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  • New Healthy Eating Pyramid Now Freely Downloadable From Harvard School Of Public Health
    The Department of Nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) has relaunched its popular website, The Nutrition Source , one of the most visited nutrition sites and an independent, trusted source of nutrition information on the web.

  • Link Discovered Between Genetic Variation And Desire For Sugary Food
    A new study released in the online edition of Physiological Genomics finds that individuals with a specific genetic variation consistently consume more sugary foods. The study offers the first evidence of the role that a variation in the GLUT2 gene - a gene that controls sugar entry into the cells - has on sugar intake, and may help explain individual preferences for foods high in sugar.The study was conducted by Ahmed El-Sohemy, Karen M. Eny, Thomas M.S.

  • NestlĂ© Science And Research And Ge Collaborate To Explore New Frontiers In Diagnostics For Health And Nutrition
    The Nestlé Research Center, Lausanne, Switzerland and GE Global Research, the General Electric Company's (NYSE: GE) centralized research and development organization, announce an innovative collaboration to scientifically assess associations between body composition, metabolic status, diet and lifestyle habits.

  • Mayo Clinic Named 1 Of Best Employers For Healthy Lifestyles
    The National Business Group on Health, a nonprofit organization of large employers, today honored Mayo Clinic for its commitment and dedication to promoting a healthy workplace and encouraging a healthy lifestyle for its employees and families.Mayo Clinic was among 52 employers that received the Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles award at the Leadership Summit sponsored by the National Business Group on Health's Institute on the Costs and Health Effects of Obesity.

  • Expanded Food And Nutrition Program Shows $10 Benefit For Each $1 Spent
    A program to teach low-income adults about healthy food choices is a good bargain in terms of the health and economic benefits achieved, reports a cost-effectiveness study in the May/June issue of Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior (http://www.jneb.org/).Led by Jamie Dollahite, Ph.D., R.D., of Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.

  • FAAN Unveils Five Steps Forward For Food Allergy
    In honor of the 11th annual Food Allergy Awareness Week, May 11-17, The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN) unveiled its new advocacy initiative "Five Steps Forward for Food Allergy" at an educational briefing on Capitol Hill. This initiative addresses the challenges of food allergy and is aimed at improving the lives of the more than 12 million Americans who suffer from food allergies.

  • AM Nutritionals Introduces Quench Aid Sport(TM) -- The First Fitness "Drink" In A Tube
    AM Nutritionals of Dayton, New Jersey, announces a new level of dietary supplement convenience for anyone wishing a dynamic workout drink with maximum convenience. New Quench Aid SportTM is packaged in sealed "sticks" or tubes. To use, open a convenient 4-gram tube, pour the powder contents into water, dissolve, and drink. (Any water source will do -- no more need to carry cumbersome bottles of spring water or costly sports drinks.

  • Coeliac UK Is Calling For 'Food Without Fear' For
    Coeliac UK, the national Charity for people with coeliac disease, is launching its new campaign, 'Food Without Fear', for the improved provision of gluten-free meals across both the public sector and commercial catering industries. Although diagnosis rates of coeliac disease are currently low, (see point 2 notes to editors) the potential catering market share of people with coeliac disease is 660,000 or 1 in 100 of the UK population.

  • Policy Intervention With Potential: Forbid Unhealthy Snacks And Sell Fruit
    According to a study published in the Journal of Epidemiologyand Community Health, children are more likely to eat morefruit if unhealthy snacks are banned from schools and schools run fruittuck shops. Tuckshops are small retailers that typically sell items like candies,crisps (potato chips), and carbonated beverages. They arecommonlyfound in schools and youth clubs around the UK, South Africa, andAustralia.

  • Caveman Fad Diet
    "Eat like a caveman for a healthy heart", is the headline in The Daily Telegraph today. It and several other newspapers report on a new study which claims that a "paleolithic" or caveman diet of berries, nuts, lean meat and fish "could help to reduce the risk of developing heart disease". The story is based on a small, short study of 20 young healthy volunteers which had a 30% drop out rate, with complete data for only six people available.


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