Carbohydrate Nutrition News


August 1, 2005 - Carbohydrate Nutrition News

Science-Based Solutions to Obesity: What are the Roles of Academia, Government, Industry, and Health Care?

The complexity of the obesity epidemic requires the cooperation of key stakeholders in this effort. No one sector, academia, government, industry, or health care, has been successful in combating this disease to date....

July 1, 2005 - Carbohydrate Nutrition News

Clinical Protocol for Oral Sucrose Use in Minimizing Neonatal Pain

ISSUES AND PURPOSE: To present an evidence-based practice protocol for oral sucrose administration to minimize neonatal procedural pain....

June 1, 2005 - Carbohydrate Nutrition News

New Resource: Physical Activity Trends, Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) and the Built Environment

The Canadian Sugar Institute (CSI) Nutrition Information Service is pleased to provide the 2005 edition of our annual health professional resource, Carbohydrate News, "Obesity, Physical Activity and the Built Environment"....

May 1, 2005 - Carbohydrate Nutrition News

Diet, Physical Activity, and Obesity Prevalence in Youth from 34 Countries

The purpose of this systematic review was to present and compare recent estimates of the prevalence of overweight and obesity in school-aged youth from 34 countries and to examine associations between overweight and selected dietary and physical activity patterns....

April 4, 2005 - Carbohydrate Nutrition News

What are the long-term benefits of weight reducing diets in adults? A systematic review of randomized controlled trials

Background: Evidence is needed for the best long-term diet for weight loss, and improvement in cardiac risk and disease in obese adults....

March 1, 2005 - Carbohydrate Nutrition News

New Resource: Balancing Food and Activity for Healthy Weights

The Canadian Sugar Institute Nutrition Information Service is pleased to provide the latest edition of our annual consumer resource, Clips on Sugars, "Balancing Food and Activity for Healthy Weights."...

February 1, 2005 - Carbohydrate Nutrition News

Energy Density and Body Weight: Is There a Relationship?

The energy density of foods and beverages is defined as the available energy per unit weight (kJ/g). Energy density of the diet is usually calculated excluding non-caloric beverages and drinking water....

January 1, 2005 - Carbohydrate Nutrition News

Carbohydrates Unplugged: A Symposium on Carbohydrates and Health

With the recent popularization of low carbohydrate diets such as the Atkins, South Beach, and Zone diets, carbohydrates have been catapulted to the forefront of the media....

December 3, 2004 - Carbohydrate Nutrition News

Concerned Children’s Advertisers Children’s Healthy Active Living Program "Long Live Kids"

"Long Live Kids" is a national initiative that encourages children to eat smart, move more and become media-wise. The program was launched in October 2004....

November 4, 2004 - Carbohydrate Nutrition News

Controversy and Statistical Issues in the Use of Nutrient Densities in Assessing Diet Quality

The use of nutrient densities, such as percentage of daily energy from added sugars (%EAS), creates serious statistical analysis and interpretation problems....