As New York Mayer Bloomberg’s strategy has focused upon banning larger drink sizes, a new study has found a more problematic issue: Sugary beverages are simply cheaper than their healthy counterparts.
Canadian medical researchers have discovered that higher intake of dietary magnesium is linked with lower rates of insulin resistance and lower levels of body fat among adults. A previous study resulted in a similar finding among children.
Japanese researchers have tested a traditional West African herbal remedy and found that it increases thermogenesis and stimulates brown adipose tissue loss.
Researchers from the New York University School of Medicine’s Department of Pediatrics have determined that children given antibiotics prior to five months of age have a significantly higher risk of becoming obese later in life.
The increased risks of diabetes and heart disease aren’t the only reasons to lose weight. New research has been finding that at least twenty types of cancers are associated ...
Researchers from the Environmental Working Group have found that most children's cereals contain more sugar than a twinkie or several cookies, and only 25% meet the government's panel's guidelines for ...
Beginning on September first, foods that have fat, sugar levels or salt content over a certain level will bear a new tax for Hungarians. The tax will add Euro 0.37 ...
Currently about 72 million Americans—nearly one-third of the population—are obese according to the 2005-2006 National Health and Nutrition Examination.
Research also finds that obesity is irrefutably tied to asthma: ...