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10 Reasons for Childhood Obesity

Posted by Sheela Prakash, RD, Special Contributor

We are having a public health crisis. Childhood obesity is a growing problem in the United States and the statistics are startling. According to data from the National Health and Nutrition... read more

Crazy Butter Ad Makes Greens Interesting

Posted by Jessica Chou, Editor

Butter gets a bad rap, but this Danish butter company says that their butter is OK for healthy eaters. It starts with a man saying, "Whoever says green things are boring was so uncool,"... read more

Purple Potatoes Could Help Blood Pressure

Posted by Jessica Chou, Editor

Good news for the woman addicted to cheesy potatoes: Two small helpings of Purple Majesty potatoes could decrease blood pressure by 4 percent for obese subjects. The study, published in the Journal... read more

Should Sugar Be Considered a Toxin?

Posted by Jessica Chou, Editor

Ever since Denmark's "fat tax" and France's "Cola tax," health advocates have been buzzing about taxing fatty foods and sweetened dishes. But could sugar ever be... read more

10 Foods to Beat Your Cold

Posted by Lauren Gordon, Special Contributor

It starts with an achy body and the sniffles and before you know it, your eyes are puffy and red and your nose is all stuffed up. You're coughing, you're sneezing, you're completely... read more

The Best and Worst Celebrity Diet Spokespeople

Posted by Yasmin Fahr, Special Contributor

As any good tabloid reader knows, people relish the chance to see their favorite celebrities "acting more like us" — partying too much, shopping, and overindulging. Enter the... read more

Why Single-Food Diets Do Not Work

Posted by Jessica Chou, Editor

Last week, a teenage girl was rushed to the hospital after only eating chicken nuggets for 15 years; she was diagnosed with anaemia. While most people weren't surprised that a chicken nugget-... read more

Trick Your Appetite with Optical Illusions

Posted by Kate Donnelly

If you scoop vanilla ice cream into a white bowl, consider moving it to a different colored dish. Why? NPR reports our brains are hardwired to mislead us, which can have a massive impact on our diets... read more