Health
Eliminating food deserts won't help poorer Americans eat healthier
In the U.S., rich people tend to eat a lot healthier than poor people.
Dec 2, 2019
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Health
Seventy percent of teens surveyed engaged with food and beverage brands on social media in 2017
Seventy percent of teens surveyed report engaging with food and beverage brands on social media and 35 percent engaged with at least five brands, according to a new study from the UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity ...
Nov 20, 2019
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Your brain on sugar: What the science actually says
We love sweet treats. But too much sugar in our diets can lead to weight gain and obesity, Type 2 diabetes and dental decay. We know we shouldn't be eating candy, ice cream, cookies, cakes and drinking sugary sodas, but ...
Nov 15, 2019
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Neuroscience
Dementia and eating disorders: it is a problem of (semantic) memory
For the first time, it has been shown that deficits of semantic memory, an ability we use to recognize objects and use them correctly, are involved in specific eating disorders shared by patients suffering from dementia. ...
Oct 17, 2019
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Health
Americans love snacks. What does that mean for their health?
Americans are addicted to snacks, and food experts are paying closer attention to what that might mean for health and obesity.
Sep 9, 2019
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Health
Irish three-year-olds are consuming up to 10 teaspoons of sugar a day
Researchers from the Dublin Dental University Hospital at Trinity College have found that 3 year olds in Ireland are consuming on average 10 level teaspoons of 'free sugar' a day. Free sugars includes those sugars added during ...
Aug 9, 2019
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Health
How heat waves increase your craving for sodas: findings from Mexico
Unseasonably hot weather hit Europe this June, giving residents and visitors a taste of what could possibly become common in the near future. With ongoing climate change, temperatures are predicted to rise by 0.3-0.7°C by ...
Jul 12, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Liver illness strikes Latino children like a 'silent tsunami'
Saira Diaz uses her fingers to count the establishments selling fast food and sweets near the South Los Angeles home she shares with her parents and 13-year-old son. "There's one, two, three, four, five fast-food restaurants," ...
Apr 22, 2019
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Health
Major medical groups call for soda taxes
(HealthDay)—Two medical groups have declared war on sodas and energy drinks by calling for taxes on what has become the leading source of sugar in the diets of children and teens.
Mar 25, 2019
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Overweight & Obesity
Taking a bite out of food ads targeted to kids
(HealthDay)—Kids can be as strongly influenced by TV commercials as by the shows themselves, and many studies have found that tempting food ads have a particularly harmful effect, contributing to childhood obesity.
Feb 25, 2019
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