Public Health

You Knew This: Larger Portions Lead To Higher Consumption Of Food And Drink

A new review finds that people consume more food or non-alcoholic drinks when offered larger sized portions or when they use larger items of tableware. Overeating increases the risks of heart disease, diabetes, and many cancers, which are among the leading ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 16 2015 - 9:32pm

Eat Peanuts- And 4 Other Ways Science Can Help You Raise Healthy Children

There are countless parenting questions that science can’t answer: “is it gross to eat food my child spat out?”, “why do my kids hate wearing pants?” and, of course, “when they grow up, will my kids remember how much I loved them, or just that I made them ...

Article - The Conversation - Sep 18 2015 - 8:00am

Politics, Pain, And Percocet In Vermont

It’s always heartwarming when an elected official jumps on a hot topic, opens his or her yap, at which point very little resembling the truth comes out, and scores a few cheap points with the public. If this makes things worse, hey, no one is perfect. And ...

Article - Josh Bloom - Sep 23 2015 - 7:58am

Targeting Exercise Is Not The Best Way To Reduce Prolonged Sitting

Targeting sitting time, rather than physical activity, is the most effective way to reduce prolonged sitting, according to the first comprehensive review of strategies designed to reduce sitting time.   Prolonged sitting has become a serious public health ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 29 2015 - 7:30am

Review: Three Books On Anorexia

Portia De Rossi became famous playing Nelle on Ally McBeal in the 1990s and more recently as Lindsey Bluth on Arrested Development. She's a talented, funny actress, but more importantly: Portia De Rossi can write! Her 2010 anorexia memoir, Unbearable ...

Article - Ignatius Brady - Jul 24 2016 - 7:46pm

New US Dietary Guidelines Questioned

The expert report underpinning the latest dietary guidelines for Americans fails to reflect much relevant scientific literature in its reviews of crucial topics and therefore risks giving a misleading picture. Concern about the report has prompted the US ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 1 2015 - 6:30am

Guidelines For Miscarriage Should Be Updated To Avoid Misdiagnosis

Current national guidelines on the diagnosis of miscarriage may still be associated with misdiagnoses, and should be reviewed in light of new evidence, suggests a study published in The BMJ today. The Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecologists (RCOG) ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 1 2015 - 7:30am

People Who Fidget Are Healthier

As more people live sedentary lifestyles — and a growing body of evidence shows that sitting too long can be harmful — it appears that any type of movement can be beneficial for one’s health. A recent study published in the American Journal of Preventive ...

Article - American Council ... - Sep 27 2015 - 9:00am

Billion Dollar Green Campaigns Kill Poor Children

In a recent lecture at Cornell University entitled "Check Your Green Privilege: It's not environmentally friendly to allow millions to die," British Member of Parliament, the Rt. Hon. Owen Paterson exposed the deadly facts behind the "g ...

Article - Gil Ross - Oct 6 2015 - 10:24pm

Eat Spicy Food, Live Longer

Like a spicy food? A recent study suggests you may live longer. Tulane University epidemiologist Dr. Lu Qi co-led the study of more than 500,000 Chinese adults over seven years. The results indicated that participants who ate foods flavored with chili pep ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 29 2015 - 3:00am