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June 17, 2014 – 11:07 pm | One Comment

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A Healthier Muffin for Your Valentine.
February 8, 2012 – 8:06 pm | No Comments
A Healthier Muffin for Your Valentine.

CIA Recipe: A Healthier Muffin for Your Valentine Muffin Makeovers Dispel the Low-Fat-is-Healthy Myth One of the most romantic things you can do for your loved ones on Valentine’s Day is to bring them breakfast in bed. But if you’re thinking it’s not healthy to indulge in any sweets for a Valentine’s Day meal this […]

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Switching Neighborhoods May Improve Health
November 7, 2011 – 6:04 pm | No Comments
Switching Neighborhoods May Improve Health

Switching Neighborhoods May Improve Health Women encouraged to move with their families from a poor neighborhood to a more affluent one had lower rates of extreme obesity and diabetes 10 to 15 years later, a new study found. Future research into the reasons why may yield insights into how to design healthier communities. Studies examining […]

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Stanford expert discusses motivating Americans to make better nutritional choices
September 29, 2011 – 11:48 pm | No Comments
Stanford expert discusses motivating Americans to make better nutritional choices

Stanford expert discusses motivating Americans to make better nutritional choices Stanford nutrition scientist Christopher Gardner, PhD, was featured this week in a Q&A with the Palo Alto Daily News. In the piece, Gardner talks about how educating the public on how food is produced can motivate people to change their eating habits, provides tips for […]

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Exercise may alleviate symptoms of arthritis regardless of weight loss
September 27, 2011 – 4:43 pm | No Comments
Exercise may alleviate symptoms of arthritis regardless of weight loss

Exercise may alleviate symptoms of arthritis regardless of weight loss Approximately 50 million adults in the United States have been diagnosed with arthritis and the cost of treating it and other rheumatic conditions is an estimated $128 billion  a year. Often pain, stiffness and swelling of the joints associated with arthritis can prevent patients from […]

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How should pediatricians talk about obesity?
September 27, 2011 – 5:21 am | No Comments
How should pediatricians talk about obesity?

How should pediatricians talk about obesity? Pediatricians are often the first source of help for children struggling with their weight. Yet kids’ doctors can unintentionally harm weight-control efforts if they use terminology to describe the weight problem that makes children or their parents feel stigmatized or blamed.   That’s why a new study in Pediatrics […]

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A Way to Burn More Calories?
July 18, 2011 – 11:33 pm | No Comments
A Way to Burn More Calories?

A Way to Burn More Calories? Scientists have uncovered a pathway in mice that allows white fat—a contributor to obesity and type 2 diabetes—to burn calories as if it were brown fat or muscle. The body uses white fat to store extra energy. Too much white fat (obesity) increases the risk of type 2 diabetes […]

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Study Bucks Previous Findings, Clarifies “Obesity Paradox”
April 18, 2011 – 7:09 am | No Comments
Study Bucks Previous Findings, Clarifies “Obesity Paradox”

Obesity Not Always Protective Following Surgery Study Bucks Previous Findings, Clarifies “Obesity Paradox” Obese patients with high blood pressure and diabetes are at much higher risk for major complications following non-cardiac surgery compared to otherwise healthy obese patients and patients of normal weight. The new finding diverges from previous research demonstrating that obesity is associated […]

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Food, glorious food: Stanford’s first food summit
February 18, 2011 – 11:35 pm | No Comments
Food, glorious food: Stanford’s first food summit

Food, glorious food: Stanford’s first food summit ” In preparing for my latest 1:2:1 podcast with health researcher Christopher Gardner, PhD, about Stanford’s first-ever food summit, I wondered: When did food become summitable? Weren’t summits grand, official events hosted by global leaders on geopolitics? Food. Isn’t food just sustenance? Well, it turns out, the Stanford […]

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USDA Unveils Critical Upgrades to Nutritional Standards for School Meals.
January 13, 2011 – 6:47 pm | No Comments
USDA Unveils Critical Upgrades to Nutritional Standards for School Meals.

Proposed Changes Will Improve the Health and Wellbeing of Children Nationwide and Help Address Childhood Obesity Crisis. WASHINGTON, Jan. 13, 2010 —The U.S. Department of Agriculture today published a proposed rule to update the nutrition standards for meals served through the National School Lunch and School Breakfast programs as part of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids […]

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Risk for alcoholism linked to risk for obesity …
January 1, 2011 – 5:01 pm | No Comments
Risk for alcoholism linked to risk for obesity …

Risk for alcoholism linked to risk for obesity   Addiction researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that a risk for alcoholism also may put individuals at risk for obesity. The researchers noted that the association between a family history of alcoholism and obesity risk has become more pronounced in […]

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