June 28, 2012 – Radio Bahá'í began airing the National Institutes of Health Research Radio program today. The program can be heard at 10:00 AM, 7:00 PM, and at midnight, every Tuesday and Thursday, starting today. This program is a temporary filler for a new health program that is being produced locally that will start in a few months.
The program airing today, which was produced back in January by the NIH, is mostly about diets: news about a link between animal fat and a kind of diabetes, details on some top-ranked eating plans, how an app, and coaching, can help with weight control, and a story about sleep.
The transcript for the program is available on the NIH Website: http://www.nih.gov/news/radio/podcast/2012/e0151.htm
The story today makes a number of references to websites where you can get more information about the studies. Those references are listed below to make it easier for you.
High animal fat diet increases gestational diabetes risk
How a mother’s diet before and during pregnancy influences her metabolism during pregnancy, which may have implications for the baby’s health at birth, and later in life. They also point out that this type of study requires confirmation by a clinical trial. For more information on the study visit www.nichd.nih.gov
For details on gestational diabetes, visit the website www.ndep.nih.gov
Top-ranked eating plans from NIH
For more information on both the DASH and TLC eating plans, visit www.nhlbi.nih.gov
Body Mass Index app helps measure health risk
The app is available for free from the BMI calculator page on the NHLBI website as well as from the iTunes store. To download the app or find more information about BMI and the importance of a maintaining a healthy weight, visit www.nhlbi.nih.gov
NIH studies find long-term weight loss methods for clinical practice
these studies will help bring proven weight loss interventions to the front lines of clinical practice. For more information, visit www.nhlbi.nih.gov
Updated NIH Sleep Disorders Research Plan seeks to promote and protect sleep health
The 2011 NIH Sleep Disorders Research Plan provides an opportunity for future research to continue to define the role of sleep as a fundamental requirement of daily life and learn why a wide range of health, performance, and safety problems emerge when sleep and circadian rhythms are disrupted. For more information, visit www.nhlbi.nih.gov
