Food Insecurity, Poor Nutrition Increases Hospital Use By HIV-Infected Urban Poor In SF

UCSF researchers found that poor HIV-infected individuals living in San Francisco are significantly more likely to visit emergency rooms and to have hospital stays if they lack access to food of sufficient quality and quantity for a healthy life…

Feeling Full Sooner: Self-Control, Willpower Improved By Paying More Attention To Quantity Eaten

New research from the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management suggests learning how to stop enjoying unhealthy food sooner may play a pivotal role in combating America’s obesity problem…

Soda, Junk Food Consumption Affected By Income, ‘Screen Time’

Preschoolers from low-income neighbourhoods and kids who spend more than two hours a day in front of a TV or video-game console have at least one thing in common: a thirst for sugary soda and juice, according to research from the University of Alberta…