One of the longest-running feuds in modern nutrition science revolves around a simple question: Will reducing salt intake save lives? Continue reading
The Long Road to the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans
If a baker’s dozen of nutrition experts has its way, Americans will soon be eating more foods that deliver healthful nutrients and fewer foods chock full of empty calories and salt, exercising more, and maintaining healthy weights. Even nutrition experts can dream, can’t they? The final report of the 2010 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee was […] Continue reading
2010 Healthy Cup lecture and award presentation to Sen. Tom Harkin
It may come as a surprise to many people that the comprehensive national health care reform bill signed into law in March contains a substantial piece on prevention and public health, including incentives to prevent chronic disease. The senior leader responsible for that section, Senator Tom Harkin from Iowa, is a long-time health and wellness […] Continue reading
Savor: Mindful Eating, Mindful Life
In Savor (HarperCollins), renowned spiritual leader Thich Nhat Hanh and Harvard nutritionist Dr. Lilian Cheung combine timeless Buddhist wisdom with nutrition science to deliver a new and insightful perspective on how people can end their struggles with weight for good. Continue reading
Food rating systems: A not-so-smart choice
When rushing through the supermarket, who has time to pore over Nutrition Facts labels and compare ingredient lists? That’s why more than a dozen rating systems have been established to help shoppers identify healthful products. (1) Some, like the Guiding Stars program in Hannaford supermarkets, put rating information on food shelf tags below various products. […] Continue reading
Taxing soda to slow the obesity epidemic
Adding a penny per ounce tax to sugar-sweetened beverages could slow the growth of obesity in the U.S.—and could raise billions of dollars for obesity prevention and other health programs, according to a new analysis by seven public health experts in The New England Journal of Medicine.(1) Continue reading
Video: Easy dinner, pyramid style
Coverage from Spices of Life, Featuring Lilian Cheung Continue reading
The Fertility Diet: Groundbreaking Research Reveals Natural Ways to Boost Ovulation and Improve Your Chances of Getting Pregnant
The Fertility Diet: Groundbreaking Research Reveals Natural Ways to Boost Ovulation and Improve Your Chances of Getting Pregnant (McGraw-Hill), by Jorge Chavarro, M.D., Sc.D., Walter Willett, M.D., Dr.P.H., and Patrick J. Skerrett offers couples a diet and lifestyle plan that can help improve fertility, naturally—and is good for overall health, during pregnancy and beyond. Continue reading
Obesity Epidemiology
Obesity Epidemiology (Oxford University Press) provides an in-depth look at the latest research on all facets of obesity—its definition, measurement, causes, and consequences. Continue reading
Excess Weight Is Not Good for You
A Closer Look at Obesity, Health Risks, and Mortality Writing in the November 7, 2007, Journal of the American Medical Association, federal researchers concluded that being overweight isn’t associated with the chances of dying from heart disease or cancer. (1) Even more surprisingly, they found that overweight may be associated with lower risks of […] Continue reading