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• Grapefruit juice stems weight gain in mice fed a high-fat diet, study finds
• Price gap between more and less healthy foods grows
• Country's economy plays role in Internet file-sharing patterns
• Talking while driving safest with someone who can see what you see
• Teenage girls exposed to more stressors that increase depression risk
• Active aging is much more than exercise
• Trying to fool a kindergartner? Not so fast
• Did fruit contribute to Apple's success?
• Smoking cannabis doesn't make you more creative, study suggests
• Combined behavioral support, medication offers smokers best chance of quitting
• Large chain restaurants appear to be voluntarily reducing the calories in their menu items
• Childhood eating difficulties could be a sign of underlying psychological issues
• Talking to kids about death amidst the fantasy of Halloween
• Even motivated dieters need close access to healthy food
• Advocating for weight diversity: Prioritizing well-being over weight loss
• Molecule that protects women's eggs identified

Grapefruit juice stems weight gain in mice fed a high-fat diet, study finds Posted: 08 Oct 2014 12:36 PM PDT Mice fed a high-fat diet gained 18 percent less weight when they drank clarified, no-pulp grapefruit juice compared with a control group of mice that drank water, a new study demonstrated. Juice-drinking mice also showed improved levels of glucose, insulin and a type of fat called triacylglycerol compared with their water-drinking counterparts.

Price gap between more and less healthy foods grows Posted: 08 Oct 2014 11:11 AM PDT Novel use of UK national data finds a growing gap between the prices of more and less healthy foods between 2002 and 2012. Healthy foods in 2012 are three times more expensive per calorie than less healthy foods.

Country's economy plays role in Internet file-sharing patterns Posted: 08 Oct 2014 10:16 AM PDT Peer-to-peer file sharing over the Internet is a popular alternative approach for people worldwide to get the digital content they want. But little is known about these users and systems because data is lacking. Now, in an unprecedented study of BitTorrent users, a research team has discovered two behavior patterns: most users are content specialists -- sharing music but not movies, for example; and users in countries with similar economies tend to download similar types of content.

Talking while driving safest with someone who can see what you see Posted: 08 Oct 2014 10:16 AM PDT A new study offers fresh insights into how talking on a cell phone or to a passenger while driving affects one's performance behind the wheel. The study used a driving simulator and videophone to assess how a driver's conversation partner influences safety on the road.

Teenage girls exposed to more stressors that increase depression risk Posted: 08 Oct 2014 09:21 AM PDT Adolescence is often a turbulent time, and it is marked by substantially increased rates of depressive symptoms, especially among girls. New research indicates that this gender difference may be the result of girls' greater exposure to stressful interpersonal events, making them more likely to ruminate, and contributing to their risk of depression.

Active aging is much more than exercise Posted: 08 Oct 2014 09:19 AM PDT The global population is aging rapidly, and the growing numbers of elderly challenge our societal structures, not least the health sector, which is why authorities encourage the elderly to lead active and healthy life styles. But to equate active aging strictly with health is too narrow a focus, new research shows; the elderly can reap many benefits from activities that do not necessarily conform to official life style recommendations -- billiards for instance.

Trying to fool a kindergartner? Not so fast Posted: 08 Oct 2014 09:19 AM PDT A new study shows that by the age of five, children become wary of information provided by people who make overly confident claims.

Did fruit contribute to Apple's success? Posted: 08 Oct 2014 07:39 AM PDT Steve Jobs swore by a fruit diet, as he believed it improved his ideas. And he wasn't wrong: food with high levels of tyrosine, like bananas, peaches and almonds, allow us to think harder and more creatively.

Smoking cannabis doesn't make you more creative, study suggests Posted: 08 Oct 2014 07:14 AM PDT Some people think that smoking cannabis makes them more creative. However, new research shows that the opposite is true. Smokers who ingested a low dose of THC, or none at all (they were given a placebo), performed best in the thinking tasks that the test candidates had to carry out.

Combined behavioral support, medication offers smokers best chance of quitting Posted: 08 Oct 2014 05:35 AM PDT Numerous randomized clinical trials have shown the effectiveness of the two major forms of smoking cessation treatment -- behavioral support and medication -- in helping smokers quit. Researchers have now demonstrated that this approach can successfully translate to the "real world" and that a combination of the two treatments offers almost a threefold chance of success over attempts to quit without using a cessation aid.

Large chain restaurants appear to be voluntarily reducing the calories in their menu items Posted: 08 Oct 2014 05:32 AM PDT Large chain restaurants, whose core menu offerings are generally high in calories, fat and sodium, introduced newer food and beverage options that, on average, contain 60 fewer calories than their traditional menu selections in 2012 and 2013.

Childhood eating difficulties could be a sign of underlying psychological issues Posted: 08 Oct 2014 05:31 AM PDT Parents are being warned by scientists that difficult eaters could have underlying psychological issues, as they have found that restrictive behaviors can appear before puberty.

Talking to kids about death amidst the fantasy of Halloween Posted: 07 Oct 2014 12:25 PM PDT During the weeks leading up to Halloween, kids dressed in white sheets as ghosts, silly-looking goblins and dancing zombies can make death seem comical or cartoonish. However, this pretend, temporal idea of death can be confusing for children, especially a child who is trying to understand the loss of a loved one.

Even motivated dieters need close access to healthy food Posted: 07 Oct 2014 10:14 AM PDT Not having close access to healthy foods can discourage even the most motivated dieters. "The findings of this study support a cornerstone theory of the Mass in Motion program that supportive environments can facilitate behavior change and ultimately improve health," said a co-author.

Advocating for weight diversity: Prioritizing well-being over weight loss Posted: 07 Oct 2014 10:14 AM PDT A new review of the way health care professionals emphasize weight to define health and wellbeing suggests the approach could be harmful to patients. Weight-inclusive approaches, such as the Health At Every Size initiative, emphasize a view of health and wellbeing as multifaceted and direct efforts toward improving health access and reducing weight stigma.

Molecule that protects women's eggs identified Posted: 07 Oct 2014 06:22 AM PDT In order to be able to have a child, a woman needs eggs that can grow and mature. After fertilization, an embryo forms. During the maturation process, the egg goes through a number of stages of reductional division, called meiosis. If problems occur during any of these stages, the woman can become infertile. Researchers now discovered that the molecule Greatwall kinase is of great importance in order for the eggs of the female mouse to be able to complete the first phase and move on to the second meiotic division during the maturation of the egg.

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