Health

“You’re so skinny!” These are the words that are usually spoken to children who are suffering from starvation or malnutrition. Malnutrition continues to be ...

Diet pills promise a quick and easy solution to America’s obesity problem.  Some prescription drugs guarantee to decrease appetite to help patients lose weight, ...

I had heard about yoga for years but I always thought it was something that a particular type of person did: the type of ...

Mother’s nutrition during breastfeeding is important (Allen, 2005). Lactating mothers lack key nutrients, such as thiamin, riboflavin, vitamins B-6 and B-12, vitamin A, and ...

The organic food industry has become more competitive with conventional foods in the last decade. In fact, according to the Organic Trade Association, organic ...

The human body’s skeletal musculature produces force through the conversion of nutrients. Different types of nutrients are implicated in different types of energy utilization ...

Obesity is a growing problem in the United States and represents a national public health crisis. In his essay, “What You Eat Is Your ...

An examination of the research into the historical and contemporary reasons for the unhealthy nature of the American diet reveals that unchecked capitalism has ...

The purpose of this study is to address a novel epidemic in Germany. Obesity rates, and more specifically, extreme obesity rates of adolescents (14-21 ...

This paper provides both research and practical consumer information on partially hydrogenated fats (PHF) and trans-fatty acids (trans-fats). A literature review of peer-reviewed journals, ...