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Celebrity endorsement encourages children to eat junk food

Children eat more of a snack brand when it is endorsed by a celebrity, a study by the University of Liverpool has found.

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Visceral, or deep belly obesity is a risk factor for bone loss and decreased bone strength in men.

 

A new study from Harvard Medical School pointing this out was recently presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.

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Jonathan Galland

Worse Than Sugar:  High - Fructose Corn Syrup

 

High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is back in the news. A research team from Princeton has concluded that high-fructose corn syrup outdoes sugar when it comes to increasing body fat

 

Just to be clear, sugar causes a lot of trouble–raising inflammation and contributing to insulin resistance, diabetes and obesity. 

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