Health

Low calorie sugar in food

The Institute of Food Technology.NRW (ILT.NRW) of the OWL University is involved in the research project "Healthy Sugars". Together with partners from industry and science and with the support of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, the Lemgo and Detmold researchers are investigating the use of sugar alternatives ...

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Regular breakfasts reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes

Those who have breakfast regularly suffer less frequently from type 2 diabetes. This is suggested by the results of a study in which the German Diabetes Center (DDZ) was also involved. The scientists had analyzed the data from 96.000 participants from six international observational studies ...

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Healthy body weight

If preschoolers weigh too much, they often remain overweight until adolescence. This suggests a study by the University of Leipzig. Scientists had tracked the weight development of more than 51.000 children from birth to teens. The weight was estimated using the body mass index (BMI), which gives the ratio of weight (in kg) to height (in meters squared) ...

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