Content about Healthy diet

August 11, 2010
Merck, Sesame Workshop give consumers 'food for thought'

Merck has teamed up with the nonprofit educational organization behind "Sesame Street" to develop a...

June 24, 2010
CDC finds 9-out-of-10 U.S. adults consume too much sodium

Americans' sodium intake is at a record high, with less than 10% of adults making...

ATLANTA Americans' sodium intake is at a record high, with less than 10% of adults making a conscious effort to limit their consumption, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

"Sodium Intake in Adults – United States, 2005-2006," which was published on Thursday in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, underscored the amount of sodium the average American consumes each day and which foods contain the highest levels of sodium. 

May 13, 2010
Pharmavite announces partnership with AAFP

Pharmavite has aligned with the American Academy of Family Physicians’ Consumer Alliance Program, the company...

March 9, 2010
Healthy food, lifestyle ads outweigh junk, Grocery Manufacturers Association says

More than two-thirds of advertisements that children and teenagers see today promote healthy lifestyles and...

January 11, 2010
Albertsons launches new Web site focused on health, nutrition

Albertsons, a Supervalu company, on Monday launched a new online community, AlbertsonsWellbeing.com, that will provide...

September 10, 2009
Study: Most diabetics fall short on healthy eating

The complications that can result from unhealthy eating among middle-aged and elderly Americans with Type...

NEW YORK The complications that can result from unhealthy eating among middle-aged and elderly Americans with Type 2 diabetes have consequences for the whole healthcare system, but it’s not just diabetes, which already costs the U.S. healthcare system $116 billion. Unhealthy eating habits contribute to and exacerbate obesity, hypertension and kidney disease, diseases that often have causal relationships to one another. Obesity and diabetes already cost the healthcare system $147 billion and $116 billion, respectively.