A cream containing vitamin C, vitamin E and ferulic acid protects the skin from sun damage and reduces cancer-associated mutations in skin cells.
Trans fatty acids, the much maligned ‘solid’ fats implicated as artery-clogging contributors to cardiovascular disease, may also increase the risk of fetal death during pregnancy.
New rules proposed by the US federal regulators don’t require consumer labeling of many genetically altered animals that are expected to soon reach grocery story shelves as meat, poultry, or seafood.
Scientists have identified a member of a new class of hormones produced by body fat that they think could lead to fresh approaches to combat diabetes and other conditions related to obesity.
Caught in the junk food trap
Sep 18
The Junk Food Trap, a new report by Consumers International, reveals the lengths international brands such as Coca-Cola, Kellog’s, KFC, McDonald’s, PepsiCo and Nestlé go to when marketing unhealthy food to children in Asia Pacific.
Free wholesome meals, enticing dining rooms, fruit vending machines and healthy-eating gurus are just some of the exciting developments appearing in Liverpool schools in a bid to tackle childhood obesity.
Researchers at the University of Maryland found that repeated exposure — through taste testing — to fruits and vegetables really can make a difference.
The EVIUS project aims at evaluating the effect of different healthy eating interventions in 12 Danish schools. The project consists of 4 work packages: 1) Diet & Nutrtion 2) Coaching & counselling 3) Learning & preferences 4) Sociotechnical approach to school food.
En sundere livsstil kan mindske risikoen for at dø før tiden af en kronisk sygdom med 55 procent, viser ny forskning.
A mother’s stress may contribute to her young children being overweight in low income households with sufficient food, according to new research from Iowa State University.