Public Agencies Can Address The Obesity Epidemic

With simple and innovative measures, public agencies at state and local levels can play a significant role in promoting healthier eating habits – steps that could make a difference in curbing the nation’s obesity epidemic…

Women Eating Significantly Less Salt Than Men

New figures from the Department of Health show the nation’s average salt intake is continuing to decrease slowly – with women consuming significantly less salt than men. Survey results reveal the mean estimated salt intake for adults aged 19 to 64 years was 8.1g per day. The findings showed the intake for men was 9.3g per day, while for women it was 6.8g…

‘Great For You’ Icon Launched By Walmart

After a year of promising a new “front of the pack” label that will help customers distinguish between healthy and unhealthy foods, Walmart, the nation’s largest super-market chain, has followed through with an easy way for shoppers to find healthier, more nutritious options – the ‘Great For You’ icon…

Americans : "Reduce Your Salt Intake" Says CDC

Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced, fairly definitively, that Americans eat too much salt, and action needs to be taken to reduce the nation’s salt consumption.

Researchers Find Some Answers In The Brain To What Makes Fructose Fattening

The dietary concerns of too much fructose is well documented. High-fructose corn syrup has become the sweetener most commonly added to processed foods. Many dietary experts believe this increase directly correlates to the nation’s growing obesity epidemic…

Cancer Experts: Dietary Guidelines Could Help Lower US Cancer Rates

Experts at the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR), the nation’s leading cancer research organization focusing on the role of diet, weight and physical activity on cancer risk and survival, today welcomed the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans…

President To Sign Historic Public Health Legislation Protecting U.S. Families From Foodborne Illness

President Obama is expected to sign the food safety bill into law tomorrow that will finally begin to address the dangerous gaps in our nation’s woefully outdated food safety system. The bipartisan FDA Food Modernization Act (S. 510) for the first time grants the Food and Drug Administration greater regulatory authority to inspect food processing plants and recall contaminated food…

American Heart Association CEO Nancy Brown Says Inaction On The Child Nutrition Reauthorization Bill Is Unacceptable

It is truly disappointing that the U.S. House of Representatives failed to take action this week on critical legislation aimed at improving child nutrition programs in schools nationwide. It is simply not enough to temporarily extend outmoded school nutrition programs as our nation’s childhood obesity problem continues to grow…

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