By Nicole L. Garneau, PhD
Resources to compliment the "Taste of Health"
presentation at the Colorado Legacy Foundation Healthy School
Summit, 2012-04-04
Denver Museum of Nature & Science Info:
PTC Bitter Taste Strips: You can purchase
these from a variety of suppliers online. They are very
inexpensive.
Brain Energy Requirements
(Children): http://www.nestle.com/Common/NestleDocuments/Documents/Library/Documents/Nutrition_Health_Wellness/Food-and-Nutrition-Issue06-Brain-Apr2007.pdf
(originally HT Chugani, Neurodevelopmental Neuroimaging, New York
1996.)
Food Choices and Executive Functions:
Cohen et al. 2011. Obesity, orbitofrontal structure
and function are associated with food choice: a cross-sectional
study. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3191593/?tool=pubmed
Exercise Increases Mitochondria in Skeletal
Muscles:Adhihetty et al. 2007. The effect of
training on the expression of mitochondrial biogenesis- and
apoptosis-related proteins in skeletal muscle of patients with
mtDNA defects.
http://ajpendo.physiology.org/content/293/3/E672.full
Exercise Increases Mitochondria in Neurons:
Steiner et al. 2011. Exercise Training Increases
Mitochondrial Biogenesis in the Brain. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21817111
Mindful Eating:
Cornell University Food and Brand Lab: http://foodpsychology.cornell.edu/index.html
Wansick et al. 2008. Consequences of belonging to
the "clean plate club". http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18838655
Denver CRAFT:
Denver Cardiovascular disease Reduction: A Focused
Transformation Full website to come, check back!)
Executive Functions:
Brain Development:
Lenroot et al. 2007. Sexual dimorphism of brain
developmental trajectories during childhood and adolescence.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17513132
Reward Circuit:
Stice and Spoor. Relation of Reward from Food
Intake and Anticipated Food Intake to Obesity: A Functional
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2681092/?tool=pubmed
Exercise and Mindfulness in Learning:
Habits:
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