Online grocery shoppers purchase fewer unhealthy impulse foods
When grocery shopping online, people tend to spend more money and purchase more items than when they shop in person, and to make fewer unhealthy impulse-sensitive purchases.
When grocery shopping online, people tend to spend more money and purchase more items than when they shop in person, and to make fewer unhealthy impulse-sensitive purchases.
Experts are concerned about a dramatic rise in eating disorders among teenagers over the past year. Possible explanations for the increase include teens’ loss of familiar routines and regular connections with friends, anxiety about the COVID-19 pandemic, boredom, and food insecurity at home.
Rising education levels typically lead to better health, but Black men in the U.S. are not benefiting as much as other groups, according to recent research.
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John McDonough explores the history of the “individual mandate”—the requirement under the ACA that most Americans obtain health insurance.
Alice Hamilton, a leading authority on workplace health and Harvard University’s first female faculty member, was the subject of a recent WBEZ Chicago article.
Dirty emissions from coal-fired power plants have been declining in recent years. But other sources of air pollution—including soot from the burning of gas, … Continue reading “Natural gas, biomass surpassing coal as biggest pollutants, study finds”
A selection of articles from May 2021 featuring Harvard Chan School experts discussing the coronavirus pandemic.
Health Affairs recently featured two blog posts written by students from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
A new international task force is aimed at stopping new diseases like COVID-19 from spreading from animals to humans.