Noshing on veggies, grains, beans and other high-fiber foods can help your heart as well as your gut health, a new study says. People with low-fiber diets are more likely to have narrowed arteries caused by the buildup of plaque, researchers reported recently in the journal Cardiovascular Research. CT scans also revealed that people’s diets… read on > read on >
A person’s body fat percentage provides a better estimate of their risk for early death than their body mass index (BMI), a new study says. People with a high body-fat percentage were 78% more likely to die within 15 years from any cause and 3.6 times more likely to die from heart disease, researchers reported… read on > read on >
Kids watching YouTube videos are being hammered with messages promoting junk food like candy, sugary drinks, fast food and sweet or salty snacks, a new study says. About 75% of 6- to 8-year-olds and 36% of 3- to 5-year-olds were fed promotions for junk food while watching YouTube or YouTube Kids videos they chose on… read on > read on >
Alternatives to weekly injections of weight-loss drugs may on the way. A monthly dose of a new drug called MariTide helped participants in a phase 2 clinical trial shed about 20% of their body weight over a year, researchers reported Monday in The New England Journal of Medicine. Made by Amgen, MariTide was among several… read on > read on >
Fitness trackers aren’t accurately assessing the physical activity of people with obesity, a new study argues. Differences in walking gait, speed, energy burn and other factors mean that folks with excess weight aren’t getting an accurate read from their devices, researchers wrote in the journal Scientific Reports. “People with obesity could gain major health insights… read on > read on >
Synthetic food dyes are added to 1 in 5 packaged foods and drinks sold by top U.S. food manufacturers, a new study says. The most common dye was Red 40, which was present in 1 out of 7 (14%) products, according to the paper published today in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and… read on > read on >
Texas has become the first state to require warning labels on thousands of food and beverages containing common 44 dyes or additives. The new law — signed Sunday by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott — is expected to set off a nationwide scramble in the food industry, The Washington Post reported. The industry must now decide… read on > read on >
A 12-year-old girl has died and seven other children were sickened after a suspected outbreak of a rare foodborne illness in northern France. Before getting sick, French officials say, all of the children had eaten meat products from two butcher shops (boucheries) in the city of Saint-Quentin, about 80 miles northeast of Paris. The first… read on > read on >
Weighted vests have been touted as a potential means of warding off osteoporosis while losing weight. The idea is that the extra weight will promote new bone growth even as people are walking or jogging to lose weight. But this idea isn’t backed up by results, a new clinical trial says. Seniors with obesity who… read on > read on >
A new Chinese-developed GLP-1 weight loss drug could prove a new competitor to blockbuster drugs Ozempic/Wegovy and Zepbound, clinical trial results show. Ecnoglutide helped people lose between 9% to 13% of their body weight on average after 40 weeks of treatment, according to phase 3 trial findings published June 21 in The Lancet Diabetes &… read on > read on >
