Pennington In the News
Below are a list of recent online news articles posted by world wide media outlets which cover the science and research at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center. All the links below are external links leaving www.pbrc.edu.
| Date | Title |
| 3/27/2012 | www.everydayhealth.com Don't Stop Fidgeting Constantly tapping your fingers, puttering around your house, or playing with your hair? You may be getting on the nerves of everyone around you, but research shows that all that squirming may actually be good for you...Continue Reading |
| 3/23/2012 | www.cisionwire.com Caloric Restriction Responsible for Weight Loss, Study Finds Researchers assigned participants to four weight-loss diets based on different ratios of protein, carbohydrate and fat, and monitored body composition. ..Continue Reading |
| 3/8/2012 | www.theadvocate.com Pennington studying beneficial effects of colorful fruits and vegetables "Eat and drink the rainbow" is the way one nutritional researcher advises people to eat for good health. That's "rainbow" as in colorful fruits and vegetables, said Dr. William Cefalu, director of the Botanical Research Center at Pennington Biomedical Research Center...Continue Reading |
| 3/2/2012 | www.prweb.com Sedentary Jobs Are Slowly Killing Employees, TrekDesk Treadmill Desks Can Help The Huffington Post reported yesterday on Pennington Biomedical Research Center’s contention that America’s obesity epidemic is directly tied to the loss of active jobs and a corresponding health crisis...Continue Reading |
| 3/2/2012 | www.elle.com The Healthy Guide to Lasting Weight Loss It turns out that how you go about slimming down has a profound impact—all too often negative—on your chances of success. The latest findings offer some clearer-than-ever guidelines on how to sort fad diets from healthy, sustainable ways to achieve your best weight...Continue Reading |
| 2/24/2012 | www.wafb.com Potential victory in the fight against heart attacks and strokes The next real breakthrough drug to prevent killer heart attacks and strokes is on the forefront. It is a story WAFB Medical Correspondent Phil Rainier uncovered at Pennington Biomedical Research Center right here in Baton Rouge...Continue Reading |


