Y! Health Nutrition News| It Pays to Eat Less as You Age (HealthDay) HealthDay - While it may sound painfully obvious, nutrition experts have been divided over whether cutting calories leads to long-term weight loss, because the practice can sometimes boomerang, triggering binge eating and weight gain. |
| Prenatal Nutrition, Postnatal Allergy Protection (HealthDay) HealthDay - SUNDAY, Jan. 4 (HealthDay News) -- An apple a day while you're pregnant may indeed keep the doctor away. But the real beneficiary could be your unborn child. |
| Israel offensive heightens Gaza humanitarian crisis: aid agencies (AFP) AFP - Israel's military onslaught against Hamas has aggravated Gaza's humanitarian crisis, with electricity and communications cut and the population now facing dire food shortages, aid agencies said Sunday. |
| Fast food near schools means fatter kids (Reuters) Reuters - Adolescents who go to school within a half-mile of a fast-food restaurant are more likely to be overweight or obese than kids whose schools are further away, new research suggests. |
| UN introduces new food supplement against Somalia child hunger (AFP) AFP - The United Nations has introduced a new ready-to-use food supplement which could significantly boost efforts to reduce child malnutrition in Somalia, said a statement received by AFP Thursday. |
| Dubious Drugs, Tainted Foods Top 2008's Health Stories (HealthDay) HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Dec. 31 (HealthDay News) -- Doubts over the safety of diabetes and heart treatments, disappointing results for vitamins as cancer fighters, and the withdrawal of over-the-counter cold medicines for kids were some of 2008's top health stories. |
| Tainted products: major scares involving China (AFP) AFP - The 'Made-in-China' brand has been tarnished repeatedly in recent years as Chinese consumer goods and food have been recalled around the world after being found to be unsafe. |
| China dairy boss pleads guilty in melamine case (Reuters) Reuters - The chairwoman of a Chinese dairy company went on trial on Wednesday over a tainted milk scandal that has killed at least six children and made thousands ill. |
| Food Phosphates Might Spur Lung Cancer (HealthDay) HealthDay - MONDAY, Dec. 29 (HealthDay News) -- A diet rich in the inorganic phosphates found in many natural and processed foods accelerated the growth of lung cancers in rats, South Korean researchers report. |
| Processed food may fuel lung tumors: Korean study (Reuters) Reuters - Common food additives known as phosphates may help lung cancer tumors grow faster, at least in mice, South Korean researchers reported on Monday. |