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Fighting the clock: How America’s sleep deficit is damaging long-term health
Coverage from The Forum at HSPH, featuring Frank Hu Continue reading
Video: Healthy Eating Plate
Coverage from Spices of Life, featuring Walter Willett Continue reading
Diet technology, and chronic disease
Coverage from, TEDx Harvard Law, featuring David Ludwig Continue reading
Misguided Moves Thwart Healthier School Lunch
Congress Scraps Limits on French Fries, Keeps Pizza a Vegetable No one would mistake French fries and pizza for a healthy meal. Yet Congress has overturned a plan that would limit French fries in school lunch. And it’s scrapped or stalled other healthy menu changes that would boost vegetables and lower salt. Continue reading
Health benefits of substituting water for sugar-sweetened beverages
Coverage from Sustaining the Blue Planet: Global Water Education Conference, featuring Frank Hu Continue reading
Too much salt, too little potassium, increases risk of death
Here’s yet another reason why you should eat more fruits and vegetables and cut back on processed foods: A large new study finds that people who eat high sodium, low potassium diets have a higher risk of dying from a heart attack or from any cause. The study, which appears in the July 11, 2011 […] Continue reading
Childhood obesity in Society
Coverage from Boston Children’s Hostpital, featuring David Ludwig Continue reading
Out with the Pyramid, In with the Plate
The US government has scrapped the much-maligned food pyramid icon and replaced it with a fruit- and vegetable-rich plate, seeking a simpler way to show Americans how to eat right. While it’s a major improvement, the new icon still falls short on giving people the nutrition advice they need to choose the healthiest diets. The new […] Continue reading
Dietary management of obesity: Too much focus on fat?
Coverage from the International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk, featuring Dariush Mozaffarian Continue reading