Fibre is one of the most beneficial nutrients for health and very frequently used in nutrition claims (NCs) to promote foods. These may lead consumers believe that products bearing them are healthy and/or healthier than those without them. The main objective this work address belief. This first exhaustive analysis seven processed food types with fibre-related NCs (six cereal-based plant-based m...

Health psychologists aim to improve eating behaviour to achieve health. Yet the effectiveness of healthy eating interventions is often minimal. This ineffectiveness may be in part because many healthy eating interventions are in a battle against evolved mechanisms (e.g., hedonic and related systems) that promote the consumption of energy-dense foods. Such foods, once rare, are now abundant in o...

Evidence is rapidly accumulating as to the beneficial effects of foods. However, it is not always clear whether the information is based on data evaluated impartially in a scientific fashion. Human research into whether foods modulate immune functions in either intervention studies or randomized controlled trials can be classified into three categories according to the physical state of subject...

Activities that engage young children with the sensory properties of foods are popular with nursery schools, despite the lack of evidence for their efficacy in increasing children's consumption of healthy foods. This study provides the first empirical exploration of the effectiveness of a non-taste sensory activity program in a nursery school setting. Ninety-two children aged between 12 and 36 ...

University reviewed the published literature on evaluated healthy eating interventions among children aged 0–15 years. From stakeholders involved in promoting children's healthy eating, the study team sought opinions on problems and opportunities in this area. This planning guide is based on the study findings and a broad reading of the area. It is intended to help health, education, and commun...

INTRODUCTION Food pricing policies to promote healthy diets, such as taxes, price manipulations, and food subsidies, have been tested in different settings. However, little consensus exists about the effect of these policies on the availability of healthy and unhealthy foods, on what foods consumers buy, or on the impact of food purchases on consumer health outcomes. We conducted a systematic r...

BACKGROUND Little has been done to ensure that the foods sold within health care facilities promote healthy lifestyles. Policies to improve school nutrition environments can serve as models for health care organizations. OBJECTIVE This study was designed to assess the healthfulness of foods sold in health care facility vending machines as well as how health care organizations are using polici...

background: the growing number of people with diabetes mellitus and its complications shows the need to focus on ways to control diabetes mellitus through improving lifestyle, dietary patterns and physical activity. this systematic review assesses the effects of healthy dietary patterns on managing hyperglycemia, insulin resistance and diabetes mellitus type 2. methods: the main keywords used i...

Obesity contributes to 2.8 million deaths annually, making interventions to promote healthy eating critical. Although preliminary research suggests that social norms influence eating behavior, the underlying psychological and neural mechanisms of such conformity remain unexplored. We used fMRI to investigate whether group norms shift individuals' preferences for foods at both behavioral and neu...