How state and local governments can address the obesity epidemic
With simple and innovative measures, public agencies at state and local levels can play a significant role in promoting healthier eating habits—steps that could make a difference in curbing the nation's obesity epidemic. ...
Overweight and Obesity
May 09, 2013 |
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For adolescents, Subway food may not be much healthier than McDonald's, study finds
(Medical Xpress)—Subway may promote itself as the "healthy" fast food restaurant, but it might not be a much healthier alternative than McDonald's for adolescents, according to new UCLA research.
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May 08, 2013 |
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Nighttime fast may top calorie counting, study finds
In an age of long commutes, late sports practices, endless workdays and 24/7 television programming, the image of Mom hanging up her dish towel at 7 p.m. and declaring "the kitchen is closed" seems a quaint relic of an earlier ...
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May 18, 2012 |
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Most obese US state bans food portion restrictions
The most obese state in the U.S. now says local governments can't restrict the sizes of food or drink portions.
Overweight and Obesity
Mar 19, 2013 |
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People with serious mental illnesses can lose weight, study shows
People with serious mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depression can lose weight and keep it off through a modified lifestyle intervention program, a National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)-funded ...
Overweight and Obesity
Mar 21, 2013 |
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Expert says sport and food connection too strong to ignore
Spectator sports and food—often high-calorie or low-nutrition—have long gone hand-in-hand, yet FDA regulations geared toward calorie transparency at restaurant chains ignore this relationship. Popular fast-food restaurants ...
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Feb 05, 2013 |
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Forthcoming study explores use of intermittent fasting in diabetes as cardiovascular disease
Intermittent fasting is all the rage, but scientific evidence showing how such regimes affect human health is not always clear cut. Now a scientific review in the British Journal of Diabetes and Vascular Disease suggests that f ...
Diabetes
Apr 26, 2013 |
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Race-day diet can make or break a competitive cyclist
(HealthDay) -- I rolled into the St. Helens, Ore., rest stop, 172 miles into my single-day ride of the 204-mile Seattle-to-Portland Bicycle Classic, truly unsure how I was going to make it the rest of the ...
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Aug 04, 2012 |
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Fast-food menu calorie counts legally compliant but not as helpful to consumers as they should be
Calorie listings on fast-food chain restaurant menus might meet federal labeling requirements but don't do a good job of helping consumers trying to make healthy meal choices, a new Columbia University School of Nursing (CUSON) ...
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Feb 23, 2012 |
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Symbols, such as traffic lights, on menus effective in educating diners
A little-noticed provision of the Affordable Care Act requires all chain restaurants and retail food establishments with 20 or more locations to list calorie counts on their menus. But according to research ...
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Mar 13, 2013 |
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Poll: Americans split on government role on fat (Update)
A new poll finds that Americans blame too much cheap fast food for fueling the nation's fat epidemic, but they're split on how much the government should do to save them from themselves.
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Jan 04, 2013 |
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Fast food menus still pack a lot of calories, study finds
With grilled chicken, salads and oatmeal now on fast food menus, you might think fast food has become healthier. And indeed, there has been greater attention in the media and legislatively, paid to the healthfulness of fast ...
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Nov 13, 2012 |
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Helpful hints, and an illusion, for healthy holiday eating
(Medical Xpress)—The average person consumes about 4,000 calories on Thanksgiving, two times the amount that an average person needs. And that's just the start of a holiday season full of parties, dinners ...
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Nov 22, 2012 |
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Study looks at NYC fast-food menu calorie counts
Like any fitness program, it works only if you pay attention to it. A new study on New York City's effort to encourage healthy eating by posting calorie counts on menus shows that it worked for about one in six customers ...
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Jul 27, 2011 |
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FDA head says menu labeling 'thorny' issue
(AP)—Diners will have to wait a little longer to find calorie counts on most restaurant chain menus, in supermarkets and on vending machines.
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