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Despite public health progress in cutting calories, as well as salt and fat from fast foods and supermarket products, neighborhood restaurants are still packing big helpings of each into their meals, a trio of studies suggests.Small independent eateries are not required to display nutritional information for consumers - if they did, the researchers report, patrons would routinely see single meals containing nearly a full day's worth of calories and fat plus one and half times the daily recommended intake for salt."It's really a disgrace. Every day the newspapers say things about the obesity epidemic… To a large extent, you can trace that to too many calories," said Susan Roberts, director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Energy Metabolism Lab and professor of nutrition at Tufts University, in Boston.About two thirds of Americans are considered overweight or obese, according to the U.S. National Institutes of Health. And as American waistlines continue to expand, public health poli...
New efforts are underway to cut some of the added sugar out of our favorite beverages, soda. Dr. Alexis Halpern explains
Thousands of heart attack victims every year have none of the notorious risk factors before their crisis - not high cholesterol, not unhealthy triglycerides. Now the...
American Heart Association CEO Nancy Brown discusses the Go Red campaign for women and preventing heart disease.
Just 3 percent of Americans have optimal heart health, while 10 percent have poor heart health, according to a new report from the American Heart Association.The Dis...
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Dr. David Samadi weighs in
Walkers who feel as though they are way down on the exercise chain can now hold their heads a little higher. When it comes to lowering risk factors for heart disease...
Supporting recommendations that people eat a couple of servings of fish per week, a new study suggests adults with the highest levels of omega-3 fatty acids in their...
Have a heart problem? If it's fixable, there's a good chance it can be done without surgery, using tiny tools and devices that are pushed through tubes into blood ve...
Most ready-to-eat meals for toddlers have too much salt, government researchers say.Of the 1,115 ready-to-eat toddlers' meals examined in a study by the Centers for ...
Dr. Samadi explains
Amid rising concerns about the promotion and consumption of energy drinks, researchers released new data Thursday suggesting energy drinks may negatively affect hear...
There's an unexpected link between marijuana use and factors related to Type 2 diabetes that has medical researchers intrigued.Several studies have found that mariju...
Americans at high risk for heart problems who have been told for years to sharply cut salt from their diet may not actually benefit from ultra-low sodium diets and c...
Owning a pet, especially a dog, probably lowers a person's risk of heart disease, a new statement from the American Heart Association says."There is a modest amount ...
Eating fish is good for your heart but taking fish oil capsules does not help people at high risk of heart problems who are already taking medicines to prevent them,...
Adults as young as 35 are susceptible to declines in brain function as a result of cardiovascular risk factors, like smoking or being overweight, a new study publish...
Overall, Americans are consuming less sugar than before, but we're still getting about 13 percent of our daily calories from added sugars, Medical Daily reported. A...
Trying to lower your blood pressure?A new study suggests drinking a cup of beetroot juice every day could help hypertension, according to Medical News Today.The stud...
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