Nutrition: An Up Side to Hard Times
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In time of economic crisis, rates of obesity, diabetes, stroke and coronary heart disease drop, a new study finds.
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(HealthDayNews) -- Getting your child to eat enough nutritious foods is a tough assignment.
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An out-of-work David Thomas walked into a Milwaukee food pantry just seeking groceries. Thomas learned he was a stroke waiting to happen and got blood pressure medicine along with his bread. Food pantries have long aimed to help heal hunger. A new project aims to see how well they can help heal high blood pressure, diabetes and other ailments, too.
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Â· Healthier lifestyles offer protection from dementia Â· Overweight children lead to fears of rise in disease
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LONDON, Dec. 17 â As regulators wage war on unhealthy diets, cholesterol in food is increasingly unpopular. But it may have found a new role in advertising.
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Two-thirds of older Americans take part in leisure-time physical activities, but poor nutrition remains a problem, especially when it comes to fruit and vegetables, according to the latest snapshot of aging.
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Better nutrition not only helps small boys grow up taller and stronger but can boost earning power, a long-term study in Guatemala showed on Friday, with the researchers saying childhood feeding would help reduce poverty.
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Low-income families eat better when given vouchers to farmers' markets.
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If a pregnant woman has a poor diet it may increase her child's chances of having heart disease, scientists say.
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During long years of war and severe poverty in Vietnam, milk and meat were true luxuries only the rich could afford. Many children went blind from lack of vitamin A. Countless others experienced stunted growth that has kept the whole population short and thin. But after 30 years of peace, the communist country has overcome many of these problems and is now boasting unprecedented economic growth that it hopes will translate into building a taller, stronger people.
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They are not getting enough exercise or fruits and vegetables on a daily basis, study indicates. By Emily Fredrix / Associated Press.
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Many parents struggle to know which foods are healthy for their children, a survey shows.
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Proposed government nutritional guidelines published Friday toughen advice on eating foods high in salt and artery-clogging fat and encourage eating more whole grains, fish and low-fat milk.
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A survival guide for Boomers disrupted by death, divorce or financial difficulty.
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Nutritional supplements are generally not taken into account when health researchers try to get a snapshot of the nationâs nutritional habits, a new study finds.
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Foods that taste great and can help make you healthier are a win-win combination.
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Modifying the consumption of different food-groups may keep body weight from creeping up over time, new research suggests.