Archive for August, 2006
Tuesday, August 15th, 2006
Here is an interesting turn of events. A conference of international experts has heard that the number of children suffering from malmourishment is down, but children suffering from obesity has steadily climbed, and is becoming a problem in urban areas of the world as well.
US Professor Barry Pokin had ...
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Saturday, August 12th, 2006
On August 1, the FDA issued a warning about eating oysters and today they issued another warning aginst eating clams harvested in the Pacific Northwest.
There have been 72 confirmed cases of Vibriosis and another 105 probable cases were reported from May 20- May 31, 2006.
To protect ...
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Thursday, August 10th, 2006
I found an interesting report about how one extra soda per day over the course of a year could add 15 pounds to a persons bodyframe.
The study, led by Dr. Frank Hu was published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutritionon Tuesday. This study was done with others from ...
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Wednesday, August 9th, 2006
Researchers found that the way a mother diets is likely to influence her children.
The findings of this report come as no surprise to me since mothers play a vital role in their childrens upbringing. What a mother eats, says, and does is likely to be mimicked by her children ...
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Saturday, August 5th, 2006
For the the first time in 32 years, the National WIC Association (NWA) has updated their list of approved foods and added fresh fruits and vegetables to their list of choices available to the participants in the Women, Infants and Children program.
WIC is a program that assists women and ...
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Tuesday, August 1st, 2006
Just a heads up to any oyster lovers out there.
The FDA has advised against eating raw oysters that were harvested out of Washington State. They made this decision based on a rash of bacteria caused illnesses that have people sick on both the east and west coasts. All oysters ...
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