Panel Says Americans Need To Eat More Fiber
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Not just any bread will do: Americans need more fiber, and whole wheat is better than white bread for getting it, a panel of scientists and doctors said Friday. The federal advisory panel was offering its final recommendations for making the government's food pyramid a better guide to proper eating.
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Contrary to popular opinion, adults do eat more healthily than they did as children.
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NEW YORK  - While folic acid consumption by women of childbearing age in the U.S. increased substantially after the fortification of enriched-grain foods was mandated in 1998, it has since dropped, according to an analysis by researchers at the University of Florida in Gainesville.
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Although the potential  connection between dietary fiber and colorectal cancer has long  held an attraction for both medical researchers and the general  public, investigators report that the results of a large new  study do not support this link.
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Most Americans are careful about what they eat, believe they will live a long time, go to their doctor regularly and support biotechnology and medical research, particularly stem
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Many busy Americans may be stumped by how exactly to manage the new dietary guidelines for Americans released last week.
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Most Americans read food labels to   help them decide what to buy but few people actually understand   what they're reading or consuming, according to two
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WASHINGTON Oct 28, 2004 - Better nutrition has helped Americans grow a little taller. But it&#39;s been too much of a good thing: The nation is also a whole lot fatter.
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Most Americans read food labels to   help them decide what to buy but few people actually understand   what they're reading or consuming, according to two U.S.   studies published on Tuesday.
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People can add a fiber supplement  to their diet and get the same effect as doubling the dose of  powerful cholesterol-lowering drugs, researchers said on  Tuesday.
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Some foods made with whole oats, such as oatmeal, could soon claim to be "low fat" under a U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposal released on Monday.
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America's children are getting  fatter and need help from parents, schools, the government,  advertisers and the food industry to get back in shape, a panel  of experts said Thursday.
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NEW YORK  - Ninety percent of Americans say breakfast is an important part of a healthy diet, but just 49 percent manage to eat breakfast every day, a new survey shows.
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A panel of nutrition specialists proposed new US dietary guidelines yesterday that acknowledge a link between soft drinks and weight gain, but stopped
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NEW YORK  - A one-year follow-up study of patients with heart disease found that few are meeting recommendations for fruit, vegetable and fiber intake, and they were eating a "disturbing" amount of trans fat, Dr. Yunsheng Ma and colleagues from the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester found.
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NEW YORK  - Americans should bulk up on whole grains like oatmeal, barley and brown rice to help lower their risk of clogged arteries, heart attacks and strokes, according to researchers.
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MONDAY, Aug. 27 (HealthDay News) -- More and more Americans are sliding into obesity, a clear signal that this national health problem is getting worse.