Do fast-food restaurants increase your risk of having a stroke? Is your cookbook making you fat? FatFighterTV has a look at these and other diet and fitness headlines making news this week.
Obesity rates triple among young adults
About 30 years ago, eight-percent of young adults (aged 18-29) in the U.S. were obese. Now it’s three times as high - 24-percent. That’s the latest from a new report just out from the NationaI Center for Health Statistics. The report also shows the prevalence of overweight went up in school-age children between 1988–1994 and 2005–2006. And over one-third of adults age 20 and over were considered obese in 2005–2006.
Do fast-food restaurants increase stroke risk?
Does living near a lot of fast food restaurants increase your chances of having a stroke? New research from the University of Michigan finds the risk of stroke in a neighborhood increased by one percent for every fast-food restaurant in the area. Researchers say they don’t know whether the food itself actually increased the risk or whether fast-food restaurants are just more common in unhealthy neighborhoods.
Calories on menus influencing diners’ choices
Does having the calorie counts on menus really make a difference to diners? A new report says it does. The survey - from food service consultants, Technomic - shows the requirement for New York City restaurants to post calories on menus is affecting what people order and which restaurants they visit. The study finds 86 percent of New York City restaurant-goers were surprised by the calorie count information now listed on menus or menu boards. 82 percent say knowing the calories is affecting what they order. And 60 percent say it is affecting where they dine.
Is your cookbook making you fat?
Think those classic cookbooks stay the same over the years? Actually, they’re serving up more calories. A new study in the Annals of Internal Medicine looked at how classic recipes in cookbooks like Joy of Cooking have changed during the past 70 years. It finds a nearly 40 percent increase in calories per serving for just about every recipe reviewed - that’s almost 77 extra calories. That can definitely add up!
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