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Lifestyle:
How Your Kids Should Spend 4% of Their Day
A recent study from the Pennington Biomedical Research Center at Louisiana State University and published in the journal...
Lifestyle
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Food:
Is Soy Oil Making Us Fat?
A new study from researchers at the University of California-Riverside found a diet high in soybean oil caused increased...
Food
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Food:
Can We Blame Obesity on Farm Subsidies?
Obesity rates in the United States, along with many other countries, have rapidly increased. The simple reason for this is...
Food
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True or Not:
“High fructose corn syrup is a major cause of obesity in the United States.”
The Skinny An abundance of confusion has complicated the use of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) since it was introduced as...
True or Not
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True or Not:
“Elimination of farm subsidies will reduce obesity and associated health problems.”
Many advocates argue that U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) policies that establish farm prices for crops, provide subsidies...
True or Not
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Health:
Obesity in America: Is There a Gluten Connection?
A new book claims wheat is a primary driver of America’s...
Health
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Food:
Do Fatty Foods Cause Brain Damage?
When we asked Dr. Melinda Sothern about new studies, linking fatty foods to brain damage, she indicated there is a lot...
Food
