Convenience Is No Longer a Priority in Consumers’ Food Choices
People used to spend as little time as possible on their grocery shopping. Most supermarkets could satisfy whatever nutritional needs a typical family had. But that get-it-all-done-in-one-stop...
View ArticleFood Industry Works Hard to Improve Its Tarnished Image
Some leading food and beverage companies have announced new measures to improve their industry’s reputation and win back the trust of consumers. For example, advertising of unhealthy junk food to...
View ArticleGrilling Without Regrets
For many barbecue fans, grilling can resemble an all-you-can-eat buffet. Here’s how you can ensure your barbecue event leaves a lasting impression on your palate but not on your waist size.The post...
View ArticleDiet for a Healthier Planet
While the exact causes of climate change continue to be disputed, there is general consensus among scientists that the phenomenon is real and that human activity plays a significant role in it. But...
View ArticleDon’t Just Sit and Watch, Go Out and Play
Whether you are a diehard fan of football – or, as Americans call it, “soccer” – or not so much, it is impossible to escape the World Cup fever that has gripped the globe again this summer. With the...
View ArticleFoodborne Illnesses Keep Rising, Government Report Finds
Summer is the time for picnics, barbecues and outdoor cooking. Unfortunately, it is also a time when more people fall ill from food poisoning due to warm temperatures and unsafe storing and handling of...
View ArticleHow to Make the Most of Your Vacation
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Americans do not only work longer and take less time off than Europeans, and as of late, even the Japanese, they also seem unable to reap the benefits of...
View ArticleToo Little Sun Exposure Now Found to Be a Health Risk
For many years, we have been told to avoid prolonged exposure to the sun because of health risks like sunburn and, more seriously, skin cancer. Now a new study found that getting too little sun can...
View ArticleExercise Can Make You See the World in a Different Light
Being physically active has countless health benefits. It helps prevent weight problems and reduces the risk of serious illnesses like heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. But according to a recent...
View ArticleMore People Are Using Antidepressants, Just to Keep Going
Consumption of antidepressants has been dramatically on the rise worldwide over the past few decades, and there are no signs of abating. The pharmaceutical industry predicts growing demands in the U.S....
View ArticleIt Takes a Town to Be Healthy
How healthy you are, or can hope to be, depends on multiple factors, including where you live. For example, if you call Minneapolis-St. Paul home, you breath cleaner air and will find it easier to...
View ArticleCan Weight Loss Make You Smarter?
Being overweight is associated with multiple negative health effects, including diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. Conversely, weight loss can lower the risk of developing such illnesses, or lighten...
View ArticleOur Estranged Relationship with Food
Americans feel less assured about the quality of their food than they used to. In a recent survey by Consumer Reports magazine, over 90 percent of respondents said they wanted to know more about what...
View ArticleIn Praise of Doing Less
Summer is over and it’s back to work, back to school, back to business as usual. Especially for us Americans, who labor longer hours and take fewer days off compared to the Europeans and even the...
View ArticleChronic Sleep Deprivation Considered a Public Health Threat
Nearly half of American adults are regularly sleep-deprived, according to a Gallup poll that has been tracking people’s sleep habits for decades. Less than seven hours a night has become the rule...
View ArticleFor Lasting Weight Loss, Go Fast or Slow?
Shedding pounds too rapidly has long been considered by experts as a recipe for short-lived success, almost inevitably leading to reoccurring weight gain. A better approach was thought to be losing one...
View ArticlePosting Calorie Values on Menus Shows Long-Term Success
The idea that providing more information about food served in restaurants, such as calorie and fat content, would reduce the risk of weight problems has widely been greeted with skepticism and outright...
View ArticleMore Protein, More Muscle, Better Health?
Protein has been getting a lot of attention lately. In fact, nothing short of a “high-protein craze” is taking place according to press reports, and food manufacturers of breakfast cereals to ice cream...
View ArticleDietary Guidelines to Better Address Environmental Concerns
An advisory panel to the USDA is scheduled to submit new recommendations that not only address healthier diet choices but also concerns about costs to the environment. According to press reports, an...
View ArticleMore Government Advice for Healthy Eating – Do We Care?
Starting in 1980, two government agencies – the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Health and Human Resources (HHS) – have periodically released new recommendations based on their...
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