Science-Based Strategies for Healthy Eating

Healthy youth development: science and strategies.

Research over the past decade indicates that healthy youth development strategies-the deliberate process of providing all youth with the support, relationship experiences, resources, and opportunities needed to become successful and competent adults-are promising approaches for preventing or reducing a wide range of adolescent health-risk behaviors. In this article, we describe the history, sci...

Healthy Eating Should different marketing communication strategies be used to promote healthy eating among male and female adolescents?

(2014) Should different marketing communication strategies be used to promote healthy eating among male and female adolescents?, HMQ healthy eating final with cover.doc Should different marketing communication strategies be used to promote healthy eating among male and female adolescents? Abstract A study was conducted to examine how interpersonal norm, media norm, attitude, perceived behaviora...

Eating well for healthy joints

Osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the most prevalent and disabling chronic diseases affecting older people. It is a degenerative disease of synovial joints that has a major impact on joint function and quality of life. The only resident population of cartilage tissue is represented by chondrocytes, cells synthetizing ECM components and being responsible for cartilage homeostasis [1]. Thus it is cle...

Adolescents’ Perceptions of Healthy Eating and Communication about Healthy Eating

Strategies for practitioners to support patients in plant-based eating

Successfully implementing a plant-based diet is attainable for patients, but the likelihood of achieving long-term, dietary maintenance can be increased by follow-up and support from practitioners. Practitioners, in particular physicians, are seen as nutrition authorities, and are therefore well-positioned to deliver dietary advice and nutritional prescriptions.  Practitioners who are caring, ...