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WebMD is reporting that only “1 in 7 Adults Eat Right and Exercise” and in a nation with increasing obesity in both adults and children, this is definitely not the direction this statistic should be heading.
“No matter what group, the American public isn’t eating enough fruits and vegetables,†says Mary Kay Solera, director of CDC’s fruit and vegetable program and one of the study’s authors.
Solera confirms that the study may overestimate actual healthy behaviors because it was based on subjects’ self-reports. Research participants are known to routinely overestimate good behaviors and underestimate bad ones.
“My gosh, we’ve got to do more,†Solera is reported to have told WebMD. She can say that again!
More top health and fitness stories for this week:
- 1 in 7 Adults Eat Right and Exercise: As Americans spend billions each year on diet and exercise habits, it seems only a few are exercising at all, a new study shows.
- Fat hormone ‘boosts colon cancer’: A chemical produced by fat cells makes colon cancers grow faster, a US study has suggested.
- USDA Seeks More Healthful School Meals: As part of a sweeping effort to help improve nutrition for schoolchildren and fight childhood obesity, the Agriculture Department is proposing for the first time to require schools to bring their cafeteria menus into compliance with the latest U.S. dietar
- Why raiding the fridge at night is a bad idea: it’s not so much when you eat as what and how much that really counts.
- Vegetables, Milk May Help People Quit Smoking: A Duke University study shows that fruits, vegetables, and dairy foods make cigarettes taste terrible.
- Body Image: Bigger Can Be Beautiful: Do you have to be thin to be gorgeous? Not at all. Just take a look at supermodel and TV talk show host Tyra Banks, who recently showed off a healthy body and a healthy body image.
- Med diet ‘could prevent asthma’: Eating a Mediterranean diet could help protect children from respiratory allergies and asthma, a study suggests.
- Get your belly beach ready: Instead of buying into a quick fix this year, why not follow some of the experts’ advice for kicking that spare tire for good?
- Exercise can prevent arthritis in women: Exercise isn’t just about improving your heart and fighting flab that comes with aging. It may also be the answer to preventing stiff, achy joints that can lead to debilitating arthritis.
- Japanese bingeing on Krispy Kremes: After years of staying slim on a humble diet of fish, vegetables and rice, Japanese are developing a sweet tooth.
- Eggs raise cholesterol and other myths: Avoid eggs. Drink 8 glasses of water a day. Eating carbs will make you fat. Nutritional advice such as this has been touted for years  but is it accurate?
- $500 Million Pledged to Fight Childhood Obesity: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation plans to spend more than $500 million over the next five years to reverse the increase in childhood obesity.
- Red meat ‘ups breast cancer risk’: Eating red meat significantly increases a post-menopausal woman’s chance of breast cancer, research suggests.
- Pregnancy weight can lead to fat toddlers: Women in the study who gained the recommended amount of weight ran four times the risk of having a child who was overweight at age 3, compared to women who gained less than the advised amount.
- Junk food ad ban comes into force: Junk food adverts have been banned from television when programmes aimed at young children are being shown.
- Fat heart patients ‘more prone to infection’: OBESE people are more likely to develop infected wounds and renal failure after heart surgery, research shows.
- Obesity May Make Asthma More Likely: Being overweight or obese may make asthma more likely, a new study shows.
- Nurses feel strain of obese patients: Obese patients could be causing thousands of nurses to seek treatment for back pain, according to experts.
- The 300 Workout: Can You Handle It?: The training regimen that whipped actors of the movie 300 into fighting shape may be too much for most of us.
- Eating healthy at the airport: Airport security procedures and airline budgets are leading to ripples of change in layover time, airport restaurant options and in-flight food service. All this adds up to major strategy adjustments for people trying to eat healthy while traveling.
- Omega-3 Fatty Acid May Protect Heart: An omega-3 fatty acid found in fish oil may help prevent nonfatal heart problems in some people with high cholesterol, a Japanese study shows.
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Have a great weekend!
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