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Benefits of Family Meals
During the holidays, people look forward to family gatherings and the scrumptious meals and desserts that accompany them. While there will be family get-togethers on a much smaller scale this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, people can still enjoy family meals with those living in their household this season and beyond and reap some awesome benefits.
What benefits am I talking about?
In this month’s E-News Exclusive, Today’s Dietitian (TD) provides an evidence-based discussion of the many health benefits that can be gleaned from simply sitting down with family members to enjoy a meal—and this includes children and adults alike.
After reading the article, visit TD’s website at www.TodaysDietitian.com to read the digital edition of the November/December issue, which includes articles on brain healthy holiday foods, the latest diabetes medications, postnatal supplementation, and the use of cannabis in cancer care.
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Family Meals for Better Health
By Lisa Andrews, MEd, RD, LD
As the pandemic rages on, family meal planning continues to take a hit, as many parents are working from home while their children are learning remotely. Parents have the added responsibility of becoming their child’s teacher’s aide, IT expert, and math tutor. Thus, timing of meals has been disrupted and frequent snacking is on the rise. Now more than ever, it’s important to reestablish family meal time.
Why Eat Together?
Research has shown that families that dine together have improved diet quality and overall health. A systematic review and meta-analysis of more than 203,000 subjects in 57 studies evaluated the connection between family meal frequency and nutritional health outcomes, including BMI, consumption of fruits and vegetables, and overall diet quality. In younger and older children across several countries, researchers saw a significant relationship between frequency of family meals and nutritional health. Age of the child, country, family members in attendance at meals, and which meal (breakfast, lunch, or supper) didn’t impact the relationship of meal frequency with healthful or unhealthful diet or BMI. Benefits were seen whether one or more parents were present at meals, and socioeconomic status was the best predictor of BMI.1
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LGB Adults Less Likely to Take Cholesterol-Lowering Statins
Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) adults who may benefit from cholesterol-lowering medicine to prevent heart disease are less likely than non-LGB adults to take them, according to new research.
An analysis of online surveys of 1,531 people who responded to targeted Facebook ads showed less than 21% of LGB adults were taking statins, compared with 44% of their non-LGB peers. In all, more than 12% of respondents identified as LGB. Nearly one-third of all the people surveyed were taking statins. The research is published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
“Our study was the first to estimate the prevalence of statin use among the LGB population,” according to study author Yi Guo, PhD. Guo, an assistant professor of health outcomes and biomedical informatics at the University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville, says detailed studies are needed to understand statin use among LGB people with clinical data from the real world, such as with electronic health records or administrative claims.
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Personalized Weight Loss Approaches
Lauren Harris-Pincus, MS, RDN
As RDs, we know that success in treating clients with overweight and obesity depends on individualized diet and lifestyle recommendations.
A move in the research community toward understanding individual differences in weight loss occurred in the 2017 DIETFITS (Diet Intervention Examining The Factors Interacting with Treatment Success) study. The primary aim of this investigation was to identify the variety of factors influencing participants at baseline that may help explain weight loss differences when individuals are assigned to the same diet. Rather than seeking to determine whether one dietary approach was better than the other for the general population, it sought to examine whether greater overall weight loss could be achieved by matching different people to different diets.
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A Primer on Biden’s Agriculture Secretary Pick
Politico covers the context of and reactions to President-Elect Joseph Biden’s selection of previous Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and what the choice might mean for agriculture, food assistance programs, and efforts to fight climate change.
Opinion: Ultraprocessed Foods and the Corporate ‘Capture’ of Nutrition
In an essay published in The BMJ, a food policy expert at the University of Melbourne in Australia argues that corporate influence in nutrition science has determined the way ultraprocessed foods are promoted, defended, and regulated. |
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In the January Issue
Climate-Friendly Eating
Nutrition Counseling During COVID-19
Social Media’s Latest Platforms
Shaping Better Nutrition Messages
Diet’s Role in Opioid Recovery |
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At-Home Full-Body Resistance Workout
BOARD30, a fitness system comprising a variety of resistance band workouts, releases BOARD30MINI, a more compact and portable version of its traditionally facility-based workout equipment. The BOARD30MINI is adaptable to various fitness and resistance levels, and consumers with a membership can access BOARD30MINI exercise videos covering cardio, yoga, strength training, boot camps, and more. Learn more »
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Onthemuv debuts miniTREAD, a mini treadmill people can use while sitting and fits under a desk. The machine comes with a remote control that adjusts speed and calculates users’ steps, distance, calories burned, speed, and duration of the exercise. It’s appropriate for all fitness levels, is low-impact, and can be set to speeds between 0.3 and 2.5 mph. Learn more » |
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