Controlling Obesity Will Save Over Half A Trillion Dollars
With the tobacco problem on the back burner, diet and obesity are coming into the cross hairs as a focus for public health. Controlling the rise in obesity, promoting quality of life, whilst saving on public healthcare costs is clearly an admirable goal…
May 7, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: cross, diet, ontrolling-the-rise, rise, saving-on-public, the-cross, the-rise, the-tobacco, tobacco, whilst-saving
US Kids Consuming Too Much Sugar
With Tobacco, Alcohol and Salt locked in the crosshairs, the new public enemy number one seems to be sugar. A new report from the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) shows 16% of total daily caloric intake of children and adolescents coming from added sugar in foods and drinks. The recommended amount is no more than 15%, but includes fat, as well as sugar…
February 29, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: alcohol, caloric-intake, disease, disease-control, from-the-cdc, new-report, number, number-one, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, on call diets, prevention, public-enemy, the-crosshairs, tobacco
