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Sweet treats for a healthier diet

May 19, 2016
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Ditch industrially made desserts Sugars added to industrially made products -- including fructose and glucose -- can be hard to avoid in the supermarket aisles. The golden rule for sweet-toothed shoppers is to go for...

Goal-setting through gaming can encourage kids to eat more fruit and veggies

May 19, 2016
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Researchers from the United States Department of Agriculture / Agricultural Research Service Children's Nutrition Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital used a serious video game, "Squires Quest! II: Saving...

Physical activity can lower the risk of 13 different cancers

May 19, 2016
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The study, by a team of researchers from the National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, USA, looked at data from 1.4 million participants from 12 US and European study groups who had self-reported their levels of...

most effective way of tackling the global epidemic and cardiovascular disease

May 17, 2016
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A team of US researchers have declared that physical activity is the most effective way of tackling the global epidemic and cardiovascular disease, comparing its effects to a "magic bullet."The team of professors from...