A new study from the University of Sydney has found that high protein diets are more effective in helping young women manage their weight than diets high in carbohydrates. The study looked at the effect of diet, exercise and behaviour change in overweight and obese women aged 18-25. Researcher Dr Helen O’Connor and her colleagues tracked 71 overweight and obese women aged 18-25 years over 12 months. The women were randomly placed the women on either a higher-protein or a higher-carbohydrate diet,... ...Read more »

The Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA) today launched a campaign calling on Australians to kick-start 2012 year by taking part in a healthy ‘pledge’. The Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA) has launched the social media-based campaign in the lead-up to Australia’s Healthy Weight Week (22 – 29 January 2012). Under the theme ‘One change at a time’, it aims to motivate Australians, and especially young women, to pledge to take on healthy eating and exercise habits. The campaign... ...Read more »

The Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA) has urged young women in Australia to ‘ditch the detox’ and instead pledge to eat a balanced diet, after new research found that many women are resorting to unproven detox diets to try to shift unwanted kilos. A Newspoll survey of 200 women aged 18-24, commissioned by the Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA), found 60 per cent have tried to lose weight in the past year. Of those, one in four have used a ‘fad diet’, with lemon detox and liver... ...Read more »

A pan-European study by the European Food Information Council (EUFIC), presents interesting information for the food industry – with food labels found to be widely understood and recognised. “While there are several nutrition labelling schemes across Europe, our findings show that people recognise them and generally know how to use them to make informed nutrition choices,” commented Professor Klaus Grunert of the University of Aarhus, Denmark, who conducted the study for EUFIC.... ...Read more »