Many parents undoubtedly think they are doing the best for their children by having them bring lunch from home instead of eating the lunches served in school. But recent studies clearly prove them wrong.
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The database assigns a score to 80,000 products based on factors like how nutritious and processed they are.
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Several small restaurant chains that have reported impressive revenues, like Tender Greens, LYFE Kitchen and SweetGreen, offer organic, grass-fed, even vegan dishes.
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News-Press editors take treadmill challenge for Harry Chapin Food Bank
The News-Press' executive editor and community conversations editor, respectively, participated Saturday in Anytime Fitness Fort Myers' Treadmill Challenge at its grand opening on College Parkway near McGregor Boulevard. Gym co-owner Jim Stewart …
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Treadmill Aims to “Inoculate” Older Adults Against Falls
Clive Pai, PhD, MPT, a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, is developing a computerized treadmill program that can be used by physical therapy professionals to prevent falls and fall-related injuries in older adults. Pai was awarded a 5 …
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Sales of commercially prepared baby food have been steadily falling since 2005 as parents take a do-it-yourself approach.
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Researchers found that during experiments, “reactive eaters,” those willing to put forth the most effort for food rewards, had the strongest response to forbidden food.
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This week, a new food is appearing on Passover tables around the country. The Orthodox Union, the authority on kosher foods, recently ruled that certain brands of quinoa could carry its “Kosher for Passover” symbol.
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An intriguing new study suggests that what really draws people to rich desserts and prompts them to eat much more than perhaps they know they should is not the fat that they contain, but primarily the sugar.
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A new study finds that people with food allergies have far less chance of dying from an allergic reaction than from an accident.
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Much of our produce is relatively low in phytonutrients — compounds that may reduce the risk of many diseases.
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