obesity
01/08/2018
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By Frances Bloomfield
You are being conned: Former Big Food ad exec unveils marketing tricks used by food manufacturers that persuade you to “super-size it”
Many believe in the saying “bigger is better”, and it’s this adage that has become a common marketing ploy in the food industry. According to former McDonald’s advertising executive Dan Parker, this is but one of many tricks being used to fool people into eating supersized food portions. Another one is to reduce the size […]
01/02/2018
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By Zoey Sky
School food makes kids fat: Expert finds U.S. schools are feeding low-income children like pigs at the trough
Around the globe, healthcare professionals are worried about the steadily climbing rates of child obesity. Are school lunches to blame for this alarming trend? Children spend most of their time at school, and most of their daily calories come from the meals they eat there. Caroline Fitzpatrick, a child development researcher interested in child education, […]
12/26/2017
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By Zoey Sky
Sweet drinks found to alter DNA expression in children, making them more vulnerable to disease
Sugary drinks aren’t just bad for your teeth. According to a recent study, children aged two to three years old who consume sugar-sweetened beverages can have shorter telomeres. The study by researchers from the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) revealed that if this early-life exposure alters the length of telomeres, or “the protective end caps for […]
10/17/2017
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By JD Heyes
Too much stress can be just as bad for you as junk food: Study
We’ve known for a very long time that a diet high in processed, unnatural, non-nutritious foods like the kind you get from any fast-food restaurant is extremely unhealthy and can lead to a number of conditions, especially obesity. But a new study has found that too much stress in your life can mimic a poor […]
06/18/2017
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By Tim Wesley
Global obesity now affecting 2 BILLION people as processed junk food causes global epidemic
There is an alarming rate of people – both children and adults – who are succumbing to health problems caused by obesity, according to a new study by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington. Shockingly, more than two billion people around the world are afflicted with diseases that are […]
05/08/2017
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By Amy Goodrich
Kellogg’s funneled millions of dollars into effort to censor sugar warnings on cereals
Even though most people know that sugar is not okay, for some reason we keep consuming this addictive, white poison in excessive amounts. According to some experts, we are consuming an average of more than 500 calories per day coming from added sugars. Multiple trustworthy studies have shown that these excessive amounts are toxic to […]
04/04/2017
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By Earl Garcia
Three-quarters of world’s population now overweight or obese… the scourge of processed foods will bankrupt the world
Researchers have identified yet another fat-related pandemic that has affected the vast majority of the world’s population. New Zealand-based researchers have coined the term “overfat” to describe a condition where the amount of excess body fat is enough to increase the risk of adverse health conditions. Data from a recent study reveal that up to 76% of […]
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