| Fast-food ban unlikely to cut obesity
October 6, 2009 at 2:10 pm
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| | SANTA MONICA, Calif., Oct 6, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) -- An ordinance to restrict fast-food chain restaurants in South Los Angeles is unlikely to cut obesity, officials of a non-profit research organization said. Researchers at Rand Health, part of the Rand Corp., found that the South Los Angeles region has no more fast-food chain establishments on a per capita basis than other parts of the city, but rather many more small food stores and other food outlets. The report, published online by the journal Health Affairs, said these small food stores and outlets are more likely to be the source |
| Healthiest foods some of the riskiest
October 6, 2009 at 2:10 pm
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| | WASHINGTON, Oct 6, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) -- Greens, eggs, tuna, oysters, potatoes, cheese, ice cream, tomatoes and berries are the riskiest foods the U.S. government regulates, a non-profit says. Sarah Klein, staff attorney for the Center for Science in the Public Interest and lead author of the report on food regulation said more than 1,500 separate, definable outbreaks were associated with the top 10 riskiest Food and Drug Administration-regulated foods, causing nearly 50,000 reported illnesses. However, since most food-borne illnesses are never reported, these outbreaks are only the tip of a large hulking iceberg, Klein says. Manure, contaminated irrigation |
| Heart worry doesn't translate into action
October 6, 2009 at 7:42 am
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| | MADISON, Wis., Oct 5, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) -- Processes related to heart disease can begin in childhood but 65 percent of U.S. adults say the processes do not begin until adulthood, a survey found. The Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association in Madison, Wis., released findings of a national consumer survey that says 38 percent correctly surmise people should be concerned about living a heart-healthy lifestyle beginning in childhood and continuing throughout every life stage to prevent heart attacks. The study, published in the journal Circulation, finds that even with the success of past heart disease awareness and education campaigns, the |
| 40 percent 'certain' to get H1N1 vaccine
October 6, 2009 at 7:42 am
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| | BOSTON, Oct 5, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) -- Forty percent of U.S. adults sat they are "absolutely certain" they will get the H1N1 vaccine for themselves, a survey indicates. The survey by the Harvard School of Public Health also found 51 percent of parents are "absolutely certain" they will get the vaccine for their children. The poll, conducted Sept. 14-20, found about six in 10 adults are not "absolutely certain" they will get the H1N1 vaccine for themselves -- including 41 percent who say they will not get it, 6 percent who say they don't know and 11 percent who | |
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