Nibbles: Protein at breakfast may aid weight loss, obesity makes asthma worse and how junk food can help catch a criminal
Hearty meal keeps people full
Eating a breakfast of eggs and Canadian bacon makes people feel full longer and may aid in weight loss. Researchers at Purdue University put overweight and obese men on diets with either a normal or higher than normal level of protein consumption, and some ate their extra protein in the morning, some at lunch, some at dinner and some spread throughout the day. Those who ate their extra protein at breakfast felt fuller throughout the day, while those who ate it later in the day had no increased feelings of satisfaction…
Alabama will keep paying for Weight Watchers
The state of Alabama has approved a two-year extension of a program that helps overweight teachers and state workers join Weight Watchers. The $1.2 million program picks up half the tab for the weight loss meetings. About 8,000 state workers and teachers have taken part in the program in the last two years, losing more than 50 tons cumulatively. The state recently announced a coming increase in insurance fees for unhealthy state workers who don’t make progress improving their health…
Obesity makes asthma more severe
Obese people with asthma are five times more likely to be hospitalized because of their condition than non-obese people with asthma, according to research from the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. Obese people were found to be 2.7 times more likely to have poor asthma control and 4.6 times more likely to have a history of hospital visits related to their asthma than people who weren’t obese. Researchers said obese people with asthma should be monitored more carefully than others…
Parents don’t mind being told kids are fat
In most cases it doesn’t do any harm to a family when the parents are told that their child is fat. Research from the UK found that most parents didn’t mind the information and made healthy changes based on it. Before the measurements, only 39 percent of parents with overweight kids recognized their child’s weight problem, and after the weighing, 49 percent of parents of overweight kids said they made dietary changes while 48 percent said they were getting more physical activity. Parents of overweight girls were most likely to restrict food…
Fingerprinting technique may help nab fat criminals
Finally, a kind of amazing story from England, where a police scientist has developed a way of looking at fingerprints and corrosion on weapons that indicates an unhealthy diet in the criminal. People who eat a lot of salty junk food cause more corrosion on things like bullet shell casings and knife blades, and this wear will show even when fingerprints have been wiped away. While this doesn’t sound all that helpful given that most people eat a lot of junk food these days, forensic experts say it could open lots of old cases.
(By Sarah E. White for CalorieLab Calorie Counter News)
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