Nuts may protect against heart disease

New research focuses on the benefits that different nut types have on cardiovascular health.

Study investigates the complex roads that lead families to food insecurity

Health and human performance research focuses on 4 risk factorsFood insecurity creates a host of unhealthy consequences. The roads leading there can be very different.

Giving Dietary And Exercise Advice Simultaneously Produces Better Results Than Focusing On One Behavior Change At A Time

A worrisome increase in obesity levels in much of the world suggests that current methods of motivating people to eat healthier food and get more exercise are not all that successful. Much of today’s research focuses on ways of delivering messages in order to obtain the best sustained adherence to these two key health behaviors…

Differing Consumer Views On Cloned Products

Not all consumers share the same attitudes toward animal cloning, but the latest research from Sean Fox, Kansas State University professor of agricultural economics, shows that Americans may be more accepting of consuming cloned animal products than Europeans. Much of Fox’s research focuses on consumer attitudes toward food safety…