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Would Supermarket Traffic Lights Encourage Healthier Choices?

A new study done at Massachusetts General Hospital suggests that if supermarkets were willing to use "color-coded labels" and re-arrange products and aisle offerings, then consumers might have an easier time making healthier food choices. You think??   The study used green to signify "healthy and eat abundantly," yellow to "provoke thought"... Read moreChevron
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Medicare Will Pay for Obesity Counseling – Who Should Do It?

A recent news release revealed that Medicare Services will now pay for "screening and counseling" of Medicare-age patients who are seriously overweight or obese. Most experts agree that this new coverage is a good thing. In fact, it really stands as an acknowledgement that the government is now recognizing obesity as a serious health threat and as... Read moreChevron
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New York Times takes on Foods with Benefits

On May 15th the New York Times business section devoted the front page (and a full interior page) to foods that make health claims.  Certainly a regular food shopper faces shelves filled with foods that promise to: Lower cholesterol Promote health Help to build bones Reduce risk of heart disease Improve digestion Help digestion to occur... Read moreChevron
posted 09/06/2011, comments (0)|
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Lisa is a Musician living with MS and RA

'My Plate' replaces the 'Food Pyramid' for Healthy Eating

Do you know what you are supposed to eat to be healthy?  The FoodPyramid has now been replaced with MyPlate, an icon which emphasizes the fruit, vegetable, grains, protein and dairy food groups.  The new icon will be used in messages to illustrate healthy eating based on the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans released this... Read moreChevron
posted 06/04/2011, comments (0)|
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Apple Shaped Bodies Are Harmful to Health

For people with heart disease, the risk of death rises if they also have belly fat - even if they are of normal weight- compared to people whose fat is mostly elsewhere in the body.   A new study, published in the May 10 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, supports that notion that the "apple" body type could be as... Read moreChevron
posted 05/24/2011, comments (0)|

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