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Kids’ fast-food meals getting healthier but more progress needed
Fast food restaurants in the U.S. are increasingly offering kids’ meals with healthy sides and drinks, but healthier options are not typically the default, according to new research. The researchers looked at 20 popular fast food chains from…
Coffee
Coffee lovers around the world who reach for their favorite morning brew probably aren’t thinking about its health benefits or risks. And yet this beverage has been subject to a long history of debate. In 1991 coffee was…
Letting kids test healthy lunches
A Massachusetts program that lets schoolchildren try healthy lunches is helping boost the amount of vegetables that kids eat every week, according to experts at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Under Project Bread’s Chefs in Schools…
Q&A: Taking Nutrition Headlines with a Grain of Salt
How to make sense of nutrition news? Harvard Public Health editor Madeline Drexler looked for guidance from Eric Rimm, professor of epidemiology and nutrition and a scientist who has, for more than three decades and in some 750…
The power of a family meal
Family meals can have an important influence on the quality of food that children and teens eat.
For overweight adults, cutting carbs may jump-start metabolism
Overweight adults who cut carbohydrates from their diets and replaced them with fat increased their metabolism and were able to burn more calories daily when compared with people who ate a high-carb, low-fat diet, according to a new…
Taking trans fats off the menu
Two Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health nutrition experts appeared on a recent CBS Boston podcast to address common food and public health questions.
Good food should be part of hospital care
Hospitals should offer better, more nutritious food to improve patients’ health.
Choosing healthy fast-food options
More than a third of American adults eat at fast-food restaurants every day. But it’s possible to make healthy choices at these restaurants, say experts. “People aren’t just going to stop eating at fast-food restaurants tomorrow,” said Sara Bleich,…
Lobster’s healthfulness depends on how it’s served
When it’s not doused in butter or mayonnaise, lobster can be a healthy option.