News tagged with traditional diet
The true North -- Strong when salt free
A move from a traditional diet to the sodium-laden Western diet is fuelling a spike in the blood pressure of the Inuit in Canada's North, Dr. Marie-Ludivine Chateau-Degat told the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress 2009, ...
Oct 27, 2009 |
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Minority groups pick up worst European eating habits
Immigrant populations in Europe face an increased risk of diet-related diseases as they adjust to a 'Western' lifestyle, according to scientists at the University of Leeds.
May 07, 2009 |
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In sub-Saharan Africa, a shorter walk to water saves lives
In the fight against child mortality in the developing world, simple things make a big difference. A new study by Stanford researchers recently published online by the journal Environmental Science and Te ...
Feb 03, 2012 |
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What do killer whales eat in the Arctic?
Killer whales (Orcinus orca) are the top marine predator, wherever they are found, and seem to eat everything from schools of small fish to large baleen whales, over twice their own size. The increase in hun ...
Jan 30, 2012 |
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Anthropologists clarify link between Asians and early Native-Americans
A tiny mountainous region in southern Siberia may have been the genetic source of the earliest Native Americans, according to new research by a University of Pennsylvania-led team of anthropologists.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jan 26, 2012 |
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Latest gadgets give diets, workouts a high-tech boost
The math formula for weight loss isn't hard to understand. There's calorie input and calorie output - what you eat and what you burn. When the energy input is less than the output, you lose weight. But as simple as it looks ...
Jan 20, 2012 |
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Algae may be sustainable alternative for animal feed
The pigs and poultry in Professor Xingen Lei's lab have been consuming feed one wouldn't expect in Ithaca: marine algae.
Jan 19, 2012 |
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China struggles to meet surging demand for dairy
Despite a major safety scandal in 2008, China's demand for milk is surging as people grow wealthier, but the country's poorly kept and often undernourished dairy herds are struggling to keep pace.
Jan 16, 2012 |
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Global study sheds light on role of exercise, cars and televisions on the risk of heart attacks
A worldwide study has shown that physical activity during work and leisure time significantly lowers the risk of heart attacks in both developed and developing countries. Ownership of a car and a television was linked to ...
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Jan 11, 2012 |
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Increase dietary fiber, decrease disease: Review confirms benefits of more roughage in the diet
We should all be eating more dietary fiber to improve our health - that's the message from a health review by scientists in India. The team has looked at research conducted into dietary fiber during the last few decades across ...
Jan 11, 2012 |
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Two cities, one vast gap in child obesity
Doris Chang limits her three sons' intake of sweets and doesn't feed them any processed or frozen food. At their Manhattan Beach, Calif., home, she monitors the boys' time in front of the television and keeps them busy with ...
Jan 05, 2012 |
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Innovative approach successfully maps susceptibility to type 2 diabetes
Research carried out at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has provided the first proof of molecular risk factors leading to type 2 diabetes, providing an “early warning” sign that could lead to new approaches ...
Dec 28, 2011 |
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