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Coca-Cola is funding obesity research with a biased message, nutrition experts say By Ariana Eunjung Cha, August 10 2015 [Washington Post] Coca-Cola came under fire Monday for donating millions of dollars to a nonprofit that has been spreading the message in medical journals and through social media that the blame for America’s obesity epidemic is not about … Read more
Eating to compete By Stacey Freed [D&C] For student athletes, food provides the winning edge High school athletes need to understand that food is fuel—and not just any food. Just as they wouldn’t put diesel in a car that uses traditional gasoline to make it run, they shouldn’t be putting the wrong foods into their … Read more
Health & Medicine News July 31, 2015 More than one-third of American adults are obese. Complications from obesity can include heart disease, type 2 diabetes and certain types of cancer, some of the leading causes of preventable death. Credit: © okolaa / Fotolia For the first time in a lab, researchers at the National Institutes … Read more