News tagged with empty calories


Researchers: Societal control of sugar essential to ease public health burden

Sugar should be controlled like alcohol and tobacco to protect public health, according to a team of UCSF researchers, who maintain in a new report that sugar is fueling a global obesity pandemic, contributing to 35 million ...

Health created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (9) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Can high-protein, low-carb diet boost fertility treatment?

(HealthDay)—Women who are undergoing fertility treatment may be more likely to conceive if they get a good amount of protein in their diets, a small new study suggests.

Obstetrics & gynaecology created May 06, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Booze calories nearly equal soda's for US adults

Americans get too many calories from soda. But what about alcohol? It turns out adults get almost as many empty calories from booze as from soft drinks, a government study found.

Health created Nov 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Snacking associated with increased calories, decreased nutrients

Snacking is a dietary behavior that has increased in recent decades in the United States, while percentages of the population who are overweight and obese also have increased. Now, U.S. Department of Agriculture ...

Health created Mar 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Another day, another anti-obesity campaign, but will this one work?

Merely two months into the new year and we have already seen a plethora of local and international efforts aimed at curbing what appears to be the inexorable rise of obesity. Some of these initiatives are ...

Overweight and Obesity created Mar 01, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0