How Safe Is Splenda (Sucralose)?

Splenda (sucralose) is being downgraded from “safe” to “caution” after an Italian animal study linked sucralose to a higher risk of developing leukemia.

Proposed Efforts To Restrict Marketing Of Large Sodas Can Have A Substantial Impact On Population Health

Legislation to restrict consumption of large sugar-sweetened beverages in food service establishments would affect 7.5% of Americans on a given day, and a greater percentage among those who are overweight, including 13.6% of overweight teenagers, according to researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health…

40 Percent Of 9-18 Year Olds Use Calorie Information In Fast Food Restaurants When Making Food Choices

A new study published online in the Journal of Public Health has found that of young people who visited fast food or chain restaurants in the U.S. in 2010, girls and youth who were obese were more likely to use calorie information given in the restaurants to inform their food choices…

Community Gardeners Less Likely To Be Overweight

People who are involved in community gardening tend to have a considerably lower body mass index than their non-gardening counterparts, a team from the University of Utah reported in the American Journal of Public Health. Previous studies had shown that community gardeners provide both nutritional and social benefits to neighborhoods, lead author Cathleen Zick explained…

Fetal Growth Affected By Coffee And Tea Consumption During Pregnancy

Drinking just two cups of coffee a day is associated with the risk of low birth weight. Researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have conducted a study on 59,000 women in collaboration with the Norwegian Institute of Public Health…

Limit Added Sugars In Beverages – Consumer Group Urges

High levels of sugar or corn syrup in sodas are a major cause of obesity, diabetes, and other health problems, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI)…

Researchers Create A New Tool To Fight Childhood Obesity

Dieters often use online calorie calculators to stay true to their weight-loss plan.

American Diet Fuelling Heart Disease And Diabetes Rates In Southeast Asia

As Southeast Asians embrace American fast foods, such as pizza, french fries, hot dogs and hamburgers, more are dying prematurely form coronary heart disease and developing diabetes type 2, researchers from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health and the National University of Singapore reported in the journal Circulation…

Soda Marketing Campaigns Undermine Public Health

In this week’s PLoS Medicine series on ‘Big Food’ US experts call for health advocates to launch strong public health campaigns to educate policymakers and the public regarding the dangers of sugary beverages and to clarify the fact that industry corporate social responsibility campaigns are misleading and distract from their products’ health risks…

Natural Antioxidant Discovered That Can Protect Against Cardiovascular Disease

University of Minnesota Medical School researchers have collaborated with the School of Public Health and discovered an enzyme that, when found at high levels and alongside low levels of HDL (good cholesterol), can dramatically reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease…

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