Changing habits to improve health: New study indicates behavior changes work

Improving your heart health may be as simple as making small behavioral changes – a new study of behavioral health interventions suggests that they are effective at helping people alter their…

Adverts for kid’s meals with toys draw children

A new study confirms that when children see advertisements for fast food directed at their age group, especially with toys, they will ask to visit the restaurant advertised.

Factors in breast milk may play a role in transmission of obesity

A new study suggests the road to obesity may be paved with non-nutritious carbohydrates in breast milk, shifting popular notions about how and why children grow to become overweight adults.

Study: A low-carb diet outperforms a low-fat diet when it comes to health outcomes

Low-carbohydrate eating is more effective for heart health and weight loss than low-fat dieting, a new study finds. These outcomes counter the current U.S.

High-fat diet may cause changes in the brain that lead to anxiety and depression

A new study in mice reveals that increased body weight and high blood sugar as a result of consuming a high-fat diet may cause anxiety and depressive symptoms and measurable changes in the brain.

Cancer survivors often have poor diets, which can affect their long-term health

While most cancer survivors in the United States are motivated to seek information about food choices and dietary changes to improve their health, a new study comparing their dietary patterns to…

Summer babies grow up to be healthier adults

A new study suggests that babies born during June, July or August have higher birth weights and are taller as adults, and girls born in summer have a later onset of puberty.

Antioxidants: helpful or harmful for melanoma?

After a 2014 study implicated antioxidants in lung cancer progression, a new study suggests these molecules hasten melanoma development.

Sugary drinks raise risk of heart attack, heart disease by more than a third

A new study urges action to reduce consumption of sugary drinks, as they are confirmed to contribute to heart disease, stroke, diabetes and gout.

Mediterranean diet best for a healthy gut, study finds

A new study of the eating habits of 153 Italians shows that a Mediterranean diet may be best for the production of healthy short-chain fatty acids.

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