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CNN — Eating higher levels of ultraprocessed food may shorten lifespans by more than 10%, according to a new, unpublished study of over 500,000 people whom researchers followed for nearly three decades. The risk went up to 15% for men and 14% for women once the data was adjusted, said study lead author Erikka Loftfield, an investigator at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland. Asked about their consumption of 124 foods, people in the top 90th percentile of ultraprocessed food consumption said overly processed drinks topped their list. “Diet soft drinks were the key contributor to ultraprocessed food consumption.…
The Lee County Health Department offers WIC, environmental, home care, and clinical services to the public. Clinical services include STD testing and treatment, family planning, childhood and other vaccines, and breast and cervical cancer screening. Certified copies of birth, death, marriage, and divorce certificates may be obtained from this health department. Call us at (334) 745-5765. For more contact information, including addresses, phone numbers, and email, please visit Contact Us. Follow the Lee County Health Department on Facebook. En Español El Departamento de Salud de Lee ofrece servicios WIC, ambientales, de atención domiciliaria y clínicos al público. Los servicios clínicos incluyen: pruebas y tratamiento…
A slice of toast with burnt edges, smeared with jam. Charred vegetables from the grill. Burnt-to-a-crisp marshmallows smooshed between graham crackers along with a square of dark chocolate. Burnt food may not sound the most appetizing…but in these circumstances? Burnt food is desirable. Tasty. And…not safe for you? There’s no denying the fact that some foods can increase the risk of chronic diseases, including cancer. For many years now, burnt foods have been classified as a carcinogen—a substance capable of causing cancer in the tissue. Yet experts say that the evidence isn’t clear enough about whether humans should worry about…
The Marshall County Health Department offers WIC, environmental, home care, and clinical services to the public. Clinical services include STD testing and treatment, family planning, childhood and other vaccines, and breast and cervical cancer screening. Certified copies of birth, death, marriage, and divorce certificates may be obtained from this health department. Call us at (256) 582-3174. For more contact information, including addresses, phone numbers, and email, visit Contact Us. Follow Marshall County Health Department on Facebook. En Español El Departamento de Salud de Marshall ofrece servicios WIC, ambientales, de atención domiciliaria y clínicos al público. Los servicios clínicos incluyen: pruebas y…
The Lauderdale County Health Department offers WIC, environmental, home care, and clinical services to the public. Clinical services include STD testing and treatment, family planning, childhood and other vaccines, and breast and cervical cancer screening. Certified copies of birth, death, marriage, and divorce certificates may be obtained from this health department. Call us at (256) 764-7453. For more contact information, including addresses, phone numbers, and email, please visit Contact Us. Follow Lauderdale County Health Department on Facebook. En Español El Departamento de Salud de Lauderdale ofrece servicios WIC, ambientales, de atención domiciliaria y clínicos al público. Los servicios clínicos incluyen: pruebas y…
Reading Time: 3 minutes New research showing how the cost of sweetened foods in New Zealand is decreasing relative to the costs of fruit, vegetables, meat and dairy highlights health, food security and industry resilience issues. Dr Puneet Vatsa and Professor Alan Renwick from the Faculty of Agribusiness and Commerce at Lincoln University studied the changing prices of 85 food items between 2014 and 2023 from 560 retail outlets. In the paper Food prices in New Zealand: implications for feeding people better, the authors estimate 12-month moving averages of relative real prices of sweetened foods in relation to five other…
Compulsive eating and obesity may be triggered by a specific gut bacteria, suggests a new study—and the breakthrough may lead to new treatments to address the problem of food addiction. The bacteria identified by an international research team is associated with both humans and mice developing an addiction to food that can lead to obesity. They also identified bacteria that play a beneficial role in preventing food addiction. “A number of factors contribute to food addiction, which is characterized by loss of control over food intake and is associated with obesity, other eating disorders, and alterations in the composition of…
We know that when family caregivers of those with eating disorders have support and tools, they’re better equipped to effectively provide a more conducive recovery environment. Sadly, we have broken health care systems in every country and especially in the USA that don’t allow for this support to be provided regularly and effectively. Don’t get me started…One of the most helpful tools that allows parents to respond vs react is learning to listen with validation and acknowledgement. This takes a LOT of training and practice. More on that later, but if you’re like me and want to JUMP TO LEARNING…
By Alvin Powell | Harvard Staff Writer | Harvard Gazette Binge eating is one of the world’s most common eating disorders but is poorly understood. Kristin Javaras, assistant professor of psychology at Harvard Medical School’s Department of Psychiatry and instructor in epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, recently shed light on the subject in a study, published in the journal Psychological Medicine. The findings showed that earlier research, which focused on younger women, underestimated how chronic the problem can be for many in the broader population, lasting for years or even decades. Javaras, who is also associated psychologist at McLean Hospital’s Division of Women’s…
Nothing ruins a day outside faster than a swarm of mosquitoes. These bloodthirsty insects not only cause uncomfortable, itchy bites, they can also carry a host of diseases. If you’re a natural mosquito magnet, it makes sense to do what you can to lower the risk of being bitten. While there’s no substitute for applying bug spray, the foods you eat may play a role in how attractive you are to mosquitoes. So, what draws mosquitoes to you in the first place and, more importantly, what can you do to keep them at bay? Here’s what research and an entomologist…