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I've done some really really really minor GIS research regarding food deserts in the United States and rates of diseases such as diabetes. Simply put, the areas where you see high rates of diabetes you also see a lack of selection of produce and the proximity of places that sell it is reduced. I probably have enough time to throw together some simple maps displaying this in the coming weeks and since I love any excuse to make maps I'll probably do it and post them here.
There are so many factors to this situation and it is very complicated but this is something I found very very interesting when I encountered it.
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As a senior at an NISD school in 98 we got that perk still.
Supermarket intervention prompted shoppers to buy more produce
We’re fat, in case you hadn’t heard. And as we learned last week, 42% of American adults will be obese by 2030, according to researchers at the Weight of the Nation conference sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
If that’s a party you’d rather miss, the grocery store is a place to start. Nutritionists often advise us to buy fresh food and stick to the perimeters of the store (instead of the middle aisles that are stocked with Oreos, Doritos and Froot Loops).
But there are thousands of products and many labels to wade through. And even the most determined shopper can have trouble resisting the thousands of cheap products with lots of sugar or fat.
Researchers in Arizona looked at whether a little education could change what goes in the supermarket basket. They recruited 153 people who were randomly selected at a supermarket in Phoenix.
Some shoppers got counseling from a nutrition educator, who offered an overview of labels and shelf signs in the store that tagged products as being a “healthier option” or “immune booster” or “calcium rich,” among other attributes set out in federal and American Heart Assn. guidelines. The educational sessions lasted last than 10 minutes.
The rest of the shoppers were left to use the shelf signs and labels on their own.
Study leader Brandy-Joe Milliron, who was part of the College of Nursing and Health Innovation at Arizona State University at the time, says that ads, coupons, recipes and demonstrations have shown a modest effect on what people buy. So she and two colleagues decided to test whether an intervention from a live person might make more of a difference.
After the volunteers shopped, researchers assessed their choices for fat, saturated fat, trans fat, fruit, vegetables, and dark green and bright yellow vegetables. The sessions didn’t have any effect on the total servings of vegetables purchased, nor did they influence the amount of total fat, saturated fat or trans fat they put in their carts. But the shoppers who got the counseling did buy twice as many dark green and yellow vegetables and 75% more fruit.
“Even these modest effects could translate into meaningful health benefits if sustained long term,” the researchers reported in the May-June issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. They concluded that more evaluations should be done to see whether shoppers’ purchases can be influenced.
You can read a summary of the study results online.
http://mobile.chicagotribune.com/p.p...%3D0%26DPL%3D3
Stumbled across this and found it interesting. I don't really see it having much of an effect, but I applaud Disney's effort.
Disney to banish junk-food ads from kid shows
NEW YORK (AP) -- Disney says its programming will no longer be sponsored by junk food.
The Walt Disney Co. said Tuesday that it will become the first major media company to ban such ads for its TV channels, radio stations and websites intended for children. That means kids watching Saturday morning children's shows on Disney's ABC network will no longer see ads for fast foods and sugary cereals that don't meet company's nutrition standards.
The guidelines won't go into effect until 2015 because of existing advertising agreements.
We had open campus back in the day, but I'd just grab a honeybun from the snack bar and a DP and go smoke dope on the football field.
There will be other advertizers to replace the crap food pushers. No loss to Disney.
When Disney stops selling insanely overpriced, lethal junk food in their amusement parks, then one could maybe be impressed. But that won't ever happen.
If 42% of Americans are obese in 2030, it won't be because they eat dippin' dots at theme parks.
From the same link I quoted earlier...
The latest push by Disney is an extension of the internal nutrition guidelines the company launched in 2006, with the goal of making 85 percent of the food and drinks served at its parks and resorts healthy. The remaining 15 percent was reserved for special treats, such as cake for birthday celebrations. The company also stopped using toys in kids meals to advertise its movies, Iger said.
Visitors to parks and resorts were also given the option of trading out soda and fries for low-fat milk and fruit. Disney says 60 percent of the meals served are now with those healthier options.
The company on Tuesday also introduced its "Mickey Check" seal of approval for nutritious foods sold in stores, online and at its parks and resorts.
12 days ago I started to track my food and set a 2000 calorie daily intake limit for myself. With that being said, pretty much all of the above is a lie. It wasn't intentional. It was more one of those things that I remember what I want to believe. I did eat a home cooked meal with veggies about 5-6 times a week, but I ate out for lunch more than I would like to admit, and I would only eat cereal probably about half the time. On a bad day I would probably knock out 2500 calories by the end of lunch time, on a good day about 1800. It is funny what a little knowledge can do.
A couple days before I started tracking my calories, I also committed to riding 40 miles a week and since then I have lost 11 lbs.
And Disney won't do anything EFFECTIVE to slow the obesity/disease epidemic.
"healthy cereal (special K or kashi go lean crunch) for breakfast."
Grains are 90% fast carbs, and unnecessary.
And Kashi is lying to you, Kashi is just another corporate fraud, about aboit being organic. Kashi uses cheap GMO soy as filler.
I bought kashi because it has a ton of fiber, fiber is filling, so I would eat less (was the plan). Plus it was better than the near 1100 calories of 2 bacon or sausage, egg, and cheese sandwiches that I would eat when I didn't eat cereal (cheaper too) Also, almost everything sold in the US is GMO at this point even what you grow in your garden, I am not going to say that it is a great thing, but whatever you are eating is likely GMO, because even if you use seeds that are decendant from plants your grandmother raised (before GMO), the pollen from your neighbor's garden has an extrmemly HIGH probability that IT is GMO. I am sorry to say, but you pointing out one product that is GMO when pretty much everything you eat is likely GMO is a little hypocritical. Face it, the US is a lab when it comes to this you don't have to be happy about it, but don't single out ONE product for it.
I'm betting it will still be the same advertisers, just that now they will be pushing items that meet the Disney criteria.
diet vs exercise aside, it's hilarious to me when Disney Channel runs a ”get outside and exercise” bit right before running an ad for the show that's coming up next.
I'd start to be impressed if they start a mickey mouse P90X show.
I lost about 20 pounds just switching from beer to vodka and diet 7up
Whole grains take longer to be absorbed bu the lining of your gut. Sure once they are trough the lining then they are just as easily metabolised but its the difference of fine ground stuff thats metabolized in 15 mins and something that takes 3 hours.
If you are being active you want to eat a small amount about once every 3 hours.
No carb is 'necessary' as our body can generate ATP without them but relying exclusively on glycogen is not a great thing when you are pushing yourself.
Nexium or ulcer?
If you don't chew whole grains, yes, they can take a lot longer to digest and even pass right through. But most "whole grains" aren't served whole or eaten unchewed.
Its still better than the fine ground stuff by miles. Its a function of how much fiber is left. Basically if there aren't chunks then its a fraud.
my point is, not really by miles.
There are additional nutrients in germ and skin, but the main bulk of the grain is carbohydrate.
The pervasive "whole grain" scam is as bad as the cholesterol, low-fat, BigPharma scams.
Big Picture is that Americans don't ing know how to eat and depend on marketing from BigFood, USDA, etc. (which is why they are a nation of fat-ass, diseased, greasbags.
I must be doing good. There was a bunch of corn floating in the bowl this morning after I dropped a load.
You can buy lean cuts of red meat
The only breakfast cereal that I eat is plain oats
Not the flavored
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