Sugary drink warning labels win key legislative victory in California

Safety warning labels on sodas and other sugary beverages sold in California came one step closer to reality today, when the powerful Senate Health Committee approved SB 1000 on a 5-2 vote.

Unhappy meals? Majority of very young children in California eat fast food at least once per week

A surprisingly large percentage of very young children in California, including 70 percent of Latino children, eat fast food regularly, according to a new policy brief.

Positive lifestyle changes linked to reversed aging process

Positive lifestyle changes, such as adopting a healthy diet and moderate exercise, may reverse the aging process, according to a study published in The Lancet Oncology. Researchers from the University of California in San Francisco have discovered that certain lifestyle changes may increase the length of telomeres…

Does Your Salad Know What Time It Is? Managing Vegetables’ ‘Internal Clocks’ Postharvest Could Have Health Benefits

Does your salad know what time it is?

BPA Linked To Obesity In Girls Aged 9 To 12

Bisphenol-A (BPA), a chemical used in plastics, including food packaging, is associated with a higher risk of obesity in girls aged between 9 and 12 years, researchers from the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research in Oakland, California, reported in the journal PLoS ONE…

Vegetable Fats Reduce Prostate Cancer Death Risk

Prostate cancer patients who replace animal fats and some carbohydrates with vegetable fats have a lower risk of premature death, researchers from the University of California reported in JAMA Internal Medicine. In the United States alone, nearly 2.5 million men currently live with prostate cancer…

More Sugary Fruit Juice Consumed By Minority Children Than Their White Peers

While there has been a steep decline in kids’ consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages in California, African-American and Latino children may be replacing soda with 100 percent fruit juice while their white peers are not, according to a new study from UC San Francisco.

Women Who Drink Alcohol Before Pregnancy Less Likely To Take Multivitamins

Researchers from the University of California, San Diego Department of Pediatrics and Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego, a research affiliate of UC San Diego School of Medicine, have found a link between multivitamin use and alcohol consumption before pregnancy, uncovering a need for education about the importance of vitamin supplementation, particularly among women who drink …

Genetically Modified Goats Produce Milk With Antimicrobial Lysozyme Which Speeds Recovery From Diarrhea

Milk from goats that were genetically modified to produce higher levels of a human antimicrobial protein has proved effective in treating diarrhea in young pigs, demonstrating the potential for food products from transgenic animals to one day also benefit human health, report researchers at the University of California, Davis…

Body’s Food Clock Upset By Holiday Overindulgence

Overindulgence during this feasting season can play havoc with the human body’s food clock, researchers from the University of California, San Francisco reported in PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)…

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