Carbohydrate Nutrition News


February 13, 2006 - Carbohydrate Nutrition News

Statistics Canada Revises Sugar Consumption Data

The most recent publication of Food Statistics (Statistics Canada, November 2005) shows that estimated consumption of sugars and syrups (refined sugar, maple sugar and honey) has been decreasing over the past decade....

December 5, 2005 - Carbohydrate Nutrition News

Obesity in older adults: technical review and position statement of the American Society for Nutrition and NAASO, The Obesity Society

Obesity causes serious medical complications and impairs quality of life. Moreover, in older persons, obesity can exacerbate the age-related decline in physical function and lead to frailty....

October 1, 2005 - Carbohydrate Nutrition News

Metabolic Syndrome: Questioned by American and European Diabetes Associations

The term "metabolic syndrome" refers to a clustering of specific cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors whose underlying pathophysiology is thought to be related to insulin resistance....

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....