Weight Watchers Introduces Revolutionary New Program To Help Americans Improve Their Eating Habits And Successfully Lose Weight

The new era of Weight Watchers is here. Today Weight Watchers, the world-renowned leader in weight management, has announced it is introducing in the United States a successor to its popular POINTS weight loss system – the new PointsPlus program…

United Fresh Produce Association Foundation Helps Launch Let’s Move Salad Bars To Schools Initiative

The United Fresh Produce Association Foundation joined First Lady Michelle Obama at the Riverside Elementary School in Miami, Florida as a new coalition of public and private sector partners launched the Let’s Move Salad Bars to Schools initiative…

Using Plants Against Soils Contaminated With Arsenic

Two essential genes that control the accumulation and detoxification of arsenic in plant cells have been identified.

Halloween And Nut Allergies, A Scary Combination

The scary reality is that food allergies are becoming more and more common in the United States. In the last 10 years there has been an 18 percent increase in children with food allergies. In fact, one in 22 children has a food allergy.

Children, Males And Blacks Are At Increased Risk For Food Allergies

A new study estimates that 2.5 percent of the United States population, or about 7.6 million Americans, have food allergies. Food allergy rates were found to be higher for children, non-Hispanic blacks, and males, according to the researchers.

Carl Edwards taking active role in President's Council on Fitness …

Edwards, of Columbia, Mo., was selected to the President’s Council on Fitness , Sports and Nutrition , which is trying to help solve the burgeoning health and fitness problem afflicting all ages in the United States, and especially the …

Vitamin K may protect against developing non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, say Mayo Clinic researchers

In the first study of vitamin K and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma risk, researchers have found that people who have higher intakes of vitamin K from their diet have a lower risk of developing non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma is a cancer of the immune system and is the most common hematologic malignancy in the United States.

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