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Consumption of whole walnuts or their extracted oil can reduce cardiovascular risk through a mechanism other than simply lowering cholesterol, according to a team of Penn State, Tufts University and University of Pennsylvania researchers.
Two Penn State faculty members: A. Catharine Ross and Barbara Rolls; are the recipients of awards from the American Society for Nutrition. The faculty members will receive their awards in a ceremony during the ASN Scientific Sessions and Annual Meeting at Experimental Biology 2013 on Sunday, April 21, in Boston.
Two Penn State faculty members: A. Catharine Ross and Barbara Rolls; are the recipients of awards from the American Society for Nutrition. The faculty members will receive their awards in a ceremony during the ASN Scientific Sessions and Annual Meeting at Experimental Biology 2013 on Sunday, April 21, in Boston.
A new textbook, titled "Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease, 11th Edition," was published this month by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. A. Catharine Ross, professor of nutritional sciences and Dorothy Foehr Huck Chair, is the senior editor.
Eating diets high in sugar and fat may not affect the health outcomes of older adults ages 75 and up, suggesting that placing people of such advanced age on overly restrictive diets to treat their excess weight or other conditions may have little benefit, according to researchers at Penn State and Geisinger Healthcare System....
Eating diets high in sugar and fat may not affect the health outcomes of older adults ages 75 and up, suggesting that placing people of such advanced age on overly restrictive diets to treat their excess weight or other conditions may have little benefit, according to researchers at Penn State and Geisinger Healthcare System.
Eating diets high in sugar and fat may not affect the health outcomes of older adults ages 75 and up, suggesting that placing people of such advanced age on overly restrictive diets to treat their excess weight or other conditions may have little benefit, according to researchers at Penn State and Geisinger Healthcare System.
Jill Jayne, a 2004 Penn State graduate in nutrition, will give a presentation, titled "Nutrition Education Through Entertainment," on at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 1, as part of the College of Health and Human Development Distinguished Alumni Speaker Series. The talk, which is sponsored by the College of Health and Human Development Alumni Society, ...
Jill Jayne, a 2004 Penn State graduate in nutrition, will give a presentation, titled "Nutrition Education Through Entertainment," on at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 1, as part of the College of Health and Human Development Distinguished Alumni Speaker Series. The talk, which is sponsored by the College of Health and Human Development Alumni Society, will be held in the Bennett Pierce Living Center, 110 Henderson Building. It is free and open to the public.
Neither genes nor the environment alone can predict obesity in children, but when considered together a strong relationship emerges, according to researchers at Penn State, St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. The researchers found that children who have a genetic variant that makes them less sensitive to the ...
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