Heart Association urges trans fats limit
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The American Heart Association has become the first big health group to urge a specific limit on trans fats in the diet &amp;#151; less than 1 percent of total calories &amp;#151; in new guidelines released Monday.
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Abdominal obesity is a bigger heart attack risk factor in Latin America than elsewhere, partly because of surging consumption of junk foods loaded with sugar and fat, researchers reported on Monday.
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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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BARCELONA, Spain -- Heart disease is the leading cause of death worldwide but not nearly enough is being done to educate people about how they can lessen their vulnerability, experts said Tuesday.
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New York City's Health Department on   Tuesday proposed a near ban on the use of artificial trans fat   at restaurants, likening its health danger to that of lead   paint.
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RICHMOND, Jan. 29 -- The Virginia Senate voted unanimously Tuesday to phase out the use of artery-clogging trans fats in food sold at public schools, from the cheese pizza in the cafeteria to the chips in the vending machine.
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A German insurance firm has written to clients urging them to eat more chocolate if they want to cut the risk of heart attacks. Many scientists now accept the antioxidants found in cocoa have been shown to decrease the risk of coronary artery disease.
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No more trans fats with those french fries? No problem.
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The Montgomery County Council unanimously approved a ban on partially hydrogenated oils in restaurants, supermarket bakeries and delis yesterday, becoming the first county in the nation to restrict artery-clogging trans fats.
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New York City's Board of Health bans artery-clogging trans-fats from restaurants in the Big Apple.
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NEW YORK  - Short bursts of exercise may  help reduce the potentially dangerous spikes in blood fats that  occur after fatty meals.
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By Amanda Gardner, HealthDay Reporter    HealthDayNews -- Health experts are trying to move the nation's battle of the bulge to an important new front: the schools.    Schools need to be more active in teaching heart-healthy behavior and they should offer more physical education and healthful meals, a new American Heart Association statement urges...
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The low-fat diet that doctors recommend to help prevent heart disease may also thwart gallstones, HealthDay reports of new research.
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Members of Parliament voted yesterday to ban artificial trans fats despite charges such action would be heavy-handed and &quot;assault the entire food industry&quot; by taking on such favourite foods as store-bought doughnuts and even home-baked goods.
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People should limit eating liver to once a week and be careful about other sources of vitamin A, say food experts.
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US health regulators recommended on Thursday that doctors limit prescribing painkillers like Pfizer Inc.&#39;s Celebrex and Bextra, in light of recent evidence that they may increase the risk of heart attack and stroke.
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Trans fat will soon be gone from Big Apple restaurants. What's next?