Shocking Risk Figures For Teens Developing Diabetes And Heart Problems

The June issues of Pediatrics carries an article laying down the risks for teens developing heart problems, cardio-vascular disease and diabetes. The study compares today’s figures with a study from a year ago called “Prevalence of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Among U.S

HCG Diet Is Unproven And Potentially Harmful, Say Endocrine Experts

The Hormone Foundation, the public education affiliate of The Endocrine Society, has published a fact sheet called, “Myth vs. Fact: The Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG) Diet”, in order to clear up confusion surrounding the human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) diet

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.

A Study Of Ethnicity And Health

In recent years, the UK government has made bold statements regarding the recommendations for living a healthy life; including guidelines for how much fruit and how many vegetables we should eat daily, along with the ideal amount of physical activity we should do in order to avoid the risks of obesity…

Food-Allergic Children May Feel Unsafe In Schools

New research shows young people who have experienced life-threatening anaphylactic shock from specific food exposures have significantly different views of the risks associated with their allergies based on their age and can benefit from discussing their perceptions of the safety of their school environment in improving their ability to cope…

European Medicines Agency Recommends Use Of Fibrates As Second-line Treatment

The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has concluded that the benefits of the four fibrates bezafibrate, ciprofibrate, fenofibrate and gemfibrozil continue to outweigh their risks in the treatment of patients with blood lipid disorders…

Flow Of Empty Calories Into Children’s Food Supply Must Be Reduced

With over 23 million children and adolescents in the US overweight or obese, the risks for many chronic diseases continue to increase. An article in the October issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association examines the diets of American youth and finds some disturbing results…

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