iraq or Climate Change
Submitted on Sep 09, 2008 (Original item from 2008) Diet and Nutrition
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U.S. consumers are more concerned about the safety of the food they eat than they are about the war in Iraq or global warming, according to the Center for Food Integrity’s (CFI) annual Consumer Trust Survey. When asked about personal concern for a list of food-related issues, humane treatment of farm animals ranks comparatively low.
Drinking Water of 41 Million Americans Contaminated with Pharmaceuticals
Submitted on Sep 08, 2008 (Original item from 2008) Diet and Nutrition | Farmed Animals
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An investigation by the Associated Press (AP) has revealed that the drinking water of at least 41 million people in the United States is contaminated with pharmaceutical drugs, including medications used for farm animals.
Is Dietary Knowledge Enough? Hunger, Stress, and Other Roadblocks to Healthy Eating
Submitted on Sep 03, 2008 (Original item from 2008) Diet and Nutrition
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Poor diets and rising obesity rates among Americans persist despite increased public awareness of the benefits of a healthy lifestyle. This report presents a consumer demand model to illustrate how both long-term health objectives and immediate visceral influences—long intervals between meals and eating away from home—can drive individuals’ food choices. The model predicts that cognitive dietary information will have less influence on food choices in the face of immediate visceral factors. [Excerpted from report]
The Decline in Consumer Use of Food Nutrition Labels, 1995-2006
Submitted on Sep 01, 2008 (Original item from 2008) Diet and Nutrition
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This report examines changes in consumers' use of nutrition labels on food packages between 1995-96 and 2005-06. The analysis finds that, although a majority of consumers report using nutrition labels when buying food, use has declined for most label components. This includes the Nutrition Facts panel and information about calories, fat, cholesterol, and sodium. By contrast, use of fiber information has increased.
