Health
Most supermarket coupons promote junk food, sugary drinks, study finds
(HealthDay)—Clipping coupons to trim your food budget might be bad for your waistline and your health, a new study suggests.
Jan 29, 2014
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Nutrient-based tax could cut nation's medical bills
(Medical Xpress)—To reduce obesity-related disease in America, many policymakers and public health officials have proposed either taxing products that make us fat or taxing individual nutrients in fattening foods, like ...
Jan 17, 2014
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Overweight & Obesity
Fast food not the major cause of rising childhood obesity rates, study finds
For several years, many have been quick to attribute rising fast-food consumption as the major factor causing rapid increases in childhood obesity. Now researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill report ...
Jan 15, 2014
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Americans still eat too much salt, CDC says
(HealthDay)—Americans' love of salt has continued unabated in the 21st century, putting people at risk for high blood pressure, the leading cause of heart attack and stroke, U.S. health officials said Thursday.
Dec 19, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Smaller belly, less deli may reduce kidney disease risk, study finds
(HealthDay)—Losing belly fat and limiting processed foods and other sources of dietary phosphorus might help reduce your risk of kidney disease, a new study finds.
Nov 1, 2013
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Neuroscience
Feeding fruit flies with spermidin suppresses age-dependent memory impairment
(Medical Xpress)—Age-induced memory impairment can be suppressed by administration of the natural substance spermidin. This was found in a recent study conducted by Prof. Dr. Stephan Sigrist from Freie Universität Berlin ...
Sep 2, 2013
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Health
Less salt, sugar and fat, same pleasure
Researchers strive to drastically reduce the proportion of salt, sugar and fat, considered as factors of health risk in food. But keeping sensory and nutritional properties of foods intact is not so easy.
Aug 19, 2013
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Health
New contamination scare hits N. Zealand dairy industry
A new contamination scare hit New Zealand's multi-billion dollar dairy industry on Monday after it was revealed a milk product with excessive nitrate levels had been exported to China.
Aug 19, 2013
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Health
Dairy CEO: Infant formula botulism scare is over
The chief executive of New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra said Wednesday the risk that people could contract botulism from infant formula made with the company's whey concentrate has ended.
Aug 7, 2013
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Overweight & Obesity
Mexico surpasses US in obesity
Mexico has surpassed the United States in levels of adult obesity, though the country remains far below levels found in some island nations and parts of the Middle East.
Jul 10, 2013
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