The Milk Producer - August 2011 - (Page 50)

THEBACKFORTY By Sharon Laidlaw Are you getting enough? I Two new studies show yogurt is leader of the pack when it comes to healthy snacking options f you’ve been eating more chocolarge groups of health profession- gain over a four-year period, such as late bars or chips lately, you may als for 12 to 20 years. Participants sleeping less than six hours a day or want to think twice about what completed a biennial survey detailing more than eight hours and eating more your snacking habits are refined grains and sweets or doing to your waistline. desserts. A new study found eatThe research also showed ing more vegetables, whole the types of food you grains, fruits, nuts and yochoose, not just calories, gurt was linked to weight are important for avoiding reductions over a fourage-related weight gain. year period. Yogurt led Participants who ate a balthe pack, contributing to anced diet that included an average of 0.82 pounds more vegetables, fruits and weight loss. dairy, particularly yogurt, Harvard School of Public either lost or maintained Health researchers found their weight over the study highly processed foods may period. not satisfy hunger as well The study appeared in as less processed, high-fibre the New England Journal foods. Munching more unof Medicine. processed plant foods may help keep the middle-age Other related news… bulge away, the study sugA recent market research gests. On the other hand, report suggests Canadimeat, french fries and sugans are expected to eat ar-sweetened drinks can more salty, savoury snacks help pack on the pounds. and foods like yogurt and “The idea that there are snack bars over the next no ‘good’ or ‘bad’ foods 10 years. is a myth that needs to be Heated breakfast foods, debunked,” says Dr. Frank like microwave oatmeal, Hu, study co-leader. are forecast to decline, acHu says weight gain cording to the NPD Group, occurs when you take in a market research firm. It Eating a balanced diet that includes more vegetables, more energy than you exrecently released a study fruits and dairy, particularly yogurt, can help you maintain pend. Even small amounts entitled A Look into the your weight over a long period. of excess weight can inFuture of Eating – Canacrease your risk for diabetes, cardiotheir physical activity, television habdian Marketplace. vascular disease, metabolic syndrome its, alcohol use, sleep duration and It also found younger consumers and cancer. diet. Their weight was measured evtend to skip meals, while older peoHu and Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian ery four years. ple, notably baby boomers, consume and their research team followed the The researchers found several general more convenient, heat-and-eat foods lifestyle and dietary habits of three lifestyle changes were linked to weight as they age. 50 | August 2011 | MilkPRODUCER

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of The Milk Producer - August 2011

The Milk Producer - August 2011
Contents
Editor's Notes
DFO Chair's Message
Dairy Update
Industry Roundup
DFC Promotion
Applied Science
Ruminations
Rearing Replacements
Calf Health
Markets
New 'N' Noted
Back Forty

The Milk Producer - August 2011