04-05-2005
Food Today no. 48
End of the Atkins diet's reign
It seemed too good to be true: as much eggs and bacon you wnat every day and successfully losing weight in spite of all that. Millions of Europeans have tried the Atkins diet and spectacular weight losses have been reported, but fears about the nutritional balance and poor long term results may mean the end of the Atkins diet's reign. 		02-05-2005
EUFIC
The ten commandments of healthy eating
We are assailed every day with messages on nutrition and health and we are often faced with a black picture of the problems related to lifestyle and diet. Making the right decisions on our lifestyle, which involves a varied, balanced diet and regular physical exercise, can help us freely profit from what life has to offer. Making intelligents choices early on in life and when we are adults can also help to reduce the risk of some chronic diseases such as obesity, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes, some cancers or osteoporosis.
20-04-2005
APRIFEL
Obeésity: part played by fruit and vegetables
Controlling body weight has become a worrying problem in western societies of one looks at the prevalance of obesity in the United States or by the recent development of child obesity in France. The origin of overweight conditions definitely has many factors: genetic predisposition, psychological causes responsible for hyperphagie (affective void, stress), negative influence of sedentarity, are causes that one cannot ignore... 		16-02-2005
CERIN
Five fruits and vegetables per day: OK, but which ones?
The Programme national nutrition santé (PNNS, French national nutritional healt programme) recommends eating at least five fruits and vegetables per day. Known for their vitamins and antioxidants, fruit and vegetables are considered to guarantee good health, can help prevent cardiovascular diseases and cancers.... but it is not always easy to determine what this means.
27-01-2005
Destination Santé
Health begins in the plate
FRANCE, 20 anuary (Destination Santé) - Les Journées de la Nutrition appliquées à la Santé (JONAS, nutiritional health conference) took place last Thursday and Friday. On the menu among other things was the diet of the over-fifties. Main message: a hearty appetite is the key to good health. 		20-01-2005
APM-SANTE
Tpe 2 diabetes: controlling weight is essentiel
Providing nutritional care for a type 2 diabetes patient basically involves educating them to be vigilant about food in general and fats in particular, and by encouraging physical activity, with the aim of controlling weight, recommends Pr. Henri Gin, head of the diabetology department at the university of Bordeaux 2
30-11-2004
Destination Santé
Diabetes, an increasing epidemic
Diabetes affected 194 million patients throughout the world in 2003. This may also mean 3.3 million deaths each year! However, the rise in this catastrophe may essentially be related to an unhealthy lifestyle... 		15-11-2004
APM-SANTE
Report on therapeutic progress during the Salon du Diabète
PARIS, 15 November (APM Santé) - An evaluation of the latest therapeutic progress was made last Friday on the the opening day of the Salon du diabète which took place up to Sunday at the Maison de la mutualité in the 5th arrondissement of Paris. There was a crowd on the rue St Victor in front of the entrance to the Maison de la mutualité on Friday afternoon in Paris at the opening of the Salon du diabète organised by the French Diabetes Association (AFD).