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The delicate balance between our metabolism and our body’s immune response has critical implications for a range of chronic noncommunicable diseases, including obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. In a new review paper, published February 9, 2017, in the…
Sugary beverage consumption no longer decreasing
Americans cut back on sugary drinks for a decade starting in the early 2000s, but the rate of decline in consumption has leveled off, worrying nutritionists who warn of sugar’s link with obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. A…
Sugary drinks taxes could reduce diabetes, obesity
Taxing soda and other sugary drinks could help cities reduce diabetes and obesity and generate millions of dollars for health programs, according to a study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Researchers created a computer…
Exposure to phthalates may raise risk of pregnancy loss, gestational diabetes
November 8, 2016 – In recent years, a growing body of evidence has suggested that phthalates—synthetic chemicals used in scores of products ranging from vinyl flooring to food packaging to medical tubing to cosmetics—can cause reproductive harms. Now, two…
Forty years of low-fat diets: a ‘failed experiment’
Recent research suggests that eating a low-fat/high-carbohydrate diet—which Americans were advised to do for about 40 years—is not a good idea. But Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health nutrition expert David Ludwig says that the low-fat diet…
More screen time, more obesity
Americans are spending more time than ever looking at screens, according to a new Nielsen Company report. During the first quarter of 2016, U.S. adults spent an average of 10 hours and 39 minutes each day—an hour more…
Healthy plant-based diet linked with substantially lower type 2 diabetes risk
For immediate release: June 14, 2016 Boston, MA ─ Consuming a plant-based diet—especially one rich in high-quality plant foods such as whole grains, fruits, vegetables, nuts, and legumes—is linked with substantially lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes,…
Philadelphia moves toward sugary drink tax
Philadelphia could become the first big city in the nation with a tax on sugary beverages, after its City Council voted in favor of a 1.5-cent-per-ounce tax on soda and other sugary drinks. Advocates for the move say…
To press (coffee) or not to press?
European pressed coffee has become more fashionable in the U.S. But it may have a negative impact on health if you drink too much, according to nutrition expert Eric Rimm of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.…
Philadelphia soda tax could help prevent diabetes, avert deaths
A three-cents-per-ounce tax on sugar-sweetened beverages proposed in Philadelphia could help 36,000 people per year avoid obesity, prevent 2,280 annual cases of diabetes, avert about 730 deaths over a decade, and save almost $200 million in health spending,…