Researchers from The University of Auckland have announced the results of a recent study showing that overweight and obesity in New Zealand costs the country between NZ$722 million and NZ$849 million a year in health care ...
Dec 11, 2012
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(HealthDay)—The 32-mg, single intravenous dose of Zofran (ondansetron), an anti-nausea drug, is being removed from the market due to its potential to cause serious, even fatal, cardiac damage, according to a Drug Safety ...
Dec 6, 2012
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(AP)—Wegmans is recalling its Organic Spinach and Spring Mix salads because it may be contaminated with E. coli bacteria.
Nov 2, 2012
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Parents are concerned about food marketing and the way it impacts their children's eating habits and would support policies to limit the marketing of unhealthy food and beverages to children, according to a study from Yale's ...
Oct 30, 2012
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Food marketers are masters at getting people to crave and consume the foods that they promote. In this study authors Dr. Brian Wansink, co-director of the Cornell University Center for Behavioral Economics in Child Nutrition ...
Oct 11, 2012
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As obesity rates soar worldwide, the antidote may seem obvious: Eat less! Move more! But the common-sense approach hasn't been terribly effective, prompting some scientists to question the simplicity of the formula.
Oct 8, 2012
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Some risk factors for obesity are specific to infants, such as being breastfed less often. But other factors are present throughout children's lives.
Sep 27, 2012
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(AP)—German drug maker Merck KGaA is to eliminate one out of every 10 jobs in its home country.
Sep 4, 2012
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Public health needs a radical shake up if it is to enable good health to flourish, say experts in the British Medical Journal today.
Aug 21, 2012
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"The South African government should develop a plan to make healthy foods such as fruit, vegetables, and whole grain cereals more available, affordable, and acceptable, and non-essential, high-calorie, nutrient-poor products, ...
Jul 3, 2012
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