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Don’t be fooled by different names for added sugar
When reading food labels, be aware that added sugar can hide under other names.
Close to half of U.S. population projected to have obesity by 2030
For immediate release: Wednesday, December 18, 2019 Boston, MA – About half of the adult U.S. population will have obesity and about a quarter will have severe obesity by 2030, according to a new study led by Harvard…
Dropping life expectancy in U.S. may be ‘disturbing new normal’
Life expectancy in the U.S. is dropping, driven largely by drug overdoses, suicides, alcohol-related illnesses and obesity, according to a new study. Although life expectancy had been increasing steadily since 1959, it plateaued at 78.9 years in 2010,…
Obesity interventions should focus on food environment, not fat shaming
Addressing obesity will require changing environmental cues, rather than blaming individuals.
Addressing childhood obesity ‘like playing whack-a-mole’
Childhood obesity rates continue to rise in the U.S., despite some modest progress toward getting kids to eat healthier school lunches and consume fewer sugary drinks.
Menu labeling associated with fewer calories at convenience stores
There was a significant decrease in the average calories of menu items at convenience stores in the years leading up to the implementation of a national menu labeling law that required certain chain restaurants in the U.S. to…
Dollar stores move to eliminate hazardous chemicals from products
Plastic products that contain hazardous chemicals linked with serious health problems are starting to be phased out at dollar stores. According to a May 24, 2019 article in National Geographic, one of the largest dollar store chains in…
Nurses’ Health Study 3 ramps up its recruiting efforts
May 10, 2019 – As nurses in the U.S. celebrate National Nurses Week (May 6-12, 2019), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health researchers want them to know that they can contribute valuable information to improve the health…
Excess weight linked to premature mortality
New research findings add to the evidence on the health dangers of obesity.
There are no 'low-hanging fruits' in science
In this week's podcast we speak with Gökhan Hotamışlıgil, a scientist who is working to understand the basic biology of some of the world’s most prevalent diseases.
