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Portion control
It is important to diagnose and treat GDM as it can have serious short and long term health consequences for both you and your baby. Don’t worry needlessly, however, if you have been told you have gestational diabetes. There are a lot of things you and your doctor and/or health team can do to keep you and your baby healthy both during the pregnancy and afterwards.
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Diabetes , Pregnancy and overweight/obesity, Weight loss (benefits), Overweight/obesity, Insulin resistance, Gestational diabetes, Hormones, Calorie counting, Portion control, Healthy eating, Carbohydrates, Complications of obesity, Serving size, Weight loss, Healthy behaviors
While I agree, parents need to be good role models and set limits, I also believe that there are so many influences in kids lives today, ranging from TV, to the internet, to peers in play groups and day care, that placing all of the responsibility and blame on parents seems naive to me.
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Weight loss behaviors, Public health, Children, Overweight/obesity, Food policy, Research on obesity/overweight, Childhood obesity, Portion control, Nutrition, Healthy eating, Weight loss
Now here is the punch line: Although normal and overweight individuals were similar in their ability to estimate the number of calories in food, the overweight individuals in Study 1, who had eaten a fast food meal, ate larger meals. Because everyone significantly underestimates the number of calories in large meals, these overweight people actually ate many more calories than they thought they had.
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Weight loss behaviors, Tools, Portion wise or portion lies?, Overweight/obesity, Research on obesity/overweight, Calorie counting, Portion control, Serving size
Every morning, he has the same cereal for breakfast. It is also a Kellogg’s All-Bran, but it is their “Bran Buds” product. He thought it was lower in calories than the Yogurt Bites version. But when he looked at the serving sizes of the two cereals, he was in for a surprise. Bran Buds lists a serving size of 1/3 cup. That barely covers the bottom of the cereal bowl. The serving size of Yogurt Bites is 1-1/4 cup—a decent amount.
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Weight loss behaviors, Benefits or hazards of certain foods, Public health, Food labels, Portion wise or portion lies?, Children, Overweight/obesity, Food policy, Calorie counting, Portion control, Nutrition, Healthy eating, Serving size
Cheerios for breakfast? The box says only 110 calories per serving. But, that is without milk or sugar or fruit.
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Weight loss behaviors, Food labels, Portion wise or portion lies?, Calorie counting, Portion control, Healthy eating, Serving size
It is fascinating to learn from this document that retailers are now selling significantly larger apples than those represented by serving sizes on the old nutrition labels. Apples are 57% bigger now than in 1975 when the serving size of 154 g rams was established. Large apples today have a serving size of 264 g of which 242 grams are edible.
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Public health, Food labels, Portion wise or portion lies?, Overweight/obesity, Food policy, Calorie counting, Portion control, Nutrition, Serving size, Fruits
“Eat more, weigh less” sounds like a slogan for the type of weight loss products you find on the back pages of your favorite woman’s magazine. But, a study in the August 2006 issue of Journal of the American Dietetic Association has found that people who eat diets containing a lot of low energy density foods, such as fruits and vegetables, eat more than people who eat diets rich in energy-dense foods (such as chips and other snack foods with high fat contents). Despite eating a greater amount of food, by weight, people eating a low energy density diet consume fewer calories. So, they can indeed eat more and weigh less than people who eat high energy dense diets.
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Weight loss behaviors, Yoga, Fitness, Aging, Portion control, Healthy eating, Serving size, Weight loss
According to a survey by the Food Marketing Institute, almost 60% of food shoppers are trying to buy healthier foods. Most of them said they were trying to buy foods that would help them lose weight. And the food industry is always trying
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Weight loss behaviors, Benefits or hazards of certain foods, Public health, Tools, Dietary Fat, Food labels, Overweight/obesity, High fructose corn syrup, Food policy, Calorie counting, Portion control, Eat local, Protein, Carbohydrates, Serving size, Weight loss
It is important to diagnose and treat GDM as it can have serious short and long term health consequences for both you and your baby. Don’t worry needlessly, however, if you have been told you have gestational diabetes. There are a lot of things you and your doctor and/or health team can do to keep you and your baby healthy both during the pregnancy and afterwards.
Read More
Filed Under:
Pregnancy and overweight/obesity, Weight loss (benefits), Overweight/obesity, Insulin resistance, Gestational diabetes, Calorie counting, Portion control, Healthy eating, Serving size
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