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(PhysOrg.com) -- People who eat a diet laden with processed and high-fat foods may put themselves at greater risk of depression, according to UCL (University College London) research published today. http://www.physorg.com/news176369681.html Medicine & Health Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:40:01 EST news176369681 A New York City law requiring restaurant chains to display calorie counts has not changed eating habits among poorer people, a study released Tuesday said. http://www.physorg.com/news174075432.html Medicine & Health Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:40:20 EST news174075432 Teenagers' attitudes to diet and weight are shaped by their social class, according to new research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. http://www.physorg.com/news173077956.html Medicine & Health Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:30:02 EST news173077956 The risk of becoming obese is 2.5 times higher for those who have double copies of the best known risk gene for overweight and obesity. However, this is only true if the fat consumption is high. A low fat diet neutralizes the harmful effects of the gene. http://www.physorg.com/news171869176.html Medicine & Health Fri, 11 Sep 2009 06:28:58 EST news171869176 A study in the September 4th issue of the journal Cell identifies a gene that springs into action in response to a high fat diet. Mice that lack the gene become essentially immune to growing obese, regardless of their eating habits. http://www.physorg.com/news171203258.html Biology Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:28:02 EST news171203258 A new study published online in the journal Obesity provides further evidence that strict maternal control over eating habits - such as determining how much a child should eat and coaxing them to eat certain foods - during early childhood may not lead to significant future weight gain in boys or girls. Instead, this behavior may be a response to concerns over a child's increasing weight. http://www.physorg.com/news162566711.html Medicine & Health Tue, 26 May 2009 14:28:05 EST news162566711 By comparing the craniodental morphology of modern bear species to that of two extinct species, researchers from the University of Málaga, Spain, have discovered that the expired plantigrades were not so different from their current counterparts. The cave bear, regarded as the great herbivore of the carnivores, was actually more omnivorous than first thought. The short-faced bear, a hypercarnivore, also ate plants depending on their availability. The work offers key insights into the evolution of the carnivore niches during the Ice Age. http://www.physorg.com/news158489644.html Biology Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:54:26 EST news158489644 Mothers with many negative thoughts and feelings are more likely to give their children unhealthy food. This is shown in a study from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) in collaboration with the University of Oslo. http://www.physorg.com/news157972419.html Medicine & Health Fri, 03 Apr 2009 10:14:08 EST news157972419 Good eating habits can result when families eat together. In the March/April 2009 issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, researchers from the School of Public Health, University of Minnesota report on one of the first studies to examine the long-term benefits of regular family meals for diet quality during the transition from early to middle adolescence. In general, the study found adolescents who participated in regular family meals reported more healthful diets and meal patterns compared to adolescents without regular family meals. http://www.physorg.com/news155810451.html Medicine & Health Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:43:35 EST news155810451 "Finish your broccoli!" Although parents may have good intentions about forcing their kids to eat cold, mushy vegetables, this approach may backfire the very next day, according to new research from Cornell University. http://www.physorg.com/news155558799.html Medicine & Health Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:47:16 EST news155558799 As children transition from preschool-age to school-age, they may develop eating habits and leisure-time patterns that may not meet current recommendations and may contribute to childhood obesity. In a study published in the January/February 2009 issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, researchers report that parents perceived that their pre-school children (2 to 5 years) had relatively good eating habits and physical activity levels, but that parents of school-aged children (6 to 12 years) felt their children had less healthful diets and leisure-time activities. http://www.physorg.com/news150695788.html Medicine & Health Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:56:28 EST news150695788 At dinner time, parents will often tell their child to clean their plate. However, that old maxim might lead kids to eat more than they need, especially when portions are adult-sized or supersized. http://www.physorg.com/news142605717.html Medicine & Health Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:41:57 EST news142605717