Nutrition advice can be frustrating. It’s often confusing and sometimes flat out contradictory. Fruit juice consumption is a perfect example. New research concludes that consumption of fruit juice in children has no association whatsoever with risk of being overweight.

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A small study (published in Pediatrics) shows that teenagers will overeat fast food regardless of visual cues or portion size. The lead study author calls for “fundamental improvements in the nutritional quality of fast food”.

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Consumer Reports have chosen the “best” diets and diet books. The Volumetrics eating plan was chosen as the best diet, and Bob Greene’s Best Life Diet chosen as the best book.

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Sometimes certain moments in our lives leave an unforgettable impression. About 5 years ago, I was up late on a weekend night and watching TV. An infomercial was promoting an exercise machine that could help you achieve your weight-loss goals in 6 minutes a day. Six minutes a day — yeah, right!

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Although everyone knows that proper levels of iron in a person’s diet helps lead to good health, a surprising number of people still suffer from iron deficiency.

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Asthma is a manifestation of an allergic pattern called atopy. These disorders are connected to hay fever and eczema. Food allergy can result to immediate or delayed patterns of asthma. These food reactions lead to dramatic, sudden and life-threatening asthma.

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An expert on obesity in Australian children says the problem is the medical equivalent of climate change. A new report released today has found the teenage years are critical in predicting obesity in adults.

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When we think of fast food, we typically think of fast-food giants such as McDonald’s, Burger King, Wendy’s, Subway and many others. Seldom do Asian restaurants come to mind — even though there are hundreds of thousands of independent “take out” Asian restaurants in many cities and towns throughout the world.

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A variant of a common gene can make a person more likely to be obese than those without the gene, according to a recent British study. The research also marks the first large-scale trial to pinpoint a genetic link between obesity and type 2 diabetes.

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Nine years ago Dance Dance Revolution took our country by storm. Kids were lining up in the arcades to play the heart pumping game that makes you sweat.

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