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Nibbles: Drinking boosts cancer in women, more bariatric surgery in UK and weight-loss drug won’t change behavior
on Feb 24, 2009 in Bariatric surgery Beverages Childhood obesity Diet pills, drugs, supplements and devices Food safety Foreign stories (non-U.S.) Kids and families Nibbles: diet news shorts Obesity health dangers Obesity research and studies alcohol alli Britain cancer fat consumption food-borne illness obesity orlistat premature death salmonella Wisconsin Women who drink alcohol more likely to get some cancers; men who are obese at 18 more likely to die prematurely; bariatric surgery up 40 percent in Britain; salmonella illnesses up to 666; and people taking weight loss drug don't make changes that wo...
Nibbles: Any diet can be helpful if you stick with it, and another look at grade system for NYC restaurants
on Feb 25, 2009 in Diet Tips Diet programs Exercise and fitness Fast food and restaurants Food miscellaneous Food safety Foreign stories (non-U.S.) Nibbles: diet news shorts Nutrition Public policy Canada cancer diet plans healthy living listeria New York City Obama restaurants Any diet helps if it cuts calories; lifestyle changes would cut a third of cancers; Canadian plant mistakenly sent out potentially tainted hot dogs; praise for Obama's pick for deputy agriculture secretary; and a deeper look at New York City's restau...
Nibbles: Coke settles suit on green tea drink, studying spit and skinny baseball players
on Feb 26, 2009 in Beverages Exercise and fitness Food miscellaneous Foreign stories (non-U.S.) Nibbles: diet news shorts Nutrition Soda pop, HFCS, and beverages arthritis baseball Coke exercise green tea heart disease iodine pregnancy saliva weight loss Coke settles suit on misleading claims for green tea beverage; people with arthritis and heart disease are hesitant to exercise; microbes in spit abound the world are remarkably similar; iodine levels vary widely in prenatal vitamins; and baseball pl...
Nibbles: Diabetes and postpartum depression, sugar and acne and the foodie eating disorder
on Feb 28, 2009 in Diabetes Diet and food industry Diet pills, drugs, supplements and devices Food miscellaneous Foreign stories (non-U.S.) Nibbles: diet news shorts Offbeat diet news Snacks Weight loss industry acne depression eating disorders Frito-Lay glycemic index gourmands Meridia phone counseling sugar weight loss women Women with diabetes more likely to have postpartum depression; phone counseling almost as effective as in-person talks for weight loss; linking sugar and increased acne; targeting snack foods at women; and the disease striking the food obsessed. From...
Nibbles: The layoff 15, China’s new food safety law and the Russian diet
on Mar 1, 2009 in Diet pills, drugs, supplements and devices Food miscellaneous Food safety Foreign stories (non-U.S.) Government obesity actions Nibbles: diet news shorts China fen-phen Russia stress eating weight gain Stress eating causing more Americans to gain weight; hostile men more likely to gain weight; China's food safety system still a mess as new law passes; fen-phen lawyers were OK to take 49 percent of settlement, another lawyer says; and Russians shoul...